Learning the alphabet is one of the necessities of life, and there are many fun ways to teach the alphabet to your kids.
Children naturally learn through repetition but, if you’ve already sung the Alphabet Song more times than you’d like, here are fun ways to mix up how you teach your children their ABCs.
This can include watching engaging alphabet-themed videos together; ones to consider include:
After learning through video and song, children can also enjoy eating their ABCs! WeAreTeachers.com suggests that parents look for ways to transform mealtime into a time when children can get nourished and learn their letters. Be creative in how you turn food—such as pancakes, gelatin, and noodles—into the shapes of letters.
The site also suggests that you make sensory ABC bags. Take a gallon-sized plastic bag and put letters into it: letter tiles, magnetic letters, pieces of paper with letters written on them, and more. Then, fill up the bag with oatmeal or rice and seal it up. Your child can then have fun digging through the bag until they find all the letters of the alphabet and identify them.
FantasticFunandLearning.com lists ten fun ways to teach the alphabet. You can, for example, create an ABC scavenger hunt in your home. Hide flashcards with individual letters in a room, and then let your child hunt for them. If you’ll be on the road, challenge your child to find each letter of the alphabet on signs or license plates. If they are more advanced in their alphabet skills, have them find the ABCs in order.
You can also head to the library to check out books about the alphabet. Ask the children’s librarian for suggestions or request books like these:
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