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Make your Own Sequin Letters

Learning to Read

18 Dec

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Just like our DIY Glitter Sensory Alphabet, your child can make this alongside you. In this first example, we are making some sequin letters. These are easy to make and your child will love to make them especially if they are a fan of all things sparkly. So here goes How to Make your Own Sequin Letters for supporting your child as they learn to read and write.

sequin letters for sensory writing and letter recognition

Page Contents

  • Materials Needed for DIY Sequin Alphabet for Kids to Make
  • How to make your Sequin Letters
  • Using and Extending your Sensory Sequin Letters to Make with your Child
    • Why not try one of our Pipe Cleaner Sensory Alphabet Card set?

Materials Needed for DIY Sequin Alphabet for Kids to Make

We have included links to the materials we used to create these sensory letters. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission.

Letter Template Cards -> Download here

Printer

Card to print on

White Glue (PVA, Elmers or School Glue)

Paint Brush

Pack of Coloured Sequins

Small dish to put the sequins in

How to make your Sequin Letters

  1. Print out the letter template cards onto the strongest card that your printer will handle.sensory letters for kids using sequins to help learn to read and write step-1
  2. With your child paint inside the outline of each letter (1 at a time) with the glue.sensory letters for kids using sequins to help learn to read and write step-2
  3. Then helping them place the sequins in this glue starting the letter at the point that you would naturally start them as you write.sensory letters for kids using sequins to help learn to read and write step-4
  4. Leave aside to dry.
  5. Once dry cut the letters into cards.

sequin letters for sensory writing and letter recognition

Using and Extending your Sensory Sequin Letters to Make with your Child

Place the sequins starting with the point that you would write them. You may want to add a dot and arrows around the letter to show the direction that a pen would move to form the letters. Although that isn’t essential, as you could just use the letters to make a nice visual representation of the letters that they are learning each week in their phonics programme.

As you work with the letters, don’t forget to use both the letter name (as you would sing the alphabet or spell a word out to an adult) and the letter sound that they will be using as they will be doing learning to read.

You could finish it off by getting them to ‘air write’ the letter, use their finger to draw it in the ground, draw it in sand, paint it, write the letter on paper or a whiteboard copying – the way that they traced the letter on the sensory letter card.

Why not try one of our Pipe Cleaner Sensory Alphabet Card set?

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