I’ve been working with my 3 1/2 year old on number and letter recognition lately. A few weeks ago I posted a number activity, so now I’m following up with a letter activity. This is one of those fun, no frustration inducing activities (rather than the kind where you and your preschooler both end up hitting your head against the table – tell me you’ve been there!) that easily integrates learning to recognize the letters of the alphabet into it.
Letter Recognition With Alphabet Hide And Seek
I have yet to meet a kid that doesn’t love to play hide and seek, and my daughter especially loves the game. So we played hide and seek with the letters that I had written on index cards. I hid them all over the toy room and she had a great time finding all 26 letters.
After she found all the letters we worked together to put them in alphabetical order. Also, when making the cards I used three different colors to make a pattern to help her, but also teach her about patterns. Just point out to them the pattern that the colors are making as you put them in order.
It was a fun and simple activity, the kind I like best! I’m hoping this will turn into an activity that my six year old will do with her. I think they would have a great time doing this activity together.
I also have other things I want to do with these letters, so stay tuned and keep the letters if you make them or I might have a set you can print off.
When you’re done with that, there is a fun Shape Scavenger Hunt activity too, and it has a free printable to go with it.
Aubrey
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Love this Aubrey! Eleni will think I’m the best :). And yay for easy!!!
Gee, it freeks me out that we live on different continents but still our kids have the same furniture… talking about globalization…
So long,
Corinna
I love this Aubrey! I am always looking for new ways to teach the Alphabet to Thatcher. He is going to LOVE this. Thank you.
I love this, it’s such a simple effective idea. :)
*This is a genuine question not a critisism* I assume you are in the US? Is it usual to focus on captial letters? In the UK we would tend to start with lowercase letters with preschool children.
Hello Beth,
I had to jump in on this because it was something I was just thinking about too. My son learned uppercase all through preschool but now that he is in kindergarten they are starting with lowercase. So it’s a toss up! I think using this same idea by giving them the lowercase letter and then telling them to go find the matching uppercase would be fun too :)