Vowel sounds are hard to practice, especially the A, E, and I. To make the phonics practice fun we created a fun vowel sounds practice game with cups! Phonics Practice Game 3 plastic cups permanent marker pom pom or gem or something similar The vowel sounds can be harder to remember and reproduce correctly than the consonant sounds. To get in some extra practice I wrote 3 of the vowels on the cups and set up a simple phonics … [Read more...]
ABC Active Learning Game for Kids
If your kids like to move (and who doesn't?) then this they will love this ABC active learning game! I actually had a different Move and Learn activity planned to share this week...until I spied these cups we had taken from an event for our art supply shelves. Before we used these styrofoam cups for crafting we decided to stomp on them first. In the name of learning of course! Adding movement to any skill practice makes it more engaging … [Read more...]
Alphabet Soup Early Literacy Activity
Making alphabet soup with your preschoolers is a great way for them to move and learn! They can have fun while mixing and pouring water and work on letters at the same time. It's a fun early literacy activity that also super simple to set up. Alphabet Soup water alphabet magnets or plastic letters blue liquid watercolor (optional) ladle (metal is fun with magnets) bowls, spoons, etc I filled a large plastic container 2/3 of the … [Read more...]
How to Make Invisible Ink with Lemon Juice
I have been wanting to try invisible writing with lemon juice for awhile now, but we haven't gotten around to it. We were sent a copy of Tinkerlab: A Hands-On Guide for Little Inventors (affiliate link) written by Rachelle of Tinkerlab and when my preschooler saw it in there and asked to try it I immediately said yes! Invisible Ink with Lemon Juice lemon juice (any citrus will work) cotton swabs cardstock iron I love simple … [Read more...]
Letter Tracing with Cars
Learning the proper strokes for handwriting formation can take time, but is very important. Once a bad habit is acquired it can be hard to correct. If you ask a kindergarten teacher how many times they remind kids to start at the top when writing I bet the answer would be a very high number! Tracing letters is a good way to practice proper formation and avoid trouble with handwriting. Instead of tracing letters with a pencil we decided to use a … [Read more...]
Window Painting Handwriting Practice
One easy way to make handwriting practice fun is to make it big! Painting big letters with window paint on the windows is a great way to get kids excited about working on letter formation. The only thing I needed to prep for this activity was to mix up some window paint and put something down on the floor under the window. This would be great to do outside on your windows or glass door too. Here's the recipe---> Easy Window Paint Recipe We … [Read more...]
Water Painting Handwriting Practice
Letter and number handwriting practice doesn't just have to take place at a table--there are so many ways to make it fun! The weather is nice so we went outside to water paint chalk letters. Big Letter Writing Practice chalk bucket or bowl with water paintbrush I am a fan of sidewalk chalk activities because they are so easy to set up. For this one all I had to do was write the letters on the sidewalk and fill the bucket with water … [Read more...]
Letter Matching with Hearts
Playing games with letters makes practicing so much more fun--especially when kids get a chance to move and learn at the same time! That's why we love these lower case letter games so much. A couple of years ago my sister sent my kids a set of red and a set of pink lowercase letter cards. She made them by printing each lower case letter on pink and red paper. Then, being the superstar that she is, she cut them into heart shapes and even … [Read more...]
