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