ABC and 123: A Learning Collaborative: Picnic Table Talk: Alphabet

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Picnic Table Talk: Alphabet

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Welcome to week two of Picnic Table Talk!

I, the list making Katie, love alphabet books. I have been collecting them for many years. There are so many creative ways to present the letters of the alphabet and it is fun to see the variety. So, it only seemed natural for me to share a list of alphabet books from A-Z to kick off today's picnic table topic. For some letters it was very difficult to just choose one!

A– Arches to Zigzags: an Architecture ABC,by Michael J. Crosbie
B - Bugs and Beasties ABC by Cheryl Nathan
C - Creepy Crawlies from A-Z by Louisa Ainsworth
D - Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss
E – Eric Carle’s ABC
F - The Flower Alphabet Book by Leslie Evans
G - The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier
H – The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin
I - I Stink by Jim McMullan
J - Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel and Tom Feelings
K - Kenya ABCs: A Book About the People And Places of Kenya by Sarah Heiman
L - The Letters Are Lost by Lisa Campbell Ernst
M -Miss Spider's ABC by David Kirk
N - Many Nations: an alphabet of Native America by Joseph Bruchac.
O - Old Black Fly by author Jim Aylesworth
P -Pignic by Anne Miranda
Q - Q is for Duck by Mary Elting and Michael Folsom
R – R is for Rhode Island Red by Mark Allio & Mary Jane Begin
S - Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC by June Sobel
T - Tomorrow's Alphabet by George Shannon
U – Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book: A Primer for Adults Only by Shel Silverstein
V – V is for Volunteer by Michael Shoulders
W – Winnie the Pooh's A-Z by Don Ferguson
X – The eXtinct Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
Y - The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
Z - The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg

For this week's link picnic we'd love for you to link to an ABC post of your own.
~An ABC list of any theme you choose
~A review of your favorite alphabet book
~An alphabet activity you enjoyed doing with your children/students

Jenn
http://ahoppyhome.blogspot.com/

Handmade Beginnings
http://handmadebeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

Mama King
http://4crazykings.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-picnic-talk.html

Trish@Preschool Playbook
http://www.preschoolplaybook.com/

Susana @ Our Homeschool Fun
http://ourhomeschoolfun.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

Adventures in Mommydom
http://adventuresofmommyness.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

Her Cup Overfloweth (file folder alphabet match up)
http://michellesjournalcorner.blogspot.com/2009/05/diy-file-folder-activity-alphabet-shape.html

Michelle at Her Cup Overfloweth
http://michellesjournalcorner.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-favorite-abc-song-alphabet-song-by.html

The Fifth Street Palace
http://sarahlscott.blogspot.com/2009/06/back-to-school.html

Kim @ Lifeofamodernmom
http://lifeofamodernmom.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-123s-prize-picnic.html

Jolanthe @ Homeschool Creations
http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/2009/06/preschool-corner-alphabet-picnic-table.html

Home Teacher
http://thehometeacher.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

Orange Juice (29 months)
http://iheartfrutopia.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-123-picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

Kristal
http://knit1kids4.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/chocolate-friday/

Sandra @ Celebrate Every Day
http://peoplesonline.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-for-alphabet.html

Annette @ The Whipples
http://derekannette.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-abc-fun.html

Terra @ Finding Me
http://findingme-terra.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

Katie (Katie's Nesting Spot)
http://katiesnestingspot.blogspot.com/2009/06/zoo-alphabet.html

Our Nifty Notebook
http://ourniftynotebook.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

Diana
http://artsandcrofts.blogspot.com/2009/06/prize-picnic-part-2.html

Branflakes
http://adventuresofaflake.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-picnic-table-talk.html

Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary
http://turningordinaryintoextraordinary.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-abcs.html

Cheerios Underfoot
http://cheeriosunderfoot.blogspot.com/2009/06/prize-picnic-alphabet-book-review.html

Crystal
http://scottandcrystal.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-learning.html

Kristi (Miller Moments)
http://moremillers.blogspot.com/2009/06/abcs.html

The Adventures of Bear
http://theadventuresofbear.blogspot.com/2009/05/beginning-consonant-game.html

Kristi (Miller Moments)
http://abcand123learning.blogspot.com/

Jenny @ agreaterhand
http://agreaterhand.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-picnic-table-talk.html

maryanne@thriftycraftmama
http://thriftycraftmama.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

carisa 1 1 1=1
http://1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-abcs.html

Teaching Young Children
http://teachingyoungchildren.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/alphabet-activities-with-toddlers/

Bookworms book nook
http://bookwormsbooknook.blogspot.com/2009/06/alphabet-books-for-teaching-abcs-and.html

KC @ The Wonder Years
http://growinginpeace.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/picnic-table-talk-all-about-the-abcs/

Mother Is Not Concerned
http://motherisnotconcerned.blogspot.com/2009/06/uxorious-smorgasbord-masticated.html

Katie @ A List Maker's Life
http://k2andkids.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

Letters, Numbers, and Books
http://lettersnumbersandbooksohmy.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-animals.html


New additions:
Cherrios Underfoot
Blog She Wrote
Hope is the Word
Preschool to Pre K
One Pink Fish

24 comments:

  1. I love alphabet books too! we are making our own homemade alphabet book well 2 actually or 1 big one. Since I'm doing one for totally tots and one for just us!

    anyway I couldn't find Mr Linky so here is my link:
    http://lettersnumbersandbooksohmy.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-animals.html

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  2. I made a mistake on my first entry. I forgot to change it to the right blog post. Sorry!

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  3. Great ABC list - I need to check out some of those books in the library!

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  4. Wonderful list, including several we haven't heard of before that we'll enjoy checking out!

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  5. I'm trying to link my blog, but Mr. Linky isn't working for me. Yikes! I'll try again later, but here is my link just in case....

    http://moremillers.blogspot.com/2009/06/abcs.html

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  6. Thanks for the list of books. I am excited to check them out!

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  7. love the list and all the links! i am spending a lot of time researching my abc post- it will be up sometime this week :)

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  8. That's quite a list!

    Though I had plenty of notice, this has been a busy week...I almost didn't get this done today!

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  9. Hmmm... something went wrong with Mr. Linky... Can you fix my link - it picked up one I used last week on someone else's sight!

    Here is the correct link to my book review -

    http://knit1kids4.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/picnic-table-t…alphabet-books/

    Great site by the way!

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  10. I have a suggestion...when we link up should we include our child(ren)'s age in our post if appropriate...like when we include an activity/game, though it may not be needed for book lists? Just a thought. :)

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  11. Sorry, I didn't do a new post mentioning ABC and 123's summer picnic, I just linked to an old alphabet post I had. I hope that's okay. I'm just not finding the time I used to have to sit at the computer nowadays!

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  12. I am looking forward to seeing everyone's great ideas. I will be starting letters with my oldest this summer. I'll be taking notes!

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  13. I like the ABC list. Is nice to have a list of different ABC books to look.

    This week I'm not going to participate because I'm starting ABC letters with my girls and I don't have any pictures to post. I just use my imagination with my girls. So, until next week.

    I'm going to check the other blogs and their nice ideas.

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  14. Lots of good ideas today, and now I'm going to have tons of book requests at the library.
    I just edited my post to add a Thomas the Train ABC list. ;)

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  15. Wow! there are some seriously great idea here! thanks ladies!

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  16. I have to thank Katie for getting my brain to work for this one. Thank you!

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  17. http://blogshewrote.blogspot.com/2009/06/picnic-table-talk-alphabet.html

    I had fun with this one. Thanks!

    Heather W

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  18. I shared one of our newest ABC book finds here---> http://hopeistheword.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/from-letter-to-letter-by-teri-sloat/

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  19. I didn't do a post for this one, but I'm going to check out all these on Mr. Linky!

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  20. Mr Linky was not up so here's our
    link. We posted an ABC Letter Theme.
    -Sandra@Preschool to Pre-K and More

    http://preschool2prek.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-letter-themes.html

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  21. ONE PINK FISH

    http://sandersmemoirs.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-picnic-post-my-favorite-books-z.html

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  22. ine pink fish

    http://sandersmemoirs.blogspot.com/2009/06/abc-picnic-post-my-favorite-books-z.html

    My beliefs on teaching letters, sounds, reading and writing.

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  23. What a terrific list! I'm loving checking out all the others...

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  24. Speaking of the alphabet...
    http://pastexpiry.blogspot.com/2009/07/cartoon-alphabet.html

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