A recent trip brought some downtime while Dad was driving. We started drawing letters on each other’s palms of our hands. I started by holding my son’s palm, and drew capital letters while he was looking at it. He is well versed in the alphabet and it was easy for him, at age 5. He then would draw back to my on my palm. He upped the challenge, he would close his eyes, drew numbers, and lowercase letters. Here is what got really fun, I held my 2 year old’s hand, extended his pointer finger and drew in his brother’s palm. This was a reinforcement of the way we traced on sandpaper letters, and they both thought it was fun. This game involved both of them, was sensorial, reinforced letter shape writing and recognition, and kept us entertained. It’s perfect for waiting at the dentist, doctor’s or even in line at the supermarket.
Category Archives: Car Games
Montessori Car Bingo
Montessori Car Bingo Match-up
You will need:
Print out the following file: Reading Bingo (The words are printed in lowercase print, however, I have the word also in Spanish and in capital letters. These help my son when he is sounding out words and he gets confused with “d” “b” or “e” “g”. It’s a way for him to self check. They are at the bottom so just cut them off if you don’t want them, or if your child is at a different level you can use those words instead – the game is still the same.)
1 – File Folder
2 – sandwich baggies
3 – velcro sticky dots (10) loops (32) hooks
1. Print out the reading bingo file, cut out the words and laminate.
2. Put your file folder open wide on your table, inside facing up.
3. Put your laminated cards face down on the table and place your hook side (the rougher side) sticky side down on the center of the cards. Then place the velcro loop side to connect ONLY 10 OF THEM, this will leave the sticky side of the loop side UP & EXPOSED.
4. You can then take those 10 cards and line them up in your file folder. Place them evenly down the folder in two aisles, see photo. Place the words down the left column and the pictures on the left column.
5. Put the left over photos and pictures in the baggies, one bag for photos, one for words.
6. Staple or tape the baggies on the left side of the folder so your child can store the words he/she isn’t searching for at the time. These are available so your child can change-up the game and not become bored easily.
7. Fold up your file folder and store in the car.
To Play: Have your child select five words and velcro them on the left column. Your child can then read the words and search for them while you are driving. Once found, your child can velcro them in and search for the next.
