Dear Reader,
Today I really wanted to focus on letter recognition with my preschoolers. They know their numbers really well (both can count at least to 20). This activity would have been perfect for that, had my toddler not interfered.
My preschoolers loved it, what we were able to do. They were able to take turns and grab a letter. Then the toddler, who is working on turns, just kept bringing random letters thinking it was her turn. Soon it turned into utter chaos.
I would say the idea was definitely better then the execution on my part. I think it would have been a lot better, and they would have had more fun with it, had I been able to distract the toddler.
The idea for Dump Truck Alphabet is to have letters spread out on the floor, give the preschooler a letter they had to get, have the preschooler drive the dump truck to the letter and bring it back.
I happened to have some fabric letters that my sister made me for the kids, but if you don’t have something like that you could always use letters that you make out of paper or something to that effect. Also if you don’t happen to have a dump truck you could use a basket or something to that effect, maybe an Easter basket. If none of those options work then you could just have them grab the letter and bring it to you in their hands.
Whatever you decide to use, I know you and your kids will have fun.
