Swat a Letter

I got this idea from my friend Emily. I think she told me to put the letters in order like on a keyboard, sorry Emily, I can't remember. She also gave me the mat, which is actually a Pull-ups potty dance mat from a Huggies House Party she hosted. So double thanks Emily!

While we were at Walmart I saw a two pack of flyswatters for a quarter. I got them thinking of using them for painting. But was excited when Emily suggested this activity. I just had the kids shout out the letters of the alphabet and I wrote them randomly around the backside of the mat.

Fly swatters ready? YES!

We took turns so there was no accidental sibling swatting. I would call out a letter and they would find it and swat it. I had Aidan sing the little song the Leap Frog Fridge Phonics says, "The S says sssss, the S says sssss, every letter makes a sound, the S says sssss." to make it more on his level. Ella also sang the song, but is still learning her letters, so just finding the letters was the focus for her.

You could do this for any number of skills. I think I am going to make a number one for Aidan. We could have made lowercase letters, put the letters as they would appear on the keyboard if your child is learning to type on the computer. Basically the fly swatter was just a fun tool the kids used to point out the skill we were working on. :)