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If you have a little one who needs to learn through hands on activities, I’m here to help you out a bit. Oversized Flashcards sound like such a simple thing, but they’re my new go-to sensory tool.
I knew going into preschool with Little Dude that his learning style would be different than his sister’s. I had no idea just how different though. Everyday is an education for both of us. Since we’re doing two years of preschool with him, I had already decided to go super slow with him this year. From the beginning, I set a maximum time limit of ten minutes a day of structured school time (Squeaks gets about 45 minutes a day). We read and play games a lot through out the day, and imaginative play is king, but for actual sit-down-and-focus-on-a-lesson time, ten minuets is it.
Well, even that has been a bit of a challenge for him. It’s understandable, and I’m not stressed about it (really, I’m not 😉 ). But I have taken as a personal goal of mine to help my Little Dude increase his ability to focus. My husband has a very similar personality, and he suggested I do more hands-on activities that make the process more fun.
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So with my little guy’s sensory-seeker personality in mind, I created these oversized flashcards.
They’re perfect for so many activities, but the one I think I’m most excited to try with him is using them as play dough mats. These cards are so big that they work perfectly for little hands and building materials. The letter and number formation hints help us see how the play dough shapes should be formed. And even if you didn’t want to form the letter or number, you could try building the object to go with the letter. Make a play dough apple for A, a play dough boat for B, and so on. Then, for the number cards, roll play dough balls for each digit, or use cookie cutters to cut shapes for each number.
In addition to using play dough, these oversized cards lend themselves perfectly to other building materials. Create the letter or number using pom-poms, snap cubes, rocks, pipe cleaners, play-foam, sticks; really any manipulative you’d like. Hide them around the house or yard, and go on a letter/number hunt. And as your child grows and is ready to form the letters, laminating the cards gives them a dry ease surface to trace on over and over! Squeaks has always loved using different colored dry erase markers.
I’m excited to try as many manipulatives as we can with these cards. I think they will be super helpful in teaching my little sensory seeker. 🙂
How would you use these fun oversized alphabet and number cards?
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