We love practicing handwriting and letter recognition skills with our kiddos during therapy. We also love a hands-on and sensory approach when it comes to learning, so these tactile tracing letters are perfect! Kids can practice tracing along the letters while receiving sensory feedback from the pipe cleaners. This extra input can help with learning, and the tracing is a great prep for writing skills.
Supples needed:
Cardboard
Scissors
Pipe Cleaners
Hot Glue
Marker
Step 1: Cut cardboard into rectangles (the number you cut depends on the number of letter cards you are going to make). We recommend starting with the letters in your child’s name and then building from there.
Step 2: Using your marker, draw an uppercase and lowercase letter onto cardboard
Step 3: Place pipe cleaners over drawn letters and cut down to the size needed.
Step 4: Cut pipe cleaners and glue down on top of your drawn letters.
Step 5: Using our ABC Tracing Packet as a guide, add numbers and arrows so your child can practice tracing using correct letter formation.
Step 6: Have Fun!! Let your child explore the letters and get sensory/tactile feedback to help with learning. Practice saying the sounds along with each letter, or coming up with words that start with that letter.
