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Learning Activity : ABC Mat Game

Using an ABC Mat and ABC Blocks a learning activity is formed!
Letting Henry lead the way, 
we put the ABC mat together in order of the ABC’s and 123′s. 
He used his hammer to pound in each of the letters to their corresponding blocks.
Once the mat was together, 
we gathered our Melissa and Doug ABC blocks and drew one block at a time.

On each side of the blocks, there are pictures of objects.
After choosing a block, Henry chose an object to act out.
He acted out the object as he found one of the letters from the block on the mat.

From flying like airplanes and birds to crawling slowly like a turtle,
Henry placed all the blocks on their corresponding letter of the ABC mat.



To add more difficulty :
Some blocks have numbers.
Henry pounded those blocks with his hammer the corresponding number of times.
Counting as he hit them.

Mom had to get in on the action too:
Munching on a carrot to squawking like a monkey.
Henry drew the blocks for me and chose what I had to do. 
A simple and active game that can be varied to each child’s level, 
as well as varying it up to create interest time and again.

Do you have a toy that is multi-purposed?
– Henry is 3 years old –
– George is 8 months old –

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About Jamie Reimer

Jamie is a baker's wife and stay at home mom of three boys. Jamie began hands on : as we grow as a New Year's Resolution to do hands on kids activities with Henry when he was 2.5 years old. Read more about Jamie and her family. Follow Jamie on and Pinterest!

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  1. Amanda @ Gratefully Growing in Grace says:

    This is a fantastic activity! I like how you incorporated movement into it.

  2. I can just envision the two of you acting/playing charades and creating movement to go with this activity. Three cheers.

  3. Stef (the nanny from askananny.com) says:

    Just another FREE game all of us have! Ingenious!

  4. I absolutely love this idea! Thanks for sharing!

  5. Cathy James says:

    I love this too. You have great ideas for active kids. Who says you need to sit down still to learn the alphabet?

  6. Aimee from Classified: Mom says:

    That is a great way to make a game out of ordinary toys! Awesome ;-) Thank you so much for sharing this on The Sunday Showcase, please make sure to stop back each week!

    Aimee

  7. tatania says:

    which brand mat is this?

  8. Hi Jamie,
    What a great idea……. I would never have thought of doing this…..my Prep class will love it.
    Thank you,
    Ann