Picture This!
Most kids seem to be fascinated with cameras. I know my own love to grab a digital camera and snap away. They’ll spend a great deal of time taking pictures, and even more time looking at pictures that they have taken or that have been taken of them.
Use this attraction to create a learning adventure. This activity works best with a digital camera so that you can quickly review the pictures that have been taken. Ahead of time, create a simple, colorful book by stapling fourteen sheets of construction paper together. This will give you one page for each letter of the alphabet, as well as a cover page and a back cover.
Begin by telling your child you will be going on a scavenger hunt for all of the letter sounds in the alphabet. Together, label the pages in the book with each letter of the alphabet. Then go through your house and search for items to capture with your camera that represent each letter of the alphabet. (If you get stuck on a letter, use your computer to find a picture of a word that starts with that letter and take a picture of your screen.) In the book, write the name of the item being photographed so that it is easily identified later.
Try to let your child think of the items to find in your house. However, if he gets stuck, you can start by naming other words that begin with that letter. Then give a few clues to see if your child can identify the item of which you are thinking.
Twenty-six items may take too long to keep your child’s interest for the entire time. If this is the case, simply pick off where you left off at a later time.
Once all of the photos are taken, print them out and tape them into book on their coordinating pages. Let your child show off his alphabet book to others, and use it as a tool to review the letter sounds.
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Written by Laura on January 10, 2011
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