Purchase a blank notebook at an office supply store or make one at home using construction paper or card stock. To make the book at home, staple 27 pieces of white construction paper together in a book format. Write the child's name on the front of the book. Write one letter in the top left-hand side of each page.
Introduce the letter by talking about the correct way to write it. Have the child trace the letter already written on the page. Then he can write the letter once or twice on his own next to the preprinted one.
Find words that begin with the letter in old magazines. Cut out the words and glue them onto the letter page. Fill the page with as many words as time will allow.
Teach the sound the letter makes. Brainstorm different words that begin with that same sound. Have the children find pictures that begin with the letter's sound. Cut out those pictures and glue them onto the letter page. If the page is already full of words, the student can glue the pictures to the blank page opposite the letter page, thus making a two-page spread. The letter "A" pictures would be glued to the back of the front cover.