Literacy & ABCs
Math & 123s
Move & LearnPreschoolers18 Comments
Using an ABC Mat and ABC Blocks, a letter 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 (affiliate link) 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.
It was such a fun letter learning activity that focused on something other than the letters! It was kind of a hidden learning activity for Henry!
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 learning:
Some blocks have numbers. Henry pounded those blocks with his hammer the corresponding number of times. Counting as he hit them.
I got 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.
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Ann Foster says
August 10, 2012 at 5:32 pmHi Jamie,
What a great idea……. I would never have thought of doing this…..my Prep class will love it.
Thank you,
Ann
tatania says
May 28, 2012 at 12:03 pmwhich brand mat is this?
Aimee from Classified: Mom says
June 17, 2011 at 1:46 amThat 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
Cathy James says
June 14, 2011 at 5:39 pmI love this too. You have great ideas for active kids. Who says you need to sit down still to learn the alphabet?
Jenae says
June 14, 2011 at 12:53 pmI absolutely love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
Stef (the nanny from askananny.com) says
June 11, 2011 at 12:05 amJust another FREE game all of us have! Ingenious!
Debbie says
June 7, 2011 at 6:09 pmI can just envision the two of you acting/playing charades and creating movement to go with this activity. Three cheers.
Amanda @ Gratefully Growing in Grace says
June 7, 2011 at 12:39 pmThis is a fantastic activity! I like how you incorporated movement into it.