Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Fish for letters and words

Some of the best learning experiences can come from child-led questions and ideas. Recently, my three-year-old asked about fishing. After giving him my vegetarian take on fishing (fish are friends- a line borrowed from Finding Nemo), we decided to "fish" for letters and words. This proved to be a great way to assess his recognition of letters and to reinforce letter sounds and letter sound combinations. Watch out Kindergarten... here we come!

*Tip* After first experimenting with tape, we found that using paper clips and a magnet proved to be a much more effective way to "fish" for letters and words.

3 comments:

Thornburg4095 said...

I will definitely give this a shot. This looks like alot of fun for me and my little girl. Thanks for the great idea

Larry said...
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Larry said...

I like the real thing, so this seems like a great idea. I may give it a shot with the nephews on a rainy day.