We stumbled on this game quite by accident. We love to play a couple of different music games with the kids...musical chairs and freeze dance. One day, Janette's husband came up with the idea that we combine them along with the letters to make a fun letter game...and the kids loved it.
We lay the alphabet around the rug in random order...
The kids stand in a circle around the rug...and then we start the music. The more upbeat, the better. We love the kid's versions of many of the popular songs...the kids dance around the rug and when the music stops, QUICK!! Find a letter!!
They all drop down by the letter they are close to. Then a letter is called, and the one who has that letter brings it to the front and exchanges it for a small treat...like an M-n-M or skittle. We have them tell us the sound of the letter and sometimes a word.
Several of our kids who were struggling with letter recognition at the beginning of the year are learning and they love it!
Then the music starts again and off they go!
When it gets down to not having enough letters for each to have their own, they share. So then there can be more than one winner in that round. Sometimes we throw numbers in, too. Just to mix it up. The kids love the movement and the music and the competition!
We love this game, and so do our kids!
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