Alphabet Rocks

I'm always looking for creative ways

to teach my preschool kiddos what

they need to know for kindergarten

without actually sitting down and "teaching".

What better way for a little boy to learn

his letters than playing with rocks?

I printed off a fun alphabet and

picked up two sacks of rocks at Hobby Lobby.

I trimmed around the letters and figured out

which letters to put on white rocks and which

letters to put on black rocks.  For the most part,

I put light backgrounds on the black rocks and 

dark backgrounds on the white rocks.

I put a decent coat of Mod Podge on the rock.

 Then I smoothed the letter onto the Mod Podged rock,

brushed another coat of Mod Podge on and let it dry.

When they were all dry, I put another decent coat of

Mod Podge on, let them dry again and then

sprayed them with a clear sealer.

Sing with me!  A B C D E F G....

I picked up the little wooden tray at a thrift store.

To pretty it up a little bit, I cut a plastic placemat

from Target (that I got on clearance) and stuck

it in the bottom.  I didn't glue it down so I

can switch it out when I get tired of orange and

pink polka dots.  But can one ever really get

tired of orange and pink polka dots?