I love, love, love creating early learning activities. And when it comes to the alphabet, there is a never-ending list of ways that you can play and learn!
I personally feel that the alphabet is the ultimate foundation skill for your kiddo to master before heading to school. They may not be able count to 100 or cut in a perfectly straight line, but if they know their letters and (most of) the sounds that go with them, you are setting them up for success!
This Alphabet Train Activity is a favorite in our home. It combines our love for stickers with the fun of a train design for easy engagement. Here is how to get started:
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Materials
How To
This is a great activity to prep the night before for easy access in the morning.
- Grab your white paper roll and your markers
- Do your best to draw a train on the paper. Remember, this doesn’t need to be perfect! Just use basic shapes to piece together a train shape. Your kids won’t judge your art skills!
- Take a look at your alphabet sticker size. You want to make sure that the letters you draw are roughly the same size, so the stickers go on easier.
- Write the alphabet on the train, being sure to spread the letters out and change up the order to make it a bit more challenging. I chose to write capital letters on the engine of the train and lowercase letters on the train car that followed. That way, my kiddos had to identify both upper and lowercase letters.
- Grab your kiddos and demonstrate how to match a sticker letter to the one on the train
Enjoy!
This is such a fun way to practice letter matching and identification. Because there are so many letters, it is an activity that will occupy your littles for a while. It is a great activity to set up the night before and put out in the morning for an easy, educational distraction while you make breakfast or get ready for the day.
I also like to put these types of paper activities out during nap time. That way my non-nappers are engaged in quiet play while the littlest rests, and they are getting a little academic exercise for their brain at the same time!
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