Then she incorporates them into many of her small quilts, utilizing a variety of techniques.

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This photo of barn siding offers suggestions for textural ideas you may want to try.

Sometimes you might get ideas from a single photo.  Other times you can try combining a variety of close-ups.  Or you can vary the close photos with distant scenery to give you a fascinating combination.

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Use Textural Photos for Quilt Designs

So, I have tried to incorporate all of those things into his acquisition of learning the ABC’s.

1. Purchase a lot of sand paper and cut out the ABC’s. Yes, this can be time consuming but do this while you are watching television or while your child is taking a bath. The purpose of the tactile sand paper is for your child not only to see the letters but also to feel the letters with his hands.

2. After he has begun to recognize the letters go on a scavenger hunt throughout the neighborhood in search of letters. I remember my mother doing this with me in the car (but AJ is not up to that yet). Search street signs, houses, mailboxes, newspapers, etc. for letters and see how many he can recognize).

3. Play online games like this one that help your child to recognize the sounds the letters make.

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Reading Activities: Now I know my ABC’s