Here is a fun little game that Jonah loves to play when we’re outside! I’ve named it “Look and Jump, Letter Stomp”. All you need is some space and sidewalk chalk! Cheap & Easy!
I wrote letters J and A in an alternating pattern along the sidewalk. I switched it up every once in a while to make it “hard”. I wrote the kids’ names (we were playing with a friend) at the “starting line” and the “finish line”. Then they looked for their letter, jumped, and stomped! I also made them say the name of their letter each time they stomped.
Jonah loves playing this and requests it now. Eventually I will scaffold this activity for him and use the same color of chalk for both letters. This activity can be also be used for other concepts–shapes, numbers, abc order, etc. Really the possibilities are endless!
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Cute idea!!! We'll be trying this too! Thanks for sharing.
Love it! We are going to do this for sure!
Great idea! I had a hands on learner that we always had to have creative – interactive ways to teach. This would have been great for him.
What a great idea! We've played this as "logs across the river" across our driveway–but just with circles. I like your idea much better!
i'm visiting from iFellowship and i love this idea, and i'm sure my 2 year old will too
thanks for posting!
aurie
Great idea! Our sidewalk is tiny, boo hoo!
Neat idea! I'll be trying this this week! I saw your comment on Sarah Mae's post about Relevant! I'll see you there
. I'm getting really nervous all of a sudden!
just found you from ABC & 123…love your letter stomp game…my son will love it!
I've been trying to come up with some sidewalk chalk games – thanks for the suggestion!
I love this idea, and I have a couple rowdy boys that would be really in to the stomping part
Thanks!
Great idea! I really like how it is different colors! Can’t wait to read more about your alphabet adventures! =)