Alphabet Clues
Introduction
Play a game of hide and seek by using Alphabet Clues to find what is hiding.
Materials:
Directions:
- Cut out with scissors (adults only) the Alphabet Letters for your child to use.
- Take something from around your house like a stuffed animal or a picture of you and your child and hide it somewhere.
- Place the cut-out Alphabet letters in alphabetical order on the floor to make a trail that leads to the hidden object.
- Have your child start at the letter A and follow the letters until he reaches the letter Z.
- Your child can sing Alpha Pig's alphabet song as he walks or for a greater challenge have your child sound out each letter as he walks on it.
Take it further:
Make a vowel trail:
- Using only A, E, I, O and U, make a trail that leads to the object that you have hidden. You may need to print additional vowel letters so you will have for your child to follow.
Alphabet Letter March
- Have your child place letters on objects that start with the same letter. For example, if your child is holding the letter ‘S’ he might place the letter by the sink or on a staircase. Ask him to say the name of the letters and what sound it makes.
Talk about it:
- What is a clue? Discuss with your child what a clue is. Give him some examples. What would be clues for certain letters? For example, what letter is shaped like an upside down V, has a line across the middle and makes the sound ‘Ahhh?’ The letter ‘A.’
