Materials:
1 6x9” piece of construction
     paper any color
1 6x9” piece of construction
     paper any contrasting color
1 glue stick or small bottle of
     white liquid glue
1 contrasting color marker to
     the paper
1 pair of scissors for the
     ADULT to use

Instructions:
You will need to select a letter of the alphabet. I would start with the letters in your child’s name. Choose either the capital OR lowercase letter. Use the marker and write that letter (make it large) on one of the 6x9” sheets of paper. Using the scissors, YOU, not your child, should cut the other 6x9” piece of paper into 1” strips.

If your child is 3 or 4, you will need to cut those strips into 1” squares. If your child is 5, you can let your child TEAR the strips into 1” squares. The tearing action is good for their fine motor development.

After your child has a pile of 1” squares, let your child use the glue stick to dab glue onto each square. Then have your child (starting at the top of the letter) glue each square onto the letter that you wrote with the marker. If you are using white liquid glue, run a line of the liquid glue on the letter. Then your child could just put the little squares on the glue. This would be easier for the younger child. The older child, would need the practice of using the glue stick. It would also help the fine motor muscles.

When the letter is finished, let the glue dry. You could hang the letter up in isolation or staple several letters together in book form and “read” the book. Either way you will need to go back to the paper frequently to help your child learn to recognize each letter.