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Magic Water Painted Letters {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}

July 17, 2015 by Katie Leave a Comment

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The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is an activity I call Magic Water Painted Letters.

This activity takes advantage of a special paper that turns a dark color when exposed to water, but then quickly dries out. Kids will enjoy how magical this activity seems. And parents and teachers will appreciate their kids’ enthusiasm for practicing letters.

Click here if you want more information about teaching the alphabet in a fun, hands-on, and multi-sensory way. 

Magic Water Painted Letters - a fun, "magical," and mess-free way to help kids learn their alphabet || Gift of Curiosity

I set up this activity with our Water Magic Water Painting Kit.

The front of the kit folds open to create a table top easel kids can use to “paint” with water. Included in the kit are two paint brushes.

101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet: Hands-on, multi-sensory activities for teaching the alphabet to children ages 2 to 7.

I set the kit up on our table along with a small cup of water and some of our sandpaper letters. 

Magic Water Painted Letters - a fun, "magical," and mess-free way to help kids learn their alphabet || Gift of Curiosity

I invited XGirl to the table so she could practice painting the letters on her Water Magic easel. (Can’t find the Water Magic kit? You can also purchase plain magic water paper.)

Magic Water Painted Letters - a fun, "magical," and mess-free way to help kids learn their alphabet || Gift of Curiosity

The water dried fairly quickly, allowing XGirl to do one letter after another to her heart’s content. And because she only used water, this is one painting activity that is pretty mess-free!

Magic Water Painted Letters - a fun, "magical," and mess-free way to help kids learn their alphabet || Gift of Curiosity

Have questions about teaching the alphabet? We’ve got answers! Click here to learn more.

More ways to teach to the alphabet

More alphabet posts from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Letter hunt sensory bin
  • Erasing letters with a Q-tip
  • I spy letter hunt
  • Spaghetti letters
  • Montessori sandpaper letters
  • Making “alphabet soup”
  • Smash the puffy letters
  • Mini letter hunt with a magnifying glass
  • Kinetic sand letters
  • Letter hopscotch
  • Crystallized letters
  • Yarn wrapped letters
  • Rainbow letters


You can find more ways to teach the alphabet on my Literacy Activities for Kids page and my Letter Learning Pinterest board.

Follow Katie @ Gift of Curiosity’s board Learning Letters on Pinterest.

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