Do you have an ABC mat
in your house?
We do.
Henry learned his ABC’s with this mat.
Other than that, we haven’t expanded upon what it could be used for.
Until I realized that Henry always put together small foam blocks to make a road at his Great-Grandma’s.
Let’s make a big road for his big trucks!
We also have a couple sets of the plain large foam squares.
(I intended these to be towns, or parking spaces…
But really, I needed them to just make it around the loop.)
Henry and I constructed our road around one of the loops in the house.
As I picked up the squares to move them,
the letters fell out,
I let it happen
Henry picked up the letters
and found the corresponding square to put it in.
This kept him quite busy.
Henry used the road for the rest of the day for various things.
He drove his entire fleet of vehicles around and around
and parked them in his cardboard box I placed next to the road.
He hauled his blocks around.
He just ran around on the mat.
Also… In the need to burn some energy, I made an ABC race.
We have this Melissa & Doug ABC Block Cart.
I grabbed one of these ABC blocks and gave it to Henry.
He ran to find the matching letter on his road that we made.
I made him stay on the mat at all times.
Next time I’ll add a timer and some ‘beat the timer’ fun.
This time it worked with just saying,
‘Hurry find the J!’
What do you do with your ABC Mat?
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Sweet T isn't old enough for this yet, but it looks fun!
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I should get some ABC mats for my boys, it looks like you had a great time together!
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Oh we used to have so much, fun with our alphamats! Building roads, houses – yes, they actually stay up sideways when constructed fully! and of course fitting the letters in the holes. They're great just for a play mat too!
My girls have now grown out of them and we've just given them away – after all that playing they were still in excellent condition! Made of tough stuff I reckon!
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Adorable Henry. Creative idea. Hands-on Mom. Blessed Henry to have a Great-Grandma.
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We also love our play mat!
So many things to do and use it to learn letters in fun ways!
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Really fun ideas, and a great way to include letters for active kids Thanks for linking up with the Letter Play Carnival
We love our ABC mat (and our shapes and numbers). We make mazes and towers and cubes and obstacle courses. My son learned his ABC's with this mat (he just turned 3 and has known his ABC's for over a year). He has also located the correct letter. WE also make roads and sidewalks and paths. We have made houses and stores – love the mats – so easy to use. Thanks for your ideas – love your site
Theresa
Like the simple ideas for fun for kids as they learn …