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Alphabet Matching Game: On the Run!

September 30, 2013 by Sarah 3 Comments

Alphabet Matching Game

Sammy and I are just beginning to work on some alphabet matching games.  He is becoming familiar with most uppercase letters now, so I am beginning to introduce lowercase.  I have found the easiest way for wee ones to understand the relationship between upper and lowercase letters is through alphabet matching games.

We were up North this weekend celebrating baby Benjamin’s first birthday (I can’t believe it!) During his birthday party we played this alphabet matching game – family style.  It was a nice introduction for Sammy as he was just helping Madeline with the matching.  He was looking for the letters and being introduced to the look of lowercase letters.

Here is how we played this Alphabet Matching Game: On The Run!

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I snuck outside and hung up a lowercase letter secret message, “happy birthday ben”

Alphabet Matching Game

I then hid the uppercase letters in a nearby bush.  I had intended on making this game more of a scavenger hunt, but it was awfully wet – so I improvised.

I told the kids there was a special birthday message game outside. Their job was to match all of the letters and figure out the birthday message.

Alphabet Matching Game

First Madeline called out the letter Sammy was to hunt for.

Alphabet Matching Game

Sammy would find the letter and hand it to Benjamin who would ‘run’ (or rather, be carried by a running adult with Sammy tagging along beside) to Madeline.  Benjamin is beginning to walk – but not yet a runner!  Madeline would show Sammy the matching letters and call out the next letter to be found.

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This matching game was a great introduction to lowercase letters as Sammy was simply being exposed to the look of lowercase letters. He noted how some letters looked very similar (P and p) whereas others looked completely different (E and e).

We will be looking into similarities and differences between upper and lowercase letters and playing more fun alphabet matching games in the weeks to come.

Have you worked on lowercase letters with your preschooler?

Filed Under: Explore, Get Outside, Kindergarteners, Learn, Letters and Numbers, Letters and Reading, Outside Play, Preschooler Tagged With: alphabet matching, lowercase letters, preschool letters, uppercase letters

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  1. Mildred Noftle says

    September 30, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    Just looking in here at your North Country lessons…
    What a great fun outdoor lesson..
    Yes I’m sure Sammy could be a little confused about what a difference there is in some letters , like the P p which would be easy to find, but then the E e which look so different would be a little harder…you know something never thought of it like that. I could learn allot from your Sammy’s lessons.. ha ha!!!

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  2. Jill says

    October 5, 2013 at 4:35 pm

    This is a great outdoor learning fun. I can even use a timer and make this a physical education lesson too. Thank you for sharing and for linking up this week to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop 🙂

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    • Sarah says

      October 5, 2013 at 5:41 pm

      Thank you Jill! Great idea about using a timer – my wee ones love competition too! Thank you for letting me link!

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