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Magnetic Letter and Spoons Handwriting Game

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The Magnetic Letter and Spoons Handwriting Game is a do it yourself activity designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners to work on letter identification and formation in handwriting. Preschoolers can use this activity to work on writing upper case letters and kindergarten-aged students can work on lower case letters with this activity. Extend this play to older kids by asking them to write words using the magnetic letters.

Technical Specifications: 

Step One: Gather materials.

  • A few magnetic metal spoons (some stainless steel spoons are magnetic and others are not depending on the processing the metal has undergone). Other utensils such as a ladle or serving spoon may be used. Or a magnetic wand may be used.
  • A set of magnetic letters.

Step Two: Fill a small bin or bowl with magnetic letters. A magnetic letter like Melissa & Dougmagnets worked, but they are just a bit too heavy to stick to the spoons. Sets of dollar store magnetic letters work well with metal spoons.

Step Three: The child begins to stir the letters with their spoons.

Step Four: The child pulls out their spoon one at a time and looks at the letter they grabbed and name it.

Step Five: The child practices writing the letter.

Variations:

  • Extend the activity by having older kids write words using the letters. 
  • Children who are working on cursive letters can form the cursive or even upper case cursive version of the magnetic letter they pull from the bin. 
  • Have kids write the lower case letter of the magnetic letter.

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08/08/2017
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