Learning letters outside

We like to take learning outside. Yesterday, having read a story book which showed a letter made with sticks and a feather, the two younger children (aged 6 and 4) and I went outside to make letters. This is such a simple idea but was great fun and a way to enjoy the fine autumn sunshine.

This was so easy and fun. I was particularly impressed with how keen Youngest Son was about this.

Capital A. The book we had been reading, Angelo by David Macaulay, had shown a capital A so I made this to demonstrate the idea to the children.

The first letter Youngest Son created. "M for Mummy".

Younger Daughter started with a lower case i

She followed this up with a capital E.

Youngest Son is into treasure maps so made several x symbols.

Lower case n.

Upper case N.

e from acorns.

r from old leaves

p was made by Younger Son with some help for the curved portion ( a twig with a break or two)

Youngest Daughter made a question mark.

We made several more although not quite the whole alphabet! This did seem a cumbersome way of making words although it would be fun to learn simple words using leaves and twigs. Perhaps, next week.