Have your child create their own Pirate Map! This is a great way to immerse in imaginative play, while learning about letters. You also can sub letters for numbers, shapes, or colors.
You'll need:
-Paper
-Writing utensil
-Treasure box
-Any type of pirate themed dramatic play items you may have
Start by considering what you want your child to find, and what the clues should be. There really could be a million ways to do this activity, and you can do this over and over again. Here are a few suggestions. We will have other types of searching activities with more ideas for other themes.
Make letter cards that go together to spell a word or phrase (one letter per card or one word per card). For letters, have your child find objects to create the letters, such as sticks or playdough. You can place these near each letter or have your child find things on their own. You could also have an item that starts with that letter, and to get the letter card they have to sound out the name of the item and think of the letter it starts with (for ex an apple, and when they guess A, they get the letter card). For words, you can have your child match the word with an item (like stuffed animal cat for cat) or have your child copy the word on their own piece of paper (or do a combination of both!). You can have a clue as to where the next card is drawn on the back of the card, or give a verbal one when the card is made, or have your child search for the next card with a map. Once they have all cards, they can line them up to make the word or phrase to unlock either a map to a treasure box, or to the treasure box itself. For younger children, you could have the word written out, and they put their cards in order. For older children, they could match their cards to a written out sentence, or have to figure out the order themselves. This all depends on your child's age and capabilities. A challenge is fun, but too hard and it's not fun. For the treasure box- you could place a beloved toy inside, or a snack! You could make the word or sentence they have to figure out, be about the item in the treasure box. There are so many ways to do this fun activity. Once your child gets a hang of it, they can start making their own searches.
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