Literacy – Alphabet recognition using foam letters in the water table.

Name/Focus of Activity: Literacy – Alphabet recognition using foam letters in the water table.

Age Range of Children: 15-36 months

Developmental Significance: 4.Cognition – 4.4 Spatial Exploration – Exploring containment by putting objects in containers and by dumping them (ELECT, 2014, p. 33)

High Scope Key Developmental Indicator (KDI): E. Cognitive Development – 29. Filling and emptying: Children fill and empty, put in and take out. (KDI, 2010)

Materials:

  • Water table + Water
  • Foam letters
  • Sponge letters
  • 2 ladles
  • 2 spoons
  • 2 sifters
  • 4 Cups