Alphabet

Learning the alphabet can be lots of fun!

The Alphabet

Activity Book for Preschoolers

$12.95 Reg. $13.95 Product # BLA:A

Mothers and teachers can use these colorful activity books for quiet time or in your learning centers. Little hands will match the objects, from apple to zebra with the matching letter of the alphabet. These eye-catching pictures are an entertaining way to help children learn their alphabet, colors, and shape recognition. Use them as a book or individual pages in a learning center. This activity book is a good alternative to television.(7 pages 7-1/2” X10”)

Moo Like a Cow $14.95

Click on the underscored highlighted titles below to hear a sample of Mary Rice Hopkins fun songs for your preschoolers.

11 Songs Include:

If I Knew How To Moo,

Just Call Your Local Giraffe,

The Bear Song,

Animal Alphabet,

Jake The Snake,

Boy And His Doggie,

Clucking Theodore,

Herbie The Worm,

Matilda The Gorilla,

Moose On The Loose,

Animal Aerobics.

Full Bodied Human Hand People Puppets $45.95 each

GS2706 Female Human Hand Puppet

GS2705 Male Human Hand Puppet

Need some help to make learning the alphabet really fun? These human hand puppets come complete with a sack of alphabet cookies to make learning the alphabet a real treat. You won't need a stage with these full bodied puppets. Put one hand in the puppet's mouth and the other hand in one of the gloves. Use the puppet hand to pick up the cookies or make hand gestures. Don't worry that you're not a ventriloquist. When you begin to interact with your audience they'll forget about you as they watch the puppet.

Or sit the flannel board beside your chair and let the puppet put the visuals on the board. Be sure to let the puppet make mistakes. Children love to correct the puppet and that activity assures you that they are really listening.

If you have never used a human hand puppet you are in for a real treat. A human hand puppet means that you use a human hand inside the glove of the puppet. With this method of manipulation you can get some very realistic results. You can do magic tricks, sign language or use props more easily.

The human hand puppet can be used for one or two puppeteer operations. If you are only using one puppeteer, then stuff the other hand and pin it at his side or stuff it like it is in a pocket behind the puppet.

Using two puppeteers takes some practice to coordinate the movements, but it is well worth the effort. The taller person does the head of the puppet. The shorter person operates the hands.

One of our favorite human arm puppets is Reggie. I often forget he is not a real person. His hand gestures really make him come alive.

Click here to see our grandma human arm puppet.