Stamp a Story
ABC Center
At the Stamp a Story center, students use letter and picture stamps to
- make their name
- find the upper case and lower case letter that a picture begins with
- find pictures that begin with given letters
- stamp the letters in ABC order
- label a picture that they have drawn
Various ideas for Stamp a Story (See details below.)
Storage of letter stamps, picture stamps, letter stamping markers, and ink pads.
Various Ideas for Stamp a Story
(Click on the underlined links to print out your own sheets to use!)
The 2, 3, and 4 column tables can be used to…
- write/pre-program a letter at the top of each column so students can stamp pictures that start with the letter
- stamp/pre-program a picture at the top of each column so students write or stamp the corresponding upper/lowercase letters
- stamp/pre-program a picture at the top of each column so that students can find and stamp other pictures that begin with the same sound
For the sheets of letter boxes, students are to find/stamp pictures in each box that begin with the letter.
If you make small booklets containing a few stapled pages, students can…
- stamp their name on the cover and then stamp pictures of things they like on each page
- stamp a letter on the front and stamp one picture on each page that begins with that letter
- stamp one letter on each page and draw a picture that begins with that letter
- stamp a picture and write/stamp the letter it begins with
- stamp a picture and write the name of the object using sound spelling
- make a name booklet by stamping the names of classmates and drawing a picture of each person
If you cut small pieces of paper, students can…
- make letter collages by stamping a letter and all the pictures they can find that begin with that letter
- stamp the letters in ABC order
