Put a new twist on the usual pumpkin decorating by incorporating
some playful learning of letters and sounds! Perfect for
toddlers and preschoolers, these alphabet pumpkins promote great
fine motor skills, concentration, creativity and phoneme-
grapheme correspondence! Un-peeling, sticking and re-positioning
the alphabet stickers is a great fine motor activity all of its
own and proved a real effort of concentration for Pop (2.6) but
very easy for Cakie (4.1). Once the surfaces were covered, we
put the pumpkins in the middle of the dining room table and are
now using them to play phonics games while we eat! Here are 5
fun games to get the playful literacy started! Pumpkin Alphabet
Games! Spot the Letter: choosing familiar or important letters,
such as those from your child’s name, ask them to find a certain
one as quickly as they can and point to it. “Can you find the
letter at the beginning of Mummy?” Letter Sound I-Spy: Say “I
spy a letter that makes the sound Sssssssss like a snake! Can
you find it?” Emphas