The weather here has been incredible over the past few weeks. We've been spending a lot of time in the backyard and at the park. I thought today we'd take our alphabet activity outside.
I got the idea here: http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2012/07/alphabet-bug-spray.html?m=1
Supplies: sidewalk chalk, spray bottle
I took a few minutes while Peanut was sleeping and Monkey was having his snack to set this activity up. I wanted to do bugs like I saw in the blog above since I knew Monkey would like that, and because they're pretty easy to draw. But there are so many other options if your kids don't like bugs.
I did lowercase letters because Monkey already knows the uppercase ones but is still learning the trickier lowercase ones. I also did the bugs in all different colors so that I would be able give Monkey a hint when we were doing the activity.
I brought Monkey outside to get started. He thought the bugs were so cool. He was jumping all over them.
I gave him the spray bottle and we got started on the alphabet. He loved spraying the bugs - "I'm gonna get you bug!"
He ended up needing more help than I thought. I'm really glad I did the bugs in all different colours so that I could tell him which colour big he was looking for to find the next letter.
We finished up the alphabet together. I think we can do this activity again because Monkey really liked it. Maybe I could draw clouds or flowers instead, or do numbers instead of letters. If you did bigger bugs you could even do words for older kids.
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