Little Hands-On abc's and 123's - Alphabet Floor Games

ABC Floor Circle

 

 

Although the above looks like it may have taken a long time to do, in reality it took less than 15 minutes and all you need is some masking tape.  I taped these while my almost two year old played next to me.

 

How to use your new ABC floor circle.

• Have child run around it.  Call out a letter (or letter sound, or a word and ask for beginning or ending letter of that word).  Child stops on letter called. This is a great way to burn energy on a rainy day.
• Pair with ABC bean bags (or foam letters or even ABC magnets if you don't have bean bags). Give child (or have him choose) a bean bag and have him match it to the letter on the floor.
• Pair phonetic objects (remember these two lessons?) for child to match beginning consonant sound to the correct floor letter. 
• At circle time (because, you now have a circle for circle time) have the child sit on a particular letter.  Practice sitting still on a letter.  Don't wiggle over to the next letter!

• Stomp on the letter called.

• Point to the letter called.

• Have a sister call out the letters and show exactly where they are!

How else might you use the ABC floor circle?