Alphabet Clues
Introduction
Play a game of hide and seek by using Alphabet Clues to find what is hiding.
Materials:
Directions:
- Cut out with scissors (adults only) the Alphabet Letters for your child to use.
- Take something from around your house like a stuffed animal or a picture of you and your child and hide it somewhere.
- Place the cut-out Alphabet letters in alphabetical order on the floor to make a trail that leads to the hidden object.
- Have your child start at the letter A and follow the letters until he reaches the letter Z.
- Your child can sing Alpha Pig's alphabet song as he walks or for a greater challenge have your child sound out each letter as he walks on it.
Take it further:
Make a vowel trail:
- Using only A, E, I, O and U, make a trail that leads to the object that you have hidden. You may need to print additional vowel letters so you will have for your child to follow.
Alphabet Letter March
- Have your child place letters on objects that start with the same letter. For example, if your child is holding the letter �S� he might place the letter by the sink or on a staircase. Ask him to say the name of the letters and what sound it makes.
Talk about it:
- What is a clue? Discuss with your child what a clue is. Give him some examples. What would be clues for certain letters? For example, what letter is shaped like an upside down V, has a line across the middle and makes the sound �Ahhh?� The letter �A.�
