I love using a multi-sensory approach to help teach the alphabet. Multi-sensory activities are activities that stimulate more than one of the senses at the same time. These activities will help activate different parts of your child's brain and make them more involved in their learning.
Spaghetti letters is a multi-sensory activity that was such a fun way to start introducing Brooklyn (2.5) to the letters in her name and for Austin to practice creating his name. I dyed the spaghetti to make it a little more fun (and to throw in a storage bin for more sensory play later in the day), but that's definitely not necessary.
Cook some spaghetti, drain it, and place on a plate or tray to dry. If you want to dye your spaghetti, add a couple drops of oil to your drained pasta and one drop of food dye. Mix it around until the spaghetti changes color then place on a plate or tray to dry. I tried touching the spaghetti before it was completely dry and a small amount of food coloring got on my hands so make sure to test it out before playing with it.
On paper, write some letters, words, or numbers. Give your child the spaghetti and have them trace the letters using it. They can easily cut the spaghetti to different lengths using their pincher grasp (good fine motor practice too). To make it more challenging you could always say a letter aloud and have your child create the letter without tracing it too.
Who is going to cook some spaghetti this week?!
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