Making letters with kinetic sand {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}

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As I’ve written before, I am a big fan of kinetic sand. It is a really awesome material for sensory play that feels like sand but at the same time is so different than sand.

Given how awesome kinetic sand it, I thought it would be fun to use it to teach the alphabet. So the next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is making letters with kinetic sand.

Making letters with kinetic sand is a great way to make learning letters into a fun sensory activity. Part of the 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet series from Gift of Curiosity

So what is kinetic sand? It is a mixture of 98% regular sand and 2% non-toxic polymer that is just delightful to play with, as it moves so different than 100% pure sand.

See my post about using kinetic sand in sensory play to learn more.

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

For helping kids to learn the alphabet, I set up a tray with some kinetic sand on one side.

Then I invited my kids to make kinetic sand letters by molding the sand into letters on the tray. The polymer component of kinetic sand makes it moldable without any need to add water.