Find the Letter Printables: D is for Donkey

These Find the Letter D is for Donkey will help your preschool and early-elementary-aged children work on recognizing the letter D among many other letters of the alphabet. These Donkey themed worksheets are the perfect extra for your reading preparedness studies!

We have so many fun Find the Letter Worksheets for Kids. You can easily work through the entire alphabet in a way that is fun and engaging! When it comes to learning printables, we’ve got you covered with so many great options – that are free!

Now is the time to give the kids a fun printable that they’ll learn from as well. Once they’re done, they’ll know exactly what the letter D looks like which is great for learning how to read, how to identify sight words, and more!

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What is the learning benefit of this printable?

The learning benefit of these printables is that they help children learn to recognize the letter D among many similar letters.

Learning to recognize the letter D among many similar letters is important for early reading skills. This will help children be able to read words that have the letter D in them.

Help your child get a head start on their reading skills with these printables.

What it includes:

These printable pages include pages that are donkey-themed and will help the kids learn how to identify upper and lowercase letters. You can use these pages to build their confidence in letter identification. These printables are great for early learners and any age that needs a refresher.

Fun ways to use this printable:

There are so many great ways to use this printable! Have the kids complete them as they are or try one of these options below! Use these printables as inspiration and then let the kids take over and keep creating!

Learn shapes or colors

You can have the kids learn shapes by putting a circle around the capital ‘D’ and a square around the Lower Case ‘d’. They could use different colors: for example, green around the “big D” and blue around the “little d”. You could also grab a set of Do A Dot Art Markers (affiliate link) so they can just dab over the right letters! However you decide to use these sheets, they are a simple way to reinforce alphabet recognition!

Draw their own donkey

Use these printables as a way to inspire the kids and have them draw their own donkeys as well! Using a tracing page works great or they can be as creative as they want. There is no wrong one for them to create their very own donkey that they can start and finish, all on their own!

Create a donkey story

What a fun way to have the kids get creative! They can even go as far as naming the donkey, giving him a whole backstory, and also creating a fun option to make an entire book all about their donkey! When you challenge the kids to think outside the box for learning fun, great things happen!

Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

Find items that start with the letter D hiding around the house or outside.

Have your kid(s) start their search for items that begin with the letter D by looking around the house.

They might find dishes in the kitchen, dirty clothes in the laundry room, or a Disney book in the living room. Don’t forget to check outside too!

The possibilities are endless with this one!

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Create a Letter D Animal

Have the kids use their imaginations to come up with an animal that starts with the letter D. Once they have their animal, they can draw it, or even better – build it out of Legos, Kinetic Sand, or Play-Doh!

These Letter D Animals include templates to make things a bit easier for those of us that are not super crafty:

Make a Letter D Craft

There are so many great ideas on Pinterest for letter D crafts. A few of our favorites are:

Cutting Practice

Have your child(ren) look through old magazines for the Letter D or items that start with the letter d – or both! They can cut it out and put it on the fridge as a decoration.