Reading and Writing

Games You Can Make

• Alphabet playdough – Use the recipe for Perfect Playdough and make playdough. Use the playdough to make alphabet letters. Have your child close her eyes and try to identify the letter by feeling the shape
• Alphabet puzzle – Use index cards and write a letter of the alphabet on each card, a capital letter on the left and the lowercase letter on the right. Now cut the cards in half with different patterns, mix them up, and have your child match the pairs up again.
• Make a book – an alphabet book, or favourite food book, for example. Print a letter of the alphabet on each page of a book. Have your child draw pictures of things that begin with that letter of the alphabet. You can also give your child scissors and catalogues or magazines to cut out pictures.
• Connect the dots – Do a large dot-to-dot of your child’s name on a piece of paper and have your child connect the dots to write their name.