Summer time may be here, but many people will not be able to go on holiday this year. Our children need simple things to make them happy. Sometimes even a printer and a handful of markers will do. What is more a game that you will make and play with your children is even better. Take the time to make the following printable alphabet game with your child and play with them. It is easy, cheap to make, it is portable and above all educational.
It is a classic Memory game. The ways that one can use the following printable are many. Here are a few ideas:
1. Memory
Print, colour and laminate the following photos. Cut each of the letter tiles and place them in a box or bag, so as not to loose them. To play, place all the letter tiles face down. Ask your child to pick one tile at the time and try to match the letters by remembering where they saw the matching letter. Since the tiles include both lower and upper case letters, you can also play around with that: ask the children to match only the lower case or the upper case letters. There are many variations to this one. For more ways to use the letter tiles read the first page of the printable.
2. Learning Centre
This printable can also be used as a learning centre. It is ideal for homeschooling and classroom purposes. Print, colour and laminate as instructed above, place the letter tiles in a box. Use plastic cups or bowls and use the tiles as alphabet manipulatives. Ask the children to short them, by placing all the A's together, all the B's together and so on.
Variations:
a. Ask them to find the letters to spell their name as many times as possible.
b. Write down a few words, like man, can, fan, and pan. Ask the children to find the letters and form the words you wrote.
c. Ask the children to find all the vowels or all the consonants.
d. Ask the children to make complete alphabet chains.
e. Randomly pick a handful of tiles. Ask the children to organise the tiles alphabetically.
As you can see the possibilities are endless, so will be the joy of making a simple game and playing with your child. Give it a go!
If you have any ideas that you would like to see as a printable here, please let me know and I will do what I can.
If you have any ideas that you would like to see as a printable here, please let me know and I will do what I can.
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