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Easy as ABC!
Letters are important – they are the building blocks towards a lifetime of reading, writing and learning and should not be taught solely with paper pencil worksheets. Instead, parents can plan entertaining yet educational activities their child will enjoy taking part in. There is no better way to help kids learn the ABC of letter than by making the learning fun.
Any alphabet learning activity you begin with your child should last only five to ten minutes per day depending on your child. As a parent, you already know your child’s attention span and can time each activity accordingly. Also, plan only one activity per session introducing five letters at a time. Learning the alphabet in no particular order is difficult for children, but is an essential skill needed for their success as readers. Keeping activities short and engaging will make an enormous difference to children as they begin to learn the basics of reading.
Here are some ideas you might like to try at home.
Letter of the day
Nominate a letter of the day – for example the letter H – and plan a couple of activities around that. For example, at sites like <a href=”http://halloweencolorings.blogspot.com”> Halloween Colorings</a> you’ll find the best Halloween coloring pages and many other printables.
Also, eat food beginning with H such as ham or honey and do some of the other activities mentioned in this article involving the letter H.
Bath time foam letters
Parents can purchase a bucket of foam letters from any dollar store. These letters are fabulous fun for a young learner in the bathtub. Parents can place letters on the side of the bathtub, or wall (if tiled), spell our words and review letters.
Shaving cream letters
Parents take a cookie sheet or spray shaving cream directly on your kitchen table. Ask your child to smooth out the cream to form a square. Hold your child’s index finger and assist him with forming a letter. Then ask your child to wipe that letter away and begin again.
Letter art
Using bingo dabbers or finger paints have your child create one large uppercase letter filling the entire space of an A4 piece of paper. Create each letter in alphabetical order and decorate the child’s bedroom or playroom with these letters. The art your child creates will mean so much more to him than any store bought alphabet poster.
Magnetic letters
Place five magnet letters on a cookie sheet and tell your child the letter you would like for her to find. Be sure to take turns in guessing when your child has mastered all letters.
Rice printing
Spread out a thin layer of uncooked rice on a cookie sheet. Show your child the letter you would like for him to draw in the rice. Repeat this with other letters. This will give your sensory motivated learner another way to internalize letters.
About the Author
Dominique Lummus has been writing for over a decade and contributes to various newspapers and magazines worldwide as well as online. An Anglo-Italian hybrid, Dominique has lived in Italy, England, the USA and spent twelve years in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates before emigrating to Australia in 2002. She lives with her architect husband Bryn and their two teenage children and thoroughly enjoys her life Down Under in their home among the gum trees. Writing, the Internet, travel and the theatre are all pursuits that bring her joy while her dislikes include cruelty, offal, rudeness and all of Australia’s deadly fauna! Dominique’s quirky blog can be found at www.pomsinoz.blogspot.com.
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