About a month ago (maybe two or three- I’m terrible at keeping track of time) I made some collages to help Ethan learn his colors. 
They are 8 1/2 x 11″ so that they can fit in page protectors, but I made them on construction paper so that the paper color matched the color I was trying to show. Right now, they are loose since Ethan prefers them that way, but they will probably end up in a binder eventually. I’m not going to lie- they were a ton of work, but he loves them and they are definitely helping him learn his colors.
Well now that I’ve started my crusade to teach Ethan stuff, I figured I needed a plan, activities, HELP. And apparently, my first project is making collages for the letters of the alphabet. I have capitals on one side and lower case on the other. They are on two separate sheets of paper so that I can separate them later if I want them side by side in a binder or if I want to mix them all up and have him match capitals and lowercase or something. I have a lot of pictures cut out for all of the letters (though the more obscure letters are a bit lacking in diversity. I think Z has zebras, zippers, and zeros, and that’s it. Maybe I’ll draw some zigzags and see if I still have any zucchini seed packs laying around). The only ones I have completed are B, C, and D, and D isn’t even close to filled up, but I think they are looking great so far and Ethan has already gotten excited about all of the pictures. It will probably also help with his speech since he leaves off the beginning of a lot of words (banana is “nana,” dinosaur is “sore,” etc). He loves books, but often gets bored 3/4 of the way through and wants to play or pick a different book. I think a large part of the reason he loves his “papers” is because they are a better fit for his attention span. I’ll try to remember to post his progress in a month or so.
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