The Letter "A" is for armadillo, aprons, acorns and apples

A stands for Ape, for Arthur and Air.

       Why is A the first letter? It represents one of the commonest vowel sounds in ancient languages. Naturally the Phoenician alphabet makers selected a familiar object in the name of which this particular vowel sound was emphasized. Since food is of primal importance, it is not surprising to find that he chose the ox -- "Alef" (ah'lef), or rather the head of the ox, for the characteristics of animals are chiefly embodied in the head. Not only was the ox important as food but also as a beast of burden, for the ox had been harnessed to the plow centuries before the horse was domesticated. Thus one of the earliest and most important of man's friends among the brute creatures was honored.

       In making this letter repeatedly and rapidly they became careless and instead of crossing the letter V they tried to make it with one continuous scratching, hence when the Greeks became acquainted with it three to five centuries after its invention, the picture had deteriorated almost beyond recognition. They introduced balance and the V was inverted, and the cross-bar was retained between the lines. Unknowingly they were drawing the ox head upside down; and it remains so with us to this day. The Greeks called the first letter alpha, the Romans called it A (ah) and we call it A (ay), a sound it never possessed in Latin.

Our "A" Coloring Pages Thus Far:

1. "A is for apron" two alphabet coloring pages one for letter recognition and coloring; the second for coloring and letter tracing.
2. "A is for apple" alphabet coloring pages, two versions, one is for letter recognition and color apples and the upper and lower case Aa, the second is for tracing the letter Aa 
3. "A is for acorns" letter trace, letter recognition, coloring page of acorns
4. "A is for an apron by full of blooms" color the letter A 
5. "A is for armadillo" alphabet coloring page, the word "armadillo" used in a sentence, practice tracing the letter Aa 
6. "A is for the apples that grown on the tree" alphabet coloring page, letter recognition
7. "A is for Saint Antony" alphabet coloring pages (two versions, one comes with a poem)

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More About The Letter "A":

• The Illuminated Letter "A" at The Grimm Scriptorium
• A is for Ass Primer Page 
• "A is for Alexander The Great" Primer Page