Stamp the Road
This activity will give your child practice with left to right progression. In addition, the use of the stamps and stamp pad will help with fine motor development and eye-hand coordination.
Archives
Hop to the Letter
Many children learn through movement. In fact, many times you will not be able to stop your child from wiggling and moving. Take advantage of that energy while building in a little alphabet knowledge.
Magical Sounds of Language
Before infants are ready to say their first word, they listen very carefully to the speech sounds spoken to them. The development of this skill is an important foundation for learning words a little later.
Fruit Name Clap
In order to learn to read, children must become aware of the sound structure of spoken language. One way to develop this skill is to bring your child’s attention to the syllables that make up words.
Nuts and Bolts
Before you expect your child to develop the complex tasks of writing and drawing, it is important to give him many experiences to develop fine motor skills. It is through these types of activities that you prepare your child for the skills of picking up a pencil, holding it correctly and forming letters.
The Cereal Challenge
Fine motor skills are developed when your infant practices coordinated muscle movements using her hands. This activity will give your baby some fun practice using her pincer grasp to get the yummy reward!
Body Art
Finger painting provides a fun way for your toddler to strengthen the muscles in her hands and fingers. As your child progresses through the toddler years, she’ll begin to use those muscles to help her control crayons and pencils.
Walking the Tightrope Letters
By the time your child is 3 years old, she can probably walk on a straight line. In this activity, she can show off this new skill, while learning about the letters in her name!
Alpha Pics
As you probably already know, children love to take a turn with cell phones. This activity encourages children to use the camera feature of a cell phone to store their findings from a letter hunt.
Digging for Letters
Toddlers love to use a shovel and dig in the sand. Why not make it a fun learning activity by letting them dig for letters?
