I have seen a lot of ways to make a game out of matching upper and lower case letters. Some match up with clothespins, others use paper, and some use lids. I took an idea from Teach Mama about alphabet letter lids and made it more visual for my son. I am sure there are versions of this out there, but I haven’t found an actual post of it. It is very easy! Here is what you will need: piece of poster board (cardboard or craft foam will work just fine), circle stickers, lids, and a marker.
Write upper and lower case letters on stickers. Put all of the upper case stickers on the board and all of the lower case stickers on the lids (or vice versa).
I would highly recommend using the same color lids, if you can. Their brains are already thinking and sorting letters, adding a bunch of colors to the equation may be a bit much to process. Grandma is a Diet Coke junkie (so am I) and it was easy for us to collect 26 silver lids.
Set the letters out on a flat surface next to the board and let your child match them up. When they match up the letters they place the lid over the sticker.
You may need to help your child out a little by handing them a lid one at a time. We learned that a few lids got confusing when playing. Lower case "d" and "p" got confused. Lower case "m" and "w" did as well.
My son had a lot of fun playing this game and requests it often. It has even been implemented in his preschool class, due to his rave review of it.
i love this idea!! hannah knows her upper case letters really well, and i've been trying to come up with ways to teach her the lower case. thanks Kim!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! We've been saving milk lids to recycle. We also have loads of blue ones. I have often wondered what kind of game I could make out of lids. My three year old will enjoy this.
ReplyDeleteThat is a fantastic idea! Something I can do and not get frustrated easily and Colton wouldn't either!
ReplyDeleteOh I love this! going to have to make Jared a set :)``
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny, every time you post something that Cole is working on, Sprout is working on the same exact thing! Thanks for sharing yet again another great idea!
ReplyDeleteYou have the best ideas!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you use the same colored caps. When K was first started to match letters, her Little People Animals were very helpful as a reference since they had both letters on each animal. It might be nice to have the matching letter inside as well for self-correcting! Just an idea.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is going to love this! I may even have my son write out the letters, a little alphabet practice for both of them!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Any tips on how to teach letters to a boy who won't sit down? My daughter was so much more receptive to learning.
ReplyDeleteWe love bottle cap activities too! Great one!
ReplyDeleteThis is utterly awesome!! Love it, love it!
ReplyDeleteTHanks so much! I haven't been saving lids so I am trying to think of something else to use. I have a Cricut so I might just have it cut out some circles until I save lids. Laminating the board and letters (if on paper) might be good idea to make it last longer.
ReplyDeleteHave the kids color upon their arrival or do a few other similar activites, do connect the dot puzzles or have them draw animals or other pictures using the round shape. They can use circle stickers and round stickers to also decorate the sheets.
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