Yesterday I stared at the empty egg carton that I had and just knew that I could use it for something in homeschooling. Why throw away such a great tool that can be used for sorting things?
The idea on how to use it did not come to me until later when I spied the bag of letter tiles in a box of manipulatives that I have. I took that old egg carton/sorter and put it on the table in front of my three year old. Then, I poured the letter tiles out on the table in front of him
Because there are at least duplicates of every letter tile, I put one letter tile in each hole. Then I told my son to find a matching tile and put it on top of the tile in the hole. It was so simple, but he loved it! Not only did it keep his attention for more than 10 minutes, it was also something that he wanted to sit down and play later as I was fixing dinner! Whoo-hoo!
***Update- first thing this morning, the very first thing Manny wanted to do (after asking for candy first) was to play the letter game!
The idea on how to use it did not come to me until later when I spied the bag of letter tiles in a box of manipulatives that I have. I took that old egg carton/sorter and put it on the table in front of my three year old. Then, I poured the letter tiles out on the table in front of him
Because there are at least duplicates of every letter tile, I put one letter tile in each hole. Then I told my son to find a matching tile and put it on top of the tile in the hole. It was so simple, but he loved it! Not only did it keep his attention for more than 10 minutes, it was also something that he wanted to sit down and play later as I was fixing dinner! Whoo-hoo!
***Update- first thing this morning, the very first thing Manny wanted to do (after asking for candy first) was to play the letter game!
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