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The City ABC Book by Zolan Milich

​The path to early literacy skills is lined with repetitions of the alphabet. This book is a fun twist on the usual alphabet book, showing all sorts of places that you can find letters around the city. It is an open invitation to search your surroundings for the alphabet, which is exactly what we did!
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Book cover for The City ABC Book by Zoran Milich

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The side of a wooden toy that look like the letter 'A' for a letter hunt, linked to the book The City ABC Book
The side of a VTech toy with a letter 'X' hidden in it, for an alphabet hunt, linked to the book The City ABC book
Alphabet hunt - Age 3+

You can hunt for letters in your house or on the street. They really are hiding everywhere. Pick a room in your house and challenge kids to find a particular letter shape or any of them. Can you spot our letter 'A' to the left? Or our yellow 'X'? 
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  • Go on a walk and m​ake your own version of this book, using a digital camera
  • Find objects in your area that make up your name
  • Challenge class using a time limit and a specific set of words to find letters for

Click below for other books and activities about the alphabet:

The alphabet themed book 'The City ABC' along with a letter shape hunt
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