This activity was super easy and set up in seconds. It is very much like a simplified version of colour by number – except it uses letters. And it is one of those great activities that can be used for any child at any stage of recognizing letters. For this activity we used Sam’s name letters, but we have used this activity since teaching letter recognition for most of the alphabet.
We are still on upper case letters, but as long as Sammy’s interest in the alphabet continues we will be starting lower case letters soon. I love letting Sam explore and learn through play, and truthfully I had not intended on doing much alphabet recognition while Sam was 3. But I am a believer in following a child’s lead and interests! And right now he is very eager to learn his ABCs.
Then I gave each letter a colour by writing the letters again at the bottom of the page and drawing with a marker beside them (S was yellow, etc).
And then Sam was able to start his letter recognition and colouring! He really enjoyed this activity and even created more colouring pages with letters on his own. He would ask me to write some letters on his page, and then assign each letter a colour on his own.
I love being able to add something simply to an activity to make it something entirely new.
The colouring books will be fun to use on our travels, and when my kids grow tired of them, we can add in some letter recognition teaching to change it up!
I love this! Not only is it simple.. it is very cost effective.. going to get started on one for my little dude today.
So glad you found it helpful Dominique! Thank you for taking the time to let me know.