8 Fun and Easy Literacy Activities for Kids

By CBC Parents Staff and Contributors

| Jan 2, 2015

Play comes first, but picking up literacy skills is an added bonus with these activities.

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Rainbow Rice Alphabet I-Spy Bottle

Don't be fooled: this simple little bottle is filled with lots of opportunities to work on letter recognition, word building, colour recognition and so much more. Plus, it's a lot of fun to put together.

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Name Bracelet Patterning Craft

Learning to pattern is a fun thing for most preschoolers, and it is full of learning too! Patterning is a sophisticated skill to learn, and this will help set the foundations for skills kids will learn later.

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Look, Touch and Say Memory Game

This game provides practice with sight memory, tactile memory, word recognition, speech, fine-motor control, numbers and number sequencing, one-to-one correspondence, tallying, listening and turn-taking.

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3-in1 Counting Busy Bag Activity

This busy bag activity combines counting, one-to-one correspondence, number recognition, colour recognition and even a bit of literacy and fine motor skills! The best part is that it takes only a few minutes to put together. Great for car trips or when out and about with some time to kill.

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Chalkboard Dolls for Creative Play

Simple wooden stick dolls turn into templates for all kinds of play after a few coats of chalkboard paint. Even including drying time, these took about 15 minutes to make.

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Plasticine Letter Stamping Game for Kids

Whether you have kids in your life who are at the pre-writing stage or who are working on letter recognition, spelling or phonics, these little DIY letter stamps are so simple to make and can be used in hundreds of fun ways to encourage all of these skills.

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Sparkly Winter Sensory Bin with Snowflake Letters

This lovely little bin comes with all kinds of fun ways to play. Adding little snowflake letters turn a sensory activity into a fun and engaging letter hunt.

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Melted Super WHY! Crayon Letters

The SuperWHY! gang is all about spelling, and now your little ones can be too, with this cute craft. You can make an S and W and question mark like we did, or make your child's initials or name or spell anything your child likes. These letters look like stained glass when hung in the window.

8 Fun and Easy Literacy Activities for Kids

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Rainbow Rice Alphabet I-Spy Bottle

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Name Bracelet Patterning Craft

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3 / 8

Look, Touch and Say Memory Game

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3-in1 Counting Busy Bag Activity

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5 / 8

Chalkboard Dolls for Creative Play

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6 / 8

Plasticine Letter Stamping Game for Kids

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Sparkly Winter Sensory Bin with Snowflake Letters

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Melted Super WHY! Crayon Letters

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