The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is about building letters with foam blocks. This activity really helps kids to focus on the shapes that make up a letter – lines, curves, dots, right angles, sharp angles, etc.
This activity is inspired by the book How to Build an A by Sara Midda. The book comes with a variety of foam shapes in a drawstring bag for safe keeping. And each page of the book shows how to use the foam shapes to build a different letter.
When XGirl was working on the letter ‘A,’ she used the foam blocks to practicing building an uppercase ‘A.’
And she used the foam blocks to practice building a lowercase ‘a.’
This is a simple, but effective, letter learning activity.
Would your child enjoy building letters with foam blocks?
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More ways to teach to the alphabet
More alphabet posts from Gift of Curiosity:
- Erasing letters with a Q-tip
- I spy letter hunt
- Letter puzzles
- Making “alphabet soup”
- Smash the puffy letters
- Mini letter hunt with a magnifying glass
- Kinetic sand letters
- Letter hopscotch
- Crystallized letters
- Letter hop
- Yarn wrapped letters
- Letter tic-tac-toe
- Rainbow letters
You can find more ways to teach the alphabet on my Literacy Activities for Kids page and my Letter Learning Pinterest board.
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How can I buy those foam shapes and book? I couldn’t see anywhere to buy them sorry! Brilliant idea though.
They come with the book I mentioned in the post. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579653782/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1579653782&linkCode=as2&tag=giftofcuri-20&linkId=4ED5XHFAXYINO6N3
The program Handwriting Without Tears uses a similar system – big lines and little lines, bug curves and little curves. Their wooden blocks are fabulous for kinesthetic learners. I am looking forward to checking out How To Build an A.
This alphabet game will reinforce letter recognition and letter sounds. It is a simple and easy way to learn the alphabet!