I have a fun letter s sun craft for your preschooler or kindergarten child. Also, look at my page How to Homeschool Preschool for more themed ideas for learning and playing and letter themed crafts.
And one of the best ways to help preschoolers connect letters to the world around them is through hands-on, creative activities.
Learning about the sun and connecting to nature is a concrete way for your child to associate the letter s and its sound to something familiar.
Besides, crafts with letter has many benefits. For example, when your little is painting and cutting he is working on fine motor skills.
Also, there is no one right way to make a sun craft. Let your child lead. He may or may not want to draw a smiley face on his sun activity.
Too, this sun craft is a great introduction to a weather unit study. You can include all your children with my weather unit study.
BOOKS ABOUT THE SUN FOR PRESCHOOL
Next, use these books for read aloud and to show your child illustrations of the sun.
5 Sun Books
Add some of these fun books to your reading day or home library.
Simple language and bold illustrations make this a fun and informative book about the sun. “Add this one to primary-grade science shelves.”
From one red sun to ten playful pooches, preschoolers will delight in counting the bold, colorful objects in Ezra Jack Keats's appealing collages. Extra sturdy pages with safe rounded edges make this oversized board book just right for little hands. Available in book form for the first time ever, One Red Sun is a perfect introduction to counting.
The sun shines down on us, giving warmth and light. But did you know that the sun also makes the seasons? As the earth makes one complete rotation around the sun every year, the seasons on the earth change—from winter to spring to summer to fall and back to winter again. Find out how the light from the sun affects life on earth for all living things in this look at the only star in our solar system.
On a warm morning, a little lion sleeps under a sun that shines so brightly, it looks like a flower. He dreams the flower is as big as the sun. He dreams the flower is a cookie. He lets his imagination soar.
Caldecott Medal winner Kevin Henkes uses simple shapes, limited colors, and a pitch-perfect text to tell Lion’s story in this transcendent board book. Sun Flower Lion introduces emerging readers to short chapters, action verbs, and adjectives, while bright illustrations transform simple shapes into something magical.
Sun Flower Lion will shine at story time and bedtime and for young children just learning how to turn the pages and read on their own.
Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were forced to move to the sky.
Also, look at these other activities for teaching the letters of the alphabet.
You’ll love the unit study themes to add to your learning day.
MORE LETTER CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES
- A is for Apple Craft | Apple Study
- B is for Bird Craft | Bluebird Study
- Quick And Inexpensive Letter C Handprint Craft – Crafty Crab Fun
- E is For Easy Eagle Study
- How to Make a Fun Paper Plate Fish | F is for Fish
- G is for Gorilla Mask | Africa Study
- H Horse Handprint | Horse Study
- Letter I Pre-K Measuring Inches in a Fun Way
- K is for Kangaroo| Australia Theme
- M is for Monkey Handprint | Monkey Study
- N Is For Nest Handprint | Nests Study
- O is for Owl | Great Horned Owl Study
- P Is For Pineapple Craft | How To Make A Fun Handprint Pineapple
- R is for Rainbow | Rain Mobile
- How To Create A Sweet Strawberry Letter S Handprint Craft
- T is for Teeth | Dental Unit
- How to Make A Letter V For Volcano Handprint Craft
- W Is For Winter | Snowman Oobleck Activity
- How To Make A Letter Y Handprint Craft Featuring A Yak
- X is for X Ray | Crayon Resist Skeleton
Also, look at these easy facts about the sun for preschoolers.
SUN FACTS FOR PRESCHOOLERS
Share them with your preschooler as you do the craft.
- The sun is super hot and gives us light and warmth.
- The Sun is in the sky during the day.
- The Sun is bigger than all the planets.
- The Sun is a star.
- Never look directly at the Sun. It is bright and can hurt your eyes.
- The Sun is yellow or orange in pictures, but actually gives off white light.
- The Sun gives us shadows.
Finally, look at how to make this adorable sun craft.
HOW TO MAKE A LETTER S SUN CRAFT
First, look at this easy list of supplies. Most of these items we got at the Dollar store.
- Paper Plate
- Wiggle Eyes
- Craft Paint – Golden Yellow, Pink
- Cardstock – Golden Yellow
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
- Permanent marker
- Free pattern paper plate sunshine (just add your email to the link at the bottom of this post and you get it instantly)
First, gather all supplies.
Base coat the outside of the paper plate with golden yellow acrylic craft paint. Set aside to dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.
Then, download and print the sunshine patterns, then cut out with scissors.
Trace the rays of sunshine onto golden yellow cardstock.
You could also use colored craft foam or craft felt for this project.
Cut out the rays of sunshine patterns with scissors making sure to cut inside the traced lines for a clean, finished project.
Fold the paper plate in half and crease firmly, then cut the paper plate in half with scissors.
Attach the rays of sunshine to the outer edge of the paper plate with a glue gun and glue sticks.
TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.
Attach two wiggle eyes to the sunshine’s face with a glue gun and glue sticks.
Create cheeks by dipping a sponge dabber in pink acrylic craft paint and stamping on either side of the face.
To finish, draw a smile from cheek to cheek with a black marker.
Then, grab the free template.
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