Letters in a Bag
When my first son was two-, three-, even four-years-old, he often played with electronic toys that played the alphabet song and helped children learn to identify the letters and their sounds. These were age appropriate toys that he enjoyed and frequently spent 20 to 30 minutes at at time entertained by them.
However, my now three-year-old son has his older brother to play with, and is much more interested in the types of toys with which older children play, such as pirate costumes and any type of sports equipment. He has not had the same amount of letter practice his older brother had simply because he is not interested in the same learning toys.
Although I always played learning games with my first son, I am finding I need to be much more creative in coming up with quite a few more for my second child. Here is one I did with him last week that uses only a letter puzzle and a bag or box.
Simply put the letters from the puzzle in the bag and let your child draw them out one at a time. Let him find where the piece goes on the puzzle while identifying the name of the letter and the sound it makes. By adding the simple element of drawing the letters out of a bag where he can’t see them, your child will be more intrigued by the activity. My own son, who has a typical short attention span, actually wanted to complete the puzzle three times, which I was more than happy to help him do!
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Written by Laura on April 11, 2011
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