A while back,I whipped up a little game for my kids to practice making words. I used a photo of them playing on the floor with it in this post over here, and several people have commented on it and asked about it.
The cards are actually name tags from this site. I printed them out, glued them to cardstock, and wrote in the name of the drawing on each tag. I laminated them so that my two year old wouldn't destroy them in the first 3.2 seconds. Then I wrote the letters on some clothes pins.
The kids make words by matching the letters on the card to the clothespins. It's an introduction to some sight words, some practice at letter recognition, and a real confidence builder for the child who can exclaim "Mommy, look! I spelled dog!"
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I LOVE THIS IDEA! I have a Toddler that will be two in a few months and I have a hard time finding Games that would keep him busy yet teach him things. He doesn't know all of his alphabet, or how to read......but he knows what the letters look like when I ask them to find an O or A in a word in books. So matching the card and the letters on the pins would be AWESOME! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteDo you mind saying how old the kids were who did this activity? (Love it, by the way!)
ReplyDeleteHi Carolina! My daughters who play with it are 3 and 4. I think my 3 year old is probably at the perfect stage for something like this...but the 4 (almost 5) year old does enjoy it too. Thanks for your question! :)
ReplyDeletehello Carolina...im so happy with your website....i've learned so many things that i could apply in my home... thanks for sharing your idea :)
ReplyDeleteKelly,
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever and I love the activity. Thank you for coming on my blog and leaving a comment.
So cute.
Fran@kindergartencrayons.blogspot.com
Great idea! I've got two little girls I keep and this would be great to use with them.
ReplyDeleteThis is genious! I can't wait to try it out on my 3 year old. Thanks for sharing this with us Caroline. :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! I made this for my 4 year old son yesterday. He's in pre-school and very resistant to doing anything school-like at home. He loves it! He thinks I should make one for his teacher ;)
ReplyDeleteLove this idea! Thanks for sharing! I am making some for my daughter right now!
ReplyDeleteKelly, this is simply a wonderful idea! So many skills are targeted and so much fun! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I want to try this out as a center activity in my classroom. As a primary teacher the only thing I would change is to make the letters lower case. We have so much trouble trying to get the little ones out of "all caps" mode at school.
ReplyDeleteI use a similar activity, but I use lowercase letters in red vowels and black consonants.
ReplyDeleteFor kindergarten aged children you could write the words on cards and leave out the vowels. Clips could have vowels and children could finish building the word by associating the correct vowel with the sound they hear.
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