I've made posts describing ways to use magnetic letters when teaching a child to read. I encourage everyone teaching a child to read to buy some magnetic letters.
Find a 24 compartment box in the hardware, automotive, craft, or fishing tackle section of a store. I found this one in the fishing tackle section of a sporting goods store. I've also found some for under five dollars in the automotive section of Walmart.
File folder labels work great to label compartments. I use red and blue markers, because I use color coded magnetic letters. Any color of magnetic letters will work though. You should have two to four lowercase of each letter since this is the type of letters found while reading. I suggest having one uppercase for each letter if a child is still learning letter identification.
This picture shows a set of foam magnetic letters with a layer of magnet attached to the back organized in a box for easy access. The tub you see in this picture came with four of each lowercase letter with free shipping for only $22.99. Click Here
Since this only has 24 compartments w and x, and y and z share.
The next pictures show a few ways to play with words. Letters can be used on the floor, table, or an upright magnetic surface. Click Here for my suggested magnetic board from Amazon.
4 comments:
What a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing. I love that it is portable, my 2 year old would love to be able to take his letters everywhere!
I also agree it is a good idea. My littl 'un likes to spell out words using foam letters on the sides of the bath, which seems to be a similar idea.
Great post, very helpful! We must be on the same wavelength, I just scheduled a post for Sunday that features the way I sort my magnetic letters too!
Love the sorting box. :) Sure is handy!
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