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Make Your Own Letter Tiles for Spelling Practice

Jaimi Erickson — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:17:04 +0000

Letter tiles are a necessary tool for teaching spelling in a hands-on way. We start using letter tiles when my kids are in preschool. They each learned to spell their names with homemade letter tiles. These are two ideas for making your own letter tiles. I originally shared this idea after seeing a similar idea […]

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Ping Pong Ball Letter Match & Water Play

Jaimi Erickson — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:44:41 +0000

You know that carnival game where you pull a rubber duck out of the water and see what symbol is on the bottom? You win a prize if your symbol is the chosen winner. I took that carnival game idea and turned it into this ping pong ball letter match activity for preschoolers to match […]

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Preschool Learning Alphabet Order Activity

Jaimi Erickson — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 23:02:47 +0000

What a treat to teach our children skills and abilities! We have so much power and influence to help them succeed. This preschool learning alphabet order activity is one of the activities we used in our preschool at home curriculum. Learning the alphabet is a fundamental skill and teaching it in a fun way is […]

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ABC Seek and Find Letter Learning Activity

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 15:30:00 +0000

Getting your preschooler ready for kindergarten is on the minds of many parents. It certainly was a focus for me. We did not stress too much about structure during our homeschool preschool time. Even if you are not homeschooling, this ABC Seek and Find Letter Learning activity for preschool kids is simple to do at […]

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Learning Letters and Shapes with Stickers

Jaimi Erickson — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 01:00:00 +0000

For preschool kids, learning letters and shapes in a hands-on way helps the information stick. After teaching all four of my children preschool at home, I have nailed down a few great letter activities that are fun and effective. I share a very simple activity to teach children shapes and letters using only paper and […]

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Learn Letters with Feet

Jaimi Erickson — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 04:53:12 +0000

This post is sponsored by Kids in Socks. All opinions are my own. Please view my disclosure. How many times have you had a fun moment with your child saying the rhyme, “This little piggy went to market. This little piggy went home…”? Countless times we teach kids with their feet without even knowing it. […]

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ABC Letter Matching Busy Bag

Jaimi Erickson — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 04:34:03 +0000

We had busy bags in our house before I knew what a busy bag even was! I always called them activity bags with my kids. Most of the kids activities I have shared can easily be stored as busy bags. This ABC Letter Matching Busy Bag is a great addition to preschool at home, or […]

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Letter of the Day Activities for Preschool

Jaimi Erickson — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 21:51:08 +0000

We don’t buy fancy supplies for our homeschool preschool work. I want to teach my children to use what they have first so they do not always think they have to buy new. It certainly has made our budget as a one-income household work much better to live this way. It was easy enough to […]

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Preschool at Home Day 2: Alphabetical Order Hands-On Activity

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:10:12 +0000

Preschool at home is a great way to get focused learning time with your child. This alphabetical order hands-on activity takes our introduction of the alphabet activity from Preschool Day 1, and breaks it apart-literally! I always try to use simple free or cheap supplies first. If I can’t find a good set of supplies, […]

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Preschool at Home Day 1: Introducing the Alphabet

Jaimi Erickson — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:08:34 +0000

There is no need to spend a lot of money on curriculum for teaching preschool at home. This activity introducing the alphabet requires 2 supplies that you probably have already. This blog is focused on activities you can create with basic supplies that many homes have on hand. If you don’t have the supplies I […]

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