Boost Letter Recognition With These Great Mark-Making Ideas
Creating fun and educational ways to improve motor skills and let children explore the alphabet is as easy as ABC
Letters and numbers are obviously a fundamental building block of a child’s journey into communication, so it’s always handy to have a huge variety of fun ideas that will help familiarise children with them.
So, that said, here are a few of our favourites.
1 Train track letters
All aboard! Making train tracks has been a popular pastime for decades, so why not use the pieces to make letters and numbers?
Head to Carrie Isaac’s website to find out more.
2 Making marks disappear
OK, so technically this is the opposite of mark making as you’re making marks disappear, but you get the point.
Click on Nurture Store for this activity.
3 Stick writing
Sticks, stones, mud and the great outdoors, always a good combo. Making Boys Men has some top ideas for making the most of your natural environment.
4. Chalks and rocks
A much more suited partnership than chalk and cheese; get your playground chalks out, collect some stones and let kids loose.
Go to And Next Comes L for details.
5. Mess-free painting
Similar to the freezer bag activity, this one makes use of the stunning effect of natural light shining through the mix of colours. Also, it looks a bit like kids are painting the windows which is sure to turn some heads outside.
Check out this activity at Laughing Kids Learn.
