Don’t you think the letter ‘b’ and‘d’ look alike? Number ‘6’ and ‘9’? Also ‘1’ and ‘7’? How do you help your kids recognize them easily and be confident when they start to learn, read and write?
How do we put in strong foundation for this very important learning? Help them develop visual discrimination skills. That’s a lonnng learning curve and we will do it one step at a time. You have a toddler at home like me? Then let’s start with this. I would do a series on how we progress with this (one activity a week). For now, this is what we would do.
Help them match the picture with its outline.
We had a toy kitchen set at home and I traced its border. I gave him the pieces to fit in with the outline. You could do the same with any object you find at home.
Again, this one is the same but we had foam cut outs I got from the craft store. Go hunt your local store.
On the same note, we did the same activity with shapes which you can read here.
This one is interesting; it is very popular in the Montessori world. Montessori placemats helps in building table manners and used when the child is weaning.
I do not sew and don’t have the time. So we drew an outline again on a cardstock. On the flip side, you can’t actually use it during meal time. But, we do some pretend play with it 🙂
I have attached this free printable which you can use for your lil one 🙂
Do you have an agewise classification of which activities are appropriate?
I have agewise activities what i have done with my son. There is plenty that could be done, but i have talked about only what has worked for us 🙂 Pinterest is the best place to look for.. If you still need help. i would be happy to assist 🙂
I am surely doing this s today for my 22months old twins..
Lovely idea.