Saturday Story Time--Tomorrow's Alphabet

I was looking through some pictures and came across these that I'd forgotten about. Are you familiar with Tomorrow's Alphabet? It's a pretty clever idea. For each letter of the alphabet, there's an example of what it changes into. Like, "Y is for wool, tomorrow's yarn."



I read it to my class as an introduction to a science unit on change, but there's loads you can do with it. It's great for prediction. There are vocabulary words like ember and bud. You could tie it in with life cycles, producers and consumers, recycling, art...It's a gem of a book! Has anyone else used it?

My one complaint is that the answer for each letter is on the same page. So if you're trying to get students to infer the answer, you have to be careful how you hold the book.



After the story I had my little ones give it a try. They came up with some pretty clever ideas.

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Autumn Activities

Here are two great ideas for autumn scavenger hunts that work in some reading and alphabet practice too!

- Make a checklist for an autumn "treasure hunt". Idea found here. This is the list they used:

• something that is alive
• a leaf with jagged edges
• an interesting weed
• a dry leaf
• a leaf with smooth edges
• three acorns
• a seed from a tree
• a twig
• a pinecone
• a handful of grass
• a feather
• a branch with leaves on it
• a red leaf
• a yellow leaf
• a green leaf
• a smooth stone
• three little pebbles
• wild berries
• a leaf bud
• a piece of bark
• a tiny bit of moss

- Or you can take an ABC nature walk. Fill up a bag with interesting "materials" you find on your walk and use them to make the letters of the alphabet. Photograph the letters and use them in a project!