Preschool Reading:

Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

 

Today's Snack: You can make a fun little hunt by burying a raisin in a bowl of cereal. Challenge your child to find it, then eat it first and the cereal next! Just don't choose Raisin Bran for the cereal, because the raisin won't stand out at all from all the other raisins in that brand of cereal. Swig down a cold cup of milk to make this snack complete.

 

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Supplies:

Alphabet flash cards, or 26 blank index cards

on which you've written a different alphabet letter

 

 

Here's a wild game that is fun for one or more preschoolers. It's a "hunt" for alphabet letters!

 

You need a big room where it's safe for the children to run around, or go outdoors on a day that's not too windy. Sprinkle the alphabet cards around in no particular order.

 

Then sit in a chair, and the child or children have to come to you to receive their "assignment" for an alphabet letter they have to go find and bring to you.

 

Once they've done that, give them another "assignment."

 

For younger children, it helps to have an alphabet poster or the alphabet letters written on a dry-erase board or on a sheet of shelf paper, so that they can remember what each letter looks like.

 

To mix up the fun, you can give the letters in a certain order, and gradually spell out the child's name. Make sure you have the right letters available, though - if you have an "Elizabeth," you will need two e's, or if you have a "Will," you will need two l's, for example.