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Writing Letter D

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I like to share a variety of ideas for writing each letter of the alphabet.  Today we’re writing letter D.

writing letter D - activities and printables

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As part of our letter D activities, my preschooler created the letter  in a variety of ways.

make letter D with duplos

I printed a giant letter (get it  in this post), and we filled it with Duplos.

make letter D with dice

My Four made a D with dice.  This was challenging for him – making curved letters out of manipulatives is tougher than making the straight letters.  I helped him start with the long side, and we worked together to make the curve.  (Wondering why we have so many dice? Check out our 15+ dice games for preschoolers!)

 

We also went outside, and my Four drew the letter D in dirt.  Typically when writing the letter in a surface, he uses his finger. But it had  just rained.

write letter do on letters of all sizes

My Four worked on a Letters of All Sizes handwriting page.  Depending on your child’s age and ability, this might be where you would stop. But my Four has been writing letters with me for over a year now, so we moved on to the other pages.

write letter D on two lines

He traced big letter D’s on two lines. (Get the handwriting page here.)

write letter D on four lines

For the first time my Four worked on a level three handwriting page.  As you can see, he tired out before he finished some of the lines.  I didn’t push it and instead celebrated how much he was able to do.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: fine motor, preschool, kindergarten, Pre-K

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4 Comments

  1. Kara Torres

    September 26, 2018 at 12:17 pm

    Wow I thank God I found this site!!! You really are a true blessing. I just started homeschool with my 2 year old we are working on the alphabet and I don’t want to go out and spend x amont of dollars on schoolwork also I’ve been trying to do my best at looking up on the web and I came across your site and I’m so glad I did!

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    • Anna G

      October 1, 2018 at 4:22 pm

      Thank you so much for your kind words, Kara!

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  2. Donna

    September 17, 2017 at 2:28 am

    Thank you for these alphabets. My students will love these.

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    • Anna G

      September 27, 2017 at 1:17 pm

      You’re welcome, Donna!

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