Lowercase Letter F Craft for Preschool

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One way to help your child learn the letters of the alphabet is to help him or her transform the letters through craft activities. These activities are hands-on and allow your child to create an incredible visual memory for each letter. Make a frog for this lowercase letter f craft and help your child learn the shape and sound of F. Then, be sure to check out our suggestions for frog books in this letter f book list for preschool.

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Frogs are energetic animals. Kids tend to be fascinated with them for to reasons. They eat flies (a word which also happens to start with the letter f) and they jump all over the place. If you are having trouble getting your child to sit still and focus long enough to make the lowercase letter f craft, you could try starting the activity with these frog exercises which explore all of the various ways a frog moves. This will help your child get the wiggles out while also tapping into his or her natural fascination with the animal.

Get Your Child Talking

I know as moms, sometimes we just want our child to stop talking! However, communication is an incredibly important skill we can’t afford to ignore. We all know adults who are fantastic communicators and those who can’t seem to string together three coherent sentences.

That ability to communicate starts developing when our children are young through observation and practice. So two of the best things you can do for your child is have amazing conversations around him and have amazing conversations with him. Talk to your people!

Here are five questions you can ask your child while you are at the crafting area together.

• What are some numbers that starts with the F sound? (If necessary count with your child until you reach a number word that starts with f.)
• What are some other words that start with the F sound?
• Which frog is your favorite? What sound is at the beginning of favorite?
• Name five of your favorite things.
• Name four friends.

These questions will get your child thinking about the f sound and words that begin with f. This also gives your child an excellent chance to practice communication skills and verbal expression. In order to answer these questions, she has to organize her thoughts, answer with ordered lists, and come up with specific information.

Materials for the Lowercase Letter F Craft

When you are ready to make the frog craft with your child, get out the materials needed and get it all set up. Gather any toy frogs you might have and place those around the crafting table to instantly engage your child. Ask a few questions to lead into the cutting and pasting activity. Here are the supplies you will need:

• Green Construction Paper
• Red Construction Paper
• Construction Paper for the Background (color of choice)
• Googly Eyes
• Glue
• Scissors
• Alternative – While Paper and Crayons

Instructions for the Lowercase Letter F Craft

1. Draw with thick marker the cut pieces in the image above.
2. Have your child cut out a lowercase f in 2 pieces (a hook and a bar), 2 legs and 2 medium sized circles for eyes from the green paper.
3. Next, cut out a long forked tongue from the red paper
4. Then glue down the 2 legs either side of the base of the f.
5. Next, glue down the 2 circles for the frogs eyes on the top edge of the f.
6. Then glue down the googly eyes in the center of the green eyes.
7. Finally glue down the  red tongue in the middle of the f.

What to do with your frog craft after you are finished.

Hop from room to room with Mr. Frog looking for things that start with the letter f. If its warm enough where you live take your child’s creation outside to look for flowers and frogs and flies in the great outdoors together. When you are ready, take a picture of the finished craft to save in an alphabet album, hang the finished craft up for display, or place it in a notebook for safekeeping. Don’t forget to come back in a couple days and make our friend the fox in the Uppercase Letter F Craft.