Fine Motor
LearningToddlers25 Comments
George has been learning his letters and its amazing me how easily he’s catching on.
I don’t think he’s quite there to know all the letter just by seeing them. So I set up a learning activity that had him looking at a letter and then spotting it in the lineup.
I wrote a few random letters on our chalkboard.
Using our Melissa & Doug ABC Block Cart (affiliate link), I grabbed the same letter blocks for George to grab from.
Once he grabbed the block, he tried to identify the letter if he could. If not, no big deal.
Then George found the letter in the letter lineup on the chalkboard.
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And then it was time for the fun part. He got to squirt the letter with water to erase it from the lineup!
Some letters he just did one big squirt and went on to the next. Other letters he took his time and made sure every part of the letter washed away.
I cannot believe how big of a hit this activity was. I wrote lineup after lineup of letters on the chalkboard. We even did some numbers.
Or take this outside and do it on the driveway!
Henry even did a version of the activity that was more advanced with sight words. He would write his word and then squirt it. I could have wrote his list of sight words on the board and then have him identify them the same way George did the letters.
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Faigie says
What a great use of squirt bottles. It would be a great way to channel my grandkids fascination with using spray bottles and water all over the place
Anna - The Measured Mom says
This is fantastic! Sure to be a big hit with my two year old who’s learning letters and my four year old who’s learning sight words. Thanks so much!
Deborah @ For The Love of Learning says
Love this idea! I have to get to the dollar store to get a spray bottle. :) My son is busy learning letters too! Here is my latest idea to teach him: http://www.fortheloveoflearningblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/learning-abc-using-letter-stickers.html
Jamie Reimer says
Terrific! Thanks for the idea Deborah!