Things You'll Need:
- beans...imitation white beads used for stuffing bean bag chairs... at any hobby department or craft store
- scrap material
- white poster paint
- Or skip all of the above and purchase bean bags pre-made with the capital and lower case letters already printed on them (in any teachers catalog)
- Large capital and lower case letters posted first all together and then scattered throughout the room.
- Sewing Machine easies...needles and thread can work also
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Step 1
To make your own bean bags by imitation white small beads used in stuffing bean bag chairs. Regular beans tend to break up and also can be ruined if they get wet.
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Step 2
Purchase as much material as you need to make 26 small, or medium sized squares to fill with the beans. Cut two squares of equal size and stitch together with the wrong sides facing each other. Stitch three sides only and then to inside out so the right sides are facing each other.
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Step 3
Fill the fourth side with about 1-2 cups of imitation stuffing beads and then sew the fourth side to finish the square. Using white tempra paint write the capital and lower case letter for each alphabet letter. Let dry and then turn over and write the same capital and lower case letter on the opposite side.
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Step 4
Start the game by tossing the bean bags to the children and let them find the matching letter from posted letters in the correct abc order.
As they become more proficient scatter the letters or switch the abc order and then have them find the matching letter. Another option is to make a hopscotch in squares or shapes (like a caterpillar with circles) or a snake and place the capital and lower case letters on the shapes. Children use the bean bags as they hopscotch and must say the letters as they toss the bean bag for another turn.
