Have children put letters in the h circle and say how they are like the h. LETTER IN THE CIRCLE Draw two circles and place an h in one and an o in the other. Shuffle the deck and take turns drawing a card and finding the magnetic letter that corresponds to it.
FIND THE LETTER Make a set of alphabet letters, upper- or lowercase, on a set of index cards. Have children make each word below the printed one. Glue them on a sheet of paper with plenty of space below each. MAGAZINE MATCH Look through a magazine or newspaper with children, cutting out some large- print simple words (such as man, box, boy ).
LETTER NAMES Specify a color and have children take one colored letter at a time and say the letter name.ġ7. Have children make the word and mix the letters two or three times. MAKING NUMBER WORDS Give children a list of numerals with the number word next to each. Have children make the color word with magnetic letters using the model, mix the letters, and make it again several times. MAKING COLOR WORDS Give children a list of color words with an item made in that color as a picture support (for example, a red ball). Have children draw pictures of each, mix the letters, and make the words again. MAKING FOOD WORDS Make some words that identify food for example, bun, corn, rice. WRITING WORDS Have children make five simple words (such as dog, fun, big, hat, like, sit ) and then write them on a sheet of paper. They can use the magnetic letter as a model. WRITING LETTERS Have children select ten different letters and write each letter on a paper. UPPERCASE/LOWERCASE MATCH Have children match the uppercase letters with the lowercase form.
COLOR SORT Have children sort all the red, blue, green, yellow letters. FEATURE SORT Have children sort letters in a variety of ways for example, letters with long sticks and letters with short sticks, letters with circles and letters with no circles, letters with tunnels and letters with dots, letters with slanted sticks and letters with straight sticks. CONSONANT/VOWEL SORT Have children sort the consonant letters and the vowel letters. Have them repeat the process with uppercase letters. Then they can point to them and sing the alphabet song. ALPHABET TRAIN Have your child put the lowercase magnetic letters in the order of the alphabet. MAKING WORDS Make a simple word like mom or dad or sun and have your child make the same word by matching each letter below the model (sun s-u-n). Have them make the name, mix the letters, and make the names several times. NAME GAME Have children make names of friends or family. LETTER MATCH Invite children to find other letters that look exactly the same as a letter in their name (for example, place an m on the refrigerator and have the child find all the letters that look like it). Have children make their names several times, mixing up the letters, making their names, and checking them with their names written on a card. MAKING NAMES A child s name is the most important word. Playing with letters allows children to learn more about how they look.
LETTER PLAY Encourage children to play with the magnetic letters on the refrigerator or on a table. A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z abcd efg hijk lmnop qrs tuv wx yzĢ5 Ways to Use Magnetic Letters at Home 1.
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