This week's post is about Melissa & Doug Wooden Alphabet Letters. (Can you tell I just had a baby and have been having to get creative with the items we already own rather than make any new materials?)
Campbell has really shown an affinity for learning the alphabet. Right now she knows about 20 uppercase letters. She loves these magnetic wooden letters and will often just play with them on a cookie sheet.
For this activity we were matching lowercase letters to uppercase letters. She and I first put out all the uppercase letters as she/we named them. Then I showed her the lowercase letters 1 at a time while I named them. Then she (with help) would look for the uppercase letter to match.
The next activity is one for matching the letters of her name. This is to help her learn how to spell her name and is a precursor to writing her name. I simply photocopied the letters and she matches the wooden letter to the letter on the paper. I did have to buy an extra set of letters since she has two "L"s in her name but I figured I'll need more letters one day anyway when we start using them to create words.
If you have any creative ideas for activities using magnetic letters, I'd love to hear them!
2 comments:
Ohh very nice! Way impressed new mom.
Where do you find the energy?! Very impressive!
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