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May 2, 2013 | 24 Comments

Sidewalk Chalk – 4 Letter Activities

by Allison McDonald outdoor activities for kidsThis post wasn’t planned at all but the series I am going to create with it is . This is going to be the first in a series of posts that are unplanned and on the go. The pictures might not be as good because they will all be taken with my iPhone but the fun will be ! I don’t know if there will be 2 or 50 posts in this series but I hope that they will be useful to you and your kids. This one shows you how to do simple letter activities with sidewalk chalk and a spray bottle or two.

What we were doing when inspiration struck : 

outside learning activities for kids

My son was shooting hoops and my daughter was drawing with sidewalk chalk. I was trying to play with both of them and like always one of them was not happy with how much ( or how little) attention I was paying them compared to their sibling . You can’t see my daughter because she is on my leg asking me to draw her a bulldozer with the chalk.

What I did :

Took the sidewalk chalk and wrote out some letters.

What it turned into :

letter activities with sidewalk chalk for kids

1. Find The Letter / Letter Sound

Simple game of me calling out a letter and my daughter would run to it. After she found them all easily I turned it to letter sounds which was much more challenging . I only did a few letter sounds not expecting her to know them but introducing them playfully.

letter games action words on letters

2. Letter Action Words

This continues the find the letter with a little more movement. I called out the letter and asked her to perform an action that starts with that letter . So I would say ” Can you jump on the j? ” and ” Now wiggle on the w ! ”  as you can see she had a blast with this one. I will be repeating this for sure!

letter activities spelling with sidewalk chalk

3. Walk and Spell

Now it was time to get the big guy over. The object of this activity was to spell out simple words by walking to each letter. I called out simple words like hat, bat, cap, tap, jam, Sam … I chose to always call out one word then after he was successful a 2nd changing only the first letter . This set him up for success while still offering a challenge. letter activities and spelling with sidewalk chalkHe loved it and as you can see he had a shadow .

letter spraying with sidewalk chalk

4. Read and Spray

( grab some spray bottles and fill with water)

This was really just my attempt to clean the cul-de-sac up. My kids went from letter to letter spraying and calling out the letter names.

 

I hope you will follow this series of ” Unplanned and On The Go ” activities because they will be perfect bursts of learning for a busy summer schedule!

 

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Kindergarten, Alphabet activities, Letter Recognition, Letter Sounds, Letters & Numbers, Outside activities, Sidewalk Chalk, Spelling, Unplanned and On The Go | 24 Comments

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24 Comments

  1. Paula says

    May 3, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    Such fun and simple ideas! I love the differentiation! I’ve got students that are at both levels. (acting out action words and spelling simple words) Now all I need is for it to stop raining here so I can get my kiddos outside!

    Paula
    Learn + Play = PreK

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  2. Christy says

    May 13, 2013 at 10:47 am

    What a great idea. I’m so going to try these later this week. Thanks

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  3. Tammy Hoey says

    July 11, 2013 at 4:35 am

    What a fun unique idea! 🙂

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  4. Kelly at Little Green says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:48 pm

    Thanks for sharing this great idea! I came by your blog via Pinterest, and will be including this post in my weekly round-up of inspiring pins this coming Monday. If you’d like to have a look, you will be able to find it here on Monday: http://littlegreenteacher.blogspot.com/2013/09/pins-of-week-literacy-edition.html

    Thank you,
    Kelly at Little Green

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  5. Hannah Joy says

    March 8, 2014 at 7:53 pm

    Love it!! You are golden! My son had a really hard year at prep last year (our first year of school in Australia – it was all worksheets and flash cards ;)) and so I’m homeschooling this year to get him back to enjoying learning. Anytime I ask him to read or write he freaks out and won’t touch a pen, so fun games like this are an awesome way to start to bring the love of learning and literacy back. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful ideas!!

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  6. Anne says

    October 16, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    Thank you for sharing this. I love it.

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  7. aurora villarreal says

    September 23, 2015 at 10:10 am

    thank you so much for the ideas!

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    • Allison McDonald says

      September 24, 2015 at 1:24 am

      You’re welcome!!

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