My son has started to show an interest in letters. He likes to point them out and try to name them, or asks me to identify them. I want to continue to nurture this interest, so I’ve made him a set of custom alphabet playdough mats.
Custom Alphabet Mats
Watch this video for a step-by-step tutorial on how I made them using Canva:
Using the Alphabet Mats
I started with the letter B, and this is the setup I used for an explicit approach to teaching the letter. My son loved it and played with the materials for 45 minutes!
I used:
- Blue playdough that we made ourselves
- Sensory Stone Birds from Yellow Door
- Store and Go tabletop easel from Hape
- Mnemonic alphabet cards from ONlit
- Lowercase alphabet cards
Would you add anything to this setup? Let me know what you would use in the comments.
I plan on slowly introducing new letters and reviewing the ones he already knows using similar activities. I also want to find a place where I can display the letter cards I introduced.