I’ve never played Scrabble!
Ever!
I purchased my first Scrabble board last year.
I may or may not { depending who you speak to } have accidentally set fire to it when I accidentally left it on top of the stove.
Which I had accidentally left on.
Opps!
Roll on a year later { today } the fire is out and I have a bag of Scrabble tiles and no board.
Whilst we were stuck indoors AGAIN on another gloriously rainy day we busted out the Scrabble tiles and began messing around making up words and sorting out the letters in to various groups.
It then struck me that these little alphabet filled tiles could be ideal for helping the boys understand more about the alphabet. They already know their ABC's but I thought of a few different ways we could make this whole learning malarkey fun!
I knocked up a few printables { click on the headers if you want copies } the boys and I can use to help with their spelling, sorting, counting and colours.
Once I printed them, I laminated them so we use them again and again.
Who’d have thought these little tiles could be so useful!
I still want to play Scrabble, I think know I would kick hubbys arse, I know whole bunch more words than he does, some he insists aren’t even REAL, crazy fool!
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Now I'm kicking myself for not buying the bag of Scrabble tiles I saw at the car boot sale on Sunday. Doh!
ReplyDeleteHow about doing a phonics version? Using the order in which they will learn their letters and sounds at school. Look up phonics phases on t'internet.
Oops, my Tiger Mum tendencies are showing!
Madison xxx
what a genius idea! i love it, you clever thing
ReplyDeleteooooops about the fire!
love jooles x
Joe and I are so competitive when it comes to scrabble. These are some great activities for the boys to incorporate their letters. Another great way to use them is to start incorporating the sounds that the letters make. Give them pictures of items and or some of their own toys and have them group them by the beginning sound and they attach the letter to that sound. I wish the parents of my students started working with their kids as early as you are. Way to go mama! Thanks so much for sharing at Whimsy Wednesdays.
ReplyDeletethose printables are amazing! we love using items for things other than their intended purpose...and the accidentally leaving it on the stove..brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, these are great! I think "orange" is misspelled on the colours page, though. Your poor kids might be very confused!
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