Preschool is a great time to introduce young learners to their alphabet letters and their sounds! Preschoolers will enjoy engaging in hands-on activities that help them learn their letters and how to write them. If you choose to do a letter per week, there are many options for teaching letter recognition and letter sounds. Because the skill of learning letters takes repetition, these letter F crafts and printable activities will help make learning fun for your preschooler!
1. F is for Fire!
This colorful craft would pair well with a nonfiction book about fire. You could use construction paper or colored tissue paper to create the effect of fire in this letter F craft. Your students can paint or color the letter F before adding the colored paper.
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2. F is for Foil
Using a bubble letter, you can fill in the blank letter F with materials that begin with that letter! Look for things you already have, like foil from the kitchen. Then, your little learner can fill in the letter with pieces of foil!
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3. Salt Tray Writing
This hands-on activity is a great way to practice letter shape! Preschoolers will enjoy the tactile practicing of writing their letter F in the salt on the tray. Students can practice the uppercase and lowercase letters. This is especially good for learners who prefer a kinesthetic approach!
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4. Fine Motor Practice
These letter-building skill printable worksheets are a great way to engage fine motor skills with alphabet practice. These worksheets for letter recognition allow students to trace the letter, build it using manipulatives and different types of items, and write the letter!
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5. Roll Your Letter
This is a fun and simple activity that will allow preschoolers to practice the letter F- both uppercase letter and lowercase letter. You can make a simple T-chart and customize a cube with letters. When your student rolls the letter, add it to the chart. If they cannot write the letters independently, you can prepare sticky notes and allow the students to add these to the chart.
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6. Sensory Bags: Letter Edition!
Sensory bags are a wonderful resource for many things! You can use them to let your preschoolers practice writing their letters! This is an awesome letter activity that will be super engaging for young learners! If you have a hands-on learner, this could become their new favorite letter activity!
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7. Frog Craft
This green frog papercraft is a great activity for preschoolers to do when learning about frogs and the letter F! Students only need the paper pieces and a glue stick! They can make a frog while using the letter F as a base for its body!
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8. Feather Painting
Feather painting can be a fun way to reinforce learning of the letter F! Bring your blank letter F to life by using a feather to paint it and create a colorful finished product! Remind your preschooler that feathers start with the letter F!
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9. Q-Tip Painting
Use these printable letter cards to allow students to practice the letter F by using Q-Tip painting! This letter craft only needs a piece of paper, paint, and Q-tips. Quick and easy but a great way to practice the letter F!
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10. Touch and Feel Letters
Pipe cleaners and cardboard make a great tactile learning tool! Preschoolers can use these boards to practice tracing the letter F with their fingers. You could make uppercase and lowercase letters for students to use!
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11. F is for Fish
Learning about the letter F, students are sure to realize fish starts with the letter F. Preschoolers could make their own paper plate fish craft! This will be a fun and interactive craft that will reinforce learning about the letter F.
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12. F is for Football
Your sports enthusiast preschooler will like this letter F activity! This football coloring sheet is a great way for little learners to practice coloring and tracing or coloring in the letter F.
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13. Family Fun!
The family theme is a great topic when learning about the letter F! Preschoolers can draw pictures of their families and create an all about book for their families! This is a great activity because all families are different and all students have background knowledge in this area.
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14. Friendship Recipe
There are many friendship activities that could be fun when learning about the letter F! This friendship recipe for a special snack would be a nice variation to the typical letter F activities and the preschoolers will love the special snack!
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15. Friendship Tree
Creating a friendship tree in your preschool classroom is a great way to build community when learning about the letter F. Students can choose colors to use and add their handprints to the friendship tree.
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16. F is for French Fries
Incorporating food into letter F activities is a way to draw students in and let them immerse themselves in discussions as we all as creating new crafts. Students can make these crafts by gluing the papers to the plate or they could create the letter F with the cut papers.
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17. F is for Fireman
Preschoolers love to paint! Using their handprints to create these cute firemen will be a great craft to make when learning about the letter F! Be sure to include the letter F on the hats and reinforce learning through letter recognition!
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18. Five
Linking numbers and letters is a great way to show another angle for the letter F. Counting to five or using a fun poem like this one is a great way to bring numbers into learning for the letter F!
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19. Frozen Fun!
Frozen objects and the movie Frozen are other great words to use for the letter F! This frozen activity will allow tactile learning for students to experiment with temperature and they could even fill the gloves with things that start with F before they freeze them!
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20. Finger Painting
A cute little canvas and some tape will lay the foundation for a masterpiece of artwork by your preschoolers. Lay the tape to make the letter F and let your students paint over it. Pull it up and reveal the letter F!
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