Salt Box –
Line a small box with black paper and add a thin layer of salt. Your child can write letters in the salt. Shake the box to "clean the slate."
Alphabet Books –
Cut a piece of paper into fourths, staple them together on the side, and write an alphabet letter on the cover. Your child can cut pictures out of magazines that begin with the letter on the cover and glue them on the following pages. Label the pictures.
Playdough –
Draw a letter, and have your child roll out pieces of playdough and fit and mold them together to make that letter’s shape. Try lots of letters!
Fine Motor Control Practice –
Draw curly lines, shapes, mazes, and have your child trace them with a pencil. Then see if s/he can duplicate these shapes/lines/etc. by him/herself.
Word Wall –
Put up separate alphabet letters on pieces of paper on the wall. Write new words the child has mastered, cut them out and put them under the alphabet letter that has the same beginning sound.
Post-its & Pens –
Write single letters on small post-its and have your child stick the post-its on items around the house that begin with the same letter.
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