Letter M: Make a Mailbox, Mail Letter Hunt, Alphabet Mail Sort (Day 2)
1) Make a Mailbox: Use an empty box to make a mailbox.
2) Mail Letter Hunt:
3) Alphabet Mail Sort:
- Have your children decorate a mailbox (card board box or empty shoe box) with stickers, crayons, stamps, paint, etc.
- More details to come.
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- Write six or so letters to your child and hide them around house. Put a clue inside each letter, which will lead your child to find the next letter.
- Put the first letter inside your child's mailbox and tell him/her that there's mail! Have him/her open the letter and go on the letter hunt together.
- At the end of the letter hunt, have a treat OR a box filled with supplies (crayons, stamps, paper, envelopes, etc.) to make a letter for dad or grandparents. You could also make a thank you card for the mail man.
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3) Alphabet Mail Sort:
- Have your child pretend to be the postman. Wear a postman costume, if you have something that will work.
- Preparation: Write letters A-Z on index cards, envelopes and stamps (office stickers). Cut a slit in the top of a cardboard box - or use the mailbox your child just made above.
- Do five or so letters at a time - You should have matching letters of five index cards, five envelopes and five stamps. Have your child place an index card in its matching envelope and place a matching stamp on the envelop. Then, put the completed letter in a mail box. See pictures below.
- Optional: You could do a similar activity with numbers, colors or shapes.
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| Index Cards |
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| 1) Place index cards inside the matching envelopes |
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| 2) Stick letter "stamps" on the matching envelopes |
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| 3) Place finished envelopes in a mailbox. |
