When Bear was little, we used to practice the letter sounds by having our puppet, Dudley the dragon, eat the sounds I called out. I had gotten this idea from Carissa (1+1+1=1) who had Krash and PacMan play a similar game with their alphabet bean bags.
I forgot about Dudley with J-jo until recently when I was looking back on my blog for ideas. However, I came up with another fun way for him to practice identifying the letter sounds. Being a little boy, he likes to be rough and thus the idea of having slap his letters with a fly swatter was born.
I call out a letter sound and he swats it. Simple, yet effective.
You might enjoy some of the ideas I wrote about at OJTA for using fly swatters: http://www.ourjourneythruautism.com/2011/03/wearing-spd-lenses-new-uses-for-your.html
ReplyDeleteJDaniel loves to swat things. I need to get him focused on letters.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a game my girls love that comes with a "slapping' spoon." It has a suction cup on it. Very clever: http://www.amazon.com/Lunch-Box-Games-Cookin-Cookies/dp/B0007ZKSEG
ReplyDeleteI find this to be hilarious for some reason! What a great idea! I know my son will love this. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's too funny! My son is one and he loves the fly swatter. I'll have to remember this once we start learning letters.
ReplyDeleteWe have a fly swatter for painting but my toddler would love any chance to slap something with it! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI'd love for you to link up and share:
http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2011/11/pinteresting-linky-party-week-fifteen.html
My Little Man will love this! I'm also thinking I could use some letters on Christmas-themed cards to use during circle time in my classroom! Thanks for the idea!
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