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Building letters with foam blocks {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}

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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.

Building letters with foam blocks - a simple letter learning activity that helps kids understand the various shapes that make up letters, e.g., lines, curves, dots, etc. || Gift of Curiosity

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.

Building letters with foam blocks - a simple letter learning activity that helps kids understand the various shapes that make up letters, e.g., lines, curves, dots, etc. || Gift of Curiosity

When XGirl was working on the letter ‘A,’ she used the foam blocks to practicing building an uppercase ‘A.’

Building letters with foam blocks - a simple letter learning activity that helps kids understand the various shapes that make up letters, e.g., lines, curves, dots, etc. || Gift of Curiosity

And she used the foam blocks to practice building a lowercase ‘a.’

Building letters with foam blocks - a simple letter learning activity that helps kids understand the various shapes that make up letters, e.g., lines, curves, dots, etc. || Gift of Curiosity
101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet: Hands-on, multi-sensory activities for teaching the alphabet to children ages 2 to 7.

This is a simple, but effective, letter learning activity.

Building letters with foam blocks - a simple letter learning activity that helps kids understand the various shapes that make up letters, e.g., lines, curves, dots, etc. || Gift of Curiosity

Would your child enjoy building letters with foam blocks?

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.

Filed Under: Alphabet, Preschool, Kindergarten

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4 Comments

  1. Kristy

    August 7, 2015 at 7:00 am

    How can I buy those foam shapes and book? I couldn’t see anywhere to buy them sorry! Brilliant idea though.

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    • Katie SG

      August 7, 2015 at 9:10 am

      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

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  2. Sandi

    August 7, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    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.

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  3. Matthew Baros

    August 31, 2015 at 6:17 am

    This alphabet game will reinforce letter recognition and letter sounds. It is a simple and easy way to learn the alphabet!

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