Hopscotch - Numbers

Hopscotch can come in handy when it comes to learning your numbers! It is very useful in counting forward, backward and by twos.

Draw your hopscotch squares from 1 to 10 or 10 to 20. However far you need to go! I'm not really sure what the official rules are but my daughter and I throw a small rock, jump and count on one foot all the way to our rock. This gets in a lot of practice and some exercise and her little brother can hop along too.

Polka Dot Hop - Letters

A fun thing to do for letter review is draw polka dots on the sidewalk and jump to them. My daughter and I take turns yelling out letters to each other and trying to see if we can find and hop on them! It's pretty fun and a great way to get your wiggles out!

This is also a good time to find out which letter the know and which ones they don't. Bring along a paper and jot them down. When they as why, just tell them your writing down all the letter they are really good at so you can show their daddy how good they are.

Drive your letters!

Writing letters can get really boring if you don't have lots of fun! The best way to frustrate a preschooler is to make them write and rewrite their letter with a pencil and paper. So to keep from frustrating your preschooler and yourself go outside and give this activity a try!

All you need is some sidewalk chalk, and toy cars! Have your preschooler draw their letters and practice directionality (is that even a word?) - the right way to write them.

Have your child draw a pretty large letter on the sidewalk which will act as a road. Encourage your child to drive on their letter road in the right direction. To do this draw a green dot where they should start, arrows to lead them along the way, and a stop sign and the end. You could even print out street signs and place them along the way. This will make letter writing and learning to right way to write them seem more like play and less like practice!