Happy Alphabet Knock Down

I dear when I am inspired past times a cool activeness to endeavor some other fun activity... as well as practise a domino outcome of creativity!

Earlier this calendar week I discovered Pre-K Pages DIY Traffic Sign postal service (with gratis printables) and I saw the signs made of puddle noodles as well as thought, WOW! Those would hold out thus fun to knock down!

Since my 3-year-old missy is genuinely enjoying the alphabet correct similar a shot as well as equally good loves to hold out active as well as slam or knock things down, nosotros decided to practise a elementary Alphabet Knock Down game using puddle noodles as well as H2O ice cream sticks.

The thought from Pre-K Pages for sticking popsicle sticks through the puddle noodle pieces was genius!

Materials Needed: puddle noodles, precipitous knife, sticks (popsicle or H2O ice cream sticks would work), alphabet stickers, as well as a ball (optional)

Prep Ahead:

Before nosotros played the knock downwards game my missy helped me pose a sticker on each H2O ice cream stick thus that nosotros had each alphabetic quality of the alphabet represented. This was a slap-up agency to review the alphabetic quality names as well as utter near them.

Once all of the sticks were laid nosotros had to laid the puddle noodles!!

We sliced puddle noodles into modest 2 inch pieces as well as and then nosotros cutting them inward one-half to brand "C" shaped pieces. Then nosotros made a lilliputian slit on the overstep of the arch on each "C" thus that nosotros could sideslip the H2O ice cream spoons in!

We pushed the sticks downwards far plenty that they stayed secure piece making certain NOT to force them all the agency through the puddle noodles.

To Play:

As nosotros got started nosotros spread the lilliputian alphabet sticks (attached to the puddle noodles) to a greater extent than or less our identify thus that each i was a human foot or ii apart from i another.

Then nosotros grabbed a ball, picked a stick, said the letter, as well as knocked the alphabet alphabetic quality over past times throwing the ball at it!

At showtime it was fun to throw our balls equally the letters afterward nosotros tried to identity which letters nosotros saw... but as well as then the game turned into a boot downwards game!

My missy thought it was hysterical to run to a greater extent than or less the boot the lilliputian signs down... thus that's what nosotros did! She would nation the alphabetic quality name, boot it down, run to the adjacent one, as well as repeat!

I kept getting worried that the sticks would acquire flying, but they didn't. Everything stayed intact.

For Littler Kids:

You tin easily practise this activeness alongside littler kids as well as simply convey them knock downwards the letters... but non worry near genuinely maxim the alphabetic quality names.

When my xviii calendar month onetime woke upwards from his nap nosotros laid this all upwards to a greater extent than or less our downstairs as well as he had a ball running to a greater extent than or less kicking them down. He fifty-fifty grabbed some other puddle noodle (that was nonetheless intact) as well as purpose it to knock a few down.