Feed the Monster Preschool Letter Matching Activity

Inside: Learn how to make this cute Feed the Monster Box for a fun preschool letter matching activity!

One of the best learning tricks for young children is to keep practicing. By practicing, I don’t mean asking any 4-year-old to do five pages of worksheets or copy the letters A to Z ten times. 

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• Then how do young kids learn?
• DIY Preschool Letter Matching Toy
• More Fun Ways to Practice Letter Matching

Then how do young kids learn?

They need hand-on experiences to reinforce what they have learnt. A huge bonus if you can make the learning experience fun too. When kids have fun, they associate learning with a positive feeling. Like in this letter matching activity, children search, pick up and touch each letter as they have loads of fun 'feeding the monster'.

Related: Here's another fun hands-on activity to practice letter matching.

DIY Preschool Letter Matching Toy

Do you have a kid who’s learning his/her letters? 

Do you have a cereal box?

Then let’s make this cute Feed the Monster box!

Watch the video tutorial or follow the steps below. 

• Draw and cut out a cute monster. Paste it on the cereal box. Cut a big hole for the mouth.
• Next cut a small rectangle below the monster. Cut two slits on either side of the rectangle. 
• Run a strip of paper through the slits. Secure the ends such that the strip of paper forms a loop around the box. Now write the letters A to Z on the strip of paper.
• Gather your alphabet puzzle blocks and invite your child to feed the monster!

Related: More Halloween theme activities.

More Fun Ways to Practice Letter Matching

Like I mentioned, practice is key to helping children learn! So here are more fun activities that you can set up easily at home for your child.

• Letter Matching with Playdough
• Apple and Caterpillar Matching Activity and Printable
• Duplo Hearts Letter Matching Activity

If you want to find out more about early literacy for children, these may also be useful for you!

• Teaching the Alphabet and Letter Sounds
• Teaching Letter Formation through Play
• Preparing your children to write
• Activities to Support Speech Development in Children
• Hands-On Phonics Activities for Preschoolers

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