Alphabet Recognition through Gross Motor

We will be working hard this year at recognizing our upper and lowercase letters. This is a big job for children. Providing a variety of alphabet activities in a variety of learning styles will help the information stick. Over the next month or so I will be posting alphabet recognition activities that are associated with a particular learning style. Hopefully this will give your child lots of practice and you an opportunity to see which learning styles they enjoy.

One way to help children learn their letters is by using movement. Gross motor skills are connected to memory. Having children use big movements to learn their letters can be very helpful, particularly for active kids. Have them make letters using their bodies or draw letters in the air with a straight arm. Another idea would be to draw letters on the driveway in chalk. Then have them trace the letters with a water bottle and watch the letters disappear. Here is a link to another fun alphabet movement activity.

ABC exercise cards

I hope you and your child have fun trying out some of these movement activities!

 

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