3 Quick Dry-Erase Activities
“There’s nothing more fun than entertaining kids.”
Thursday, February 8th was a true snow day for even the toughest Calgarians. With over 20 cms of snow, which began falling the day prior, it was a miserable day to take to the roads. Activities were canceled and the safest choice was to stay in. Well - my kids are used to going out. We typically have an activity or playdate scheduled before and after quiet time/Linden's second nap daily. Below are 3 quick, easy, and educational dry-erase activities we completed to pass the time away.
There is nothing more fun for a child than getting to play with dry-erase markers and draw all over the windows. I always keep dry-erase markers on hand. It provides me with time to get stuff done but also sparks a little bit of joy into what can become boring educational activities.
Letter Match
- Write all of the capital letters vertically, in alphabetical order, down the left side of the window
- Write all of the lower case letters vertically down the right side of the window but not in order (mix them up)
- Explain to your child that they are to draw a line between the capital letters and the matching lower case letter
- Demonstrate once if necessary
Skills in practice:
- Letter awareness and recognition
- Capital and lower case letter pairing
- Fine motor
- Memory
Word Find
- Write out sight words that your child knows all over the window
- Call out words one at a time and have them circle the word you are saying
- If this is too easy you can trick them by saying words that aren't listed
- You can use an item such as a fly swatter to have the child touch the word as quickly as possible too
Skills in practice:
- Sight words
- Word recognition
- Fundamental reading
- Fine motor
- Memory
Word Starters
- Draw basic, recognizable pictures down the left side of the window
- Draw a line or box that the child is supposed to write on/in next to the pictures
- Have the child tell you what the picture is
- Have the child to tell you the first sound of the word
- Have the child tell you what letter makes that sound
- Have the child write the letter that the word starts with on the line/in the box
- Can challenge your kids to write the entire word
Skills in practice:
- Phonemic awareness
- Letter sound recognition
- Writing
- Fine motor skills
