When each of my kids was 3 or 4 and hadn't begun preschool, we did some kind of alphabet chart and "school time." Andrew's was large single letters we taped above our crown molding in our NYC apartment. Abby's was a poster, and Eliza's was done in a similar fashion. Eliza and I finished her poster just before summer! When we did, the kids kept asking, "Is she going to have an alphabet party!?" I don't know where they got the idea, but we went with it! I knew a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Stewart was fast approaching, so we whipped up this little alphabet party!
Eliza and Grandma preparing our treats ahead of time.
First we played freeze dance to my favorite alphabet CD (ok, our only), Here Come the ABC's by They Might Be Giants. Which I recommend if you want spunky quirky kids music.
Our next game was "Race to the alphabet puzzle pieces, grab one out of the bowl, race to the puzzle, put it in, tag the next person on your team, continue until puzzle is complete." Andrew and I used to race each other in this fashion (however non-relay with just us two) in our apartment when he was little and he had to burn some energy inside. We used to love it! And now it's a party game with our alphabet puzzle! Go Grandpa (the running ketchup bottle) and Grandma--they were tough!
(Oh heavens, is that Abby kicking her Daddy's tooshie in the background!?)
After the races we used our classic letter building blocks and divided in two teams. We raced to see who could put all their 12 blocks into words, with no leftover letters, first. A nice way to slow down the heart rates.
And while you slurp up jell-o, decorate a few cookies! We did dip and drizzle icing for a change.
Every day should be alphabet party day!
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