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Fun Preschool Activity -- Alphabet Blocks
Description: Fun idea for making preschool alphabet blocks.
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ALPHABET BLOCKS:
Alphabet blocks with just one letter on each block
are a great toy to have for
your preschool child. You'll find she can learn a
great deal through playing
with them, especially with you. Not only can she
become the architect of great
buildings, roads or skyscrapers (which are fun to
knock down), but building
can also help budding coordination skills.
When you
work with your child, ask
her to hand you blocks by using the name of the
letter on them. As she picks
up blocks, ask her to tell you the name of each
block, also. Before beginning
to build, help put the blocks into sequence in a
long row beginning with Aa.
Then say or sing the ABC song 2 or 3 times as you
touch each one. This will
help her to learn to recognize each letter as she
plays with the blocks.
You
can also talk about the shapes of each letter. Point
out those lower case
letters that have tails that hang down or tall
sticks that reach up. Don't forget to
talk about the sizes of the boxes as you play. This
will help increase your
child's vocabulary as you choose big, little, middle
size, bigger, smaller, large,
tiny, etc. blocks. Once she knows the letter's names
and sounds, you can
begin to spell out simple words placing the boxes
next to each other in what
can be humorous configurations.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
26 boxes with tops. Any size will work--all the same
or different sizes
White wrapping paper (not tissue) or newsprint paper
White glue
ACTIVITY STEPS:
1. Cut the paper to the right size to cover each
box.
2. Spread glue on the edges of the box so the paper
will stick smoothly to all
sides as you wrap the box.
3. Print an alphabet letter, either capital or lower
case or both, on the boxes.
4. Let kids build with their new alphabet blocks.
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