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Help The Letter Fairy

*Mini Class video coming at the end

A letter monster is something that I like to use to play a letter game with children. The letter monster loves letters so you have to find letters and give them to the monster. 😁

For this week, I wanted to give you a letter activity but I wanted a fun, hands-on one for our little children. 

This week’s activity is a letter activity designed for toddlers and preschoolers, with the goal of having fun with letters. 🔡 

Help The Letter Fairy 

(Yes, did you notice? I’m using a “fairy” this time, not the “monster”. Haha 😆

SET 1 

Materials

  • Under-cooked spaghetti 
  • Food colourings (2)
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Oil (any type)
  • Small containers 
  • Letter beads
  • Kitchen tools (spoon/fork/ladle etc.)

How To 

  • Colour the spaghetti. 

Put the half of under-cooked spaghetti in a container. 

Put a few drops of food colouring and a few drops of hand sanitizer on spaghetti.

Put the lid on the container and let your child shake the container. 

  • Coat the spaghetti and dry.

Coat the spaghetti with a few drops of oil. I used grape-seed oil but you can use any kind of oil you have at home. 

Spread the spaghetti on a baking sheet and dry it for about 10 minutes. 

  • Do the colouring step with the other half of spaghetti, using different colour of food colouring.
  • Put the two batches of spaghetti in different containers.
  • Hide letter beads inside the spaghetti and bring the letter fairy. 
  • Give different kitchen tools to your child and let her/him pick up the letter beads for the letter fairy. (I also added a tweezer for fun.🙃)

SET 2

Materials

  • Big container
  • Water
  • Marbles
  • Props (eg. toy boats)
  • Letter beads
  • Kitchen tools (spoon/fork/ladle etc.)

How To 

  • Fill the container with water.
  • Add marbles to the water.
  • Add other props you have to the water.
  • Add letter beads to the water and bring the letter fairy. 
  • Give different kitchen tools to your child and let her/him pick up the letter beads for the letter fairy. 

Possible Learning

✦Fine motor skills

✦Trial & error

✦Problem-solving

✦Concentration

✦Getting familiar with letters

✦Accomplishment & confidence & increased self-esteem

This activity will keep your little one busy for quite a long time. 😊

Just make sure that the letter beads are not too small if you are doing it with a toddler, or supervise your child during the activity for safety reasons. 

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Do you want to try this activity with Missangela?

Sit down and join in the virtual class!😉

Happy learning and quality time!

Missangela 👩🏻🎀

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