Preschoolers like to touch and feel things and enjoy learning through physical interaction. I wanted something tangible for teaching the alphabet so that my son could have hands-on learning and I was excited to find these alphabet sand molds. I ordered them right away and they were the perfect size for his little hands.
When we worked on our weekly letters, he could feel the letter, trace its shape with his finger, and really get a visual for what each letter looks like. These sand molds provided so many learning opportunities! My son used them in his sandbox, I helped him trace them on paper and let him color them in, and I used them for a letter matching game 🙂
Letter Matching Game:
I made a game to help him connect uppercase and lowercase versions of each letter. I wrote the lowercase letters with chalk on our patio and had him place the uppercase sand molds on top of the lowercase chalk letters. We went in ABC order until he really got a handle on his letters and then I had him randomly pull out a letter from a paper bag and find its match on the patio.
We have gotten a lot of use out these alphabet sand molds. They are great for tactile learning and fun, alphabet play. I hope they will help your preschooler with learning the alphabet! For more ideas and a copy the weekly alphabet learning schedule I used with son, check out my Alphabet page. Please note that I joined Amazon’s Affiliate program to help with the costs of my website, so if you buy something through one of my links, I earn a small percentage of the sale. Thank you for your support 🙂