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Alphabet Sensory Box

 J’s been noticing letters lately and will point at any letter he sees.  He doesn’t know all the letters yet and calls every letter either “s” or “o”.  I know he’s found letters when I hear “Essss…Ooooh…Essss” from the other room.  It’s either that, or he’s putting out some sort of distress call.

I’ve decided to take advantage of this interest and start doing some letter recognition games.

Alphabet Sensory Box

 

The first activity I did had to be a sensory box, because he loves sensory boxes!  I put together an alphabet sensory tray using magnetic letters and cornmeal.


I started out by spreading the letters in the bottom of the tray.

Alphabet Sensory Box

I then topped them with cornmeal and made sure all the letters were hidden.

Alphabet Sensory Box
J went straight in and dug out the letters.

Alphabet Sensory Box

We then practiced saying the correct name for the letter as we placed them on the refrigerator.

Alphabet Sensory Box

This was a fun sensory and early literacy activity for J.  Hopefully, he’ll learn a few more letters than just S and O!

How did you start teaching your child letter recognition?  I’m always looking for new ideas!

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Filed Under: Play Tagged With: Fine Motor Play, Invitations to Play, Letters Numbers and More, Preschool, Sensory Play, sensory tray, Toddler

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  1. Kristalyn

    March 21, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    One of the first places my oldest paid attn to letters was when we were reading, “Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother too?” by Eric Carle because the fun lettering on the title. He loved pointing out the letters he recognized.

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  2. Kristalyn

    March 21, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    We also love rice in the same way you used the corn meal. Mine love to go on hunts. I put all sorts of things in plastic eggs; letters being one. And the letters make fun noises when they shake the eggs.

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  3. Tracy

    March 21, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    Fun idea! We use cornmeal at our Early Childhood classes for sensory all the time. I’m going to try this with letters in it. Cute!

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  4. Carolyn @ Mama's Little Muse

    March 22, 2012 at 2:42 am

    I love it!

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  5. Mama Cass

    March 22, 2012 at 4:48 pm

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  6. Mama Cass

    March 22, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    That’s a great idea! Wouldn’t it be fun, when he’s older, to hide the letters to a simple word in it- then he could discover the letters AND decipher the word… hmm, I need to remember that for myself too 🙂 Isia enjoys the letter/animal cards from Eric Carle. They’re very sturdy & she loves going through them with us.

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  7. JDaniel4's Mom

    March 22, 2012 at 7:27 pm

    I worked with foam letters in the bathtub with my son.

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  8. PlayDrMom

    March 24, 2012 at 1:44 am

    I love this idea! I definitely want to give it a try with my daughter!

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  9. Growing a Jeweled Rose

    April 1, 2012 at 5:40 am

    We have set up some letter hunting activities too! Such a fun way to learn letters. Thanks for sharing with Tuesday Tots. I have pinned it to the Tuesday Tot board 🙂

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