47 Awesome Show and Tell Letter A Ideas

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I created all of my Show and Tell A-Z lists when I realized I was struggling to think of things for my preschooler to share each week. Here are all of my show and tell ideas for letter A – so you don’t have to scramble at the last minute too!

Tips for Finding Show and Tell Items

When I try to think of items for show and tell, I try to go through various categories of things we have in our house:

If all else fails, I send a foam letter from our bathtub toys or a letter from a wooden alphabet puzzle.

Ideas for Show and Tell Letter A

Here are all of my ideas for things that begin with A (that you may find in your home):

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Animals that begin with letter A

You may have stuffed animals, plastic animals, or books with these creatures:

• alligator
• aardvark
• ant
• alpaca
• alien (ok not an animal, but possibly a Toy Story stuffie?)

Books that feature the letter A

• Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day
• Amelia Bedelia
• Anime (genre)
• Atlas
• Ants Go Marching

Food and drinks that begin with the letter A

Check with your child’s teacher before sending real food or drinks to school.

• apple
• applejuice
• applesauce
• animal crackers
• avocado
• asparagus
• apricot
• Airheads candy
• anchovy
• artichoke

Check out our full list of foods that start with A here!

TV/Movie characters that begins with letter A

• Anna (Frozen)
• Alice in Wonderland
• Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
• Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
• Arthur (PBS Kids)

Common Names that begin with A (for photos of family members)

• Ann/Anna/Annie
• Aaron
• Alex
• Andrew
• Amber
• Amanda
• Aunt _____

Other possible A words for show and tell

Check your toybox or closets for these items:

• ambulance
• arm (don’t we all have broken Barbies lying around?)
• anchor
• acorn
• automobile (impress your teacher with that vocabulary!)
• astronaut
• army figure
• armband
• airplane
• angel
• art supplies
• accordion
• acrobat
• apron
• arrow
• award

See our list of toys that start with A here!

Get a head start on next week! See our full list of Show and Tell Ideas from A to Z here!