Alphabetical flash cards on construction paper in “bubble”
letters so that he can color them in (once he has the dexterity to do so),they are laminated so they are reusable. The
colors of the paper are in the order of the color spectrum. You know, ROY-G-BIV.
(Side note: I also organize my closet this way. Yep, I’m OCD like that.) I put
the capital letters on one side and lowercase letters on the other. Clark does
really well with paying attention as I go through the alphabet, he looks at the
letter as I show it to him and he watches my mouth as I say the letter out
loud. I also tell him what sound the letter makes, “A says Ahhh, B says Buhh,
etc.” He will usually sit for three rounds before he wants to eat the cards.
I also made him some memory cards. The memory cards are
either gray (ay is the preferred American English spelling, ey the rest of the English
speaking world, just saying…) on one side with a basic word written on them (such
as Mom, Dad, Dog, Moon, etc.) and then colored strips with a letter of the
alphabet on it, or they are white with a dashed word on them for him to
practice writing (I get that it will be quite some time before that happens but
these are mini versions of the big cards for travel purposes) and the same
colored strips on the other side. I figure we can take these cards with us when
we go out to eat or are traveling, to keep Clark entertained. The basic words
are so that he can get used to word recognition.
I can’t wait to finish my next project for you to see…
Do you have any recommendations for entertaining baby?
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