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April 3, 2014

Water Painting Handwriting Practice

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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.

Water Painting Writing Practice for Kids!

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 which is great for a busy day.

FUN way to practice writing letters!

My preschooler dipped the paintbrush in the water and “painted” over the chalk letters.  Wet chalk is quite vibrant so it’s rewarding to see the letters change color as they get painted.

Big Letter Water Painting!

Turning handwriting into a gross motor activity helps kids to experience the shapes of the letters or numbers in another way.  It helps develop hand-eye coordination and letter recognition in a low key way.  Since the “paint” for this activity is water the sun will take care of any “mistakes” and dry them out so you can play again and again!

The other Move and Learn co-hosts were busy putting together Move and Learn Activities for kids this week too, make sure to check them out!

Other Ways to Move & Learn this week:

  • Sight Word Stretch from The Pleasantest Thing
  • Giant Connect the Colors Activity from Hands on : as we grow
  • 18 Ways to Play with Numbers from Toddler Approved
  • Check out all our Move & Learn activities
  • Lots of ideas on our Pinterest board!

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. Memetales says

    April 4, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Amazingly simple and hence even more brilliant!

    Reply
  2. Crystal & Co. says

    April 4, 2014 at 11:27 am

    So smart! Love this.

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  3. Tinkerlab says

    April 5, 2014 at 2:30 am

    LOVE it!

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  4. Coffee Cups and Crayons says

    April 5, 2014 at 11:08 am

    Thanks Colleen!

    Reply
  5. Coffee Cups and Crayons says

    April 5, 2014 at 11:08 am

    We love simple ones too Memetales!

    Reply
  6. Coffee Cups and Crayons says

    April 5, 2014 at 11:08 am

    Thanks Crystal & Co.!

    Reply
  7. Coffee Cups and Crayons says

    April 5, 2014 at 11:09 am

    Thank you Tinkerlab!!!

    Reply
  8. Susan W says

    April 12, 2014 at 12:58 pm

    This is a great handwriting activity! Thanks for linking up at the Thoughtful Spot Blog Hop!

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 14, 2014 at 9:21 pm

      Thanks Susan!

      Reply
  9. Jill says

    April 13, 2014 at 10:10 pm

    This is a great idea for a sunny spring day.

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 14, 2014 at 9:17 pm

      Thanks Jill!

      Reply

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