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    Home » Literacy Activities

    Published: Sep 28, 2019 · Modified: May 13, 2023 by Fynn · All activities should be supervised by an adult. This post may contain affiliate links.

    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!

    Monster Preschool Letter Matching Activity

    One of the best learning trick for young children is to keep practicing. By practicing, I don’t mean asking any 4yo 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

    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.

    Pin this on your favorite learning activities board!

    Feed the monster preschool letter matching activity

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    About Fynn

    Fynn is a Math and Science teacher from Singapore, author of The Happy Learning Book for Siblings and founder of Happy Tot Shelf. She helps parents enjoy home learning with their children through her highly popular kids' activity membership, The Happy Learners' Club. Fynn has been featured in various newspapers, websites and on radio shows as an expert in early childhood learning and creative hands-on learning ideas.

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    1. Sheila says

      May 10, 2020 at 2:38 pm

      Please send me a link that will allow me to download this activity. I don't want to convert it.
      Thank you!
      Sheila

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      • happytotshelf says

        June 06, 2020 at 10:02 am

        Hello, there isn't anything to download for this activity.

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    2. Margaret says

      June 21, 2021 at 6:28 pm

      Can not locate the video?

      Reply
    3. Trisha says

      October 14, 2021 at 10:02 am

      Hello, hope you are fine
      Actually i wanted to ask you something i'm a pri-primary teacher i choose this activity for my children. I just wanted ask you if in which corner of my school should i keep this play
      I mean for example in a pre scholl there are lots of corners like kitchen corner doll's corner book's corner.....etc
      I just wanted to know in which corner can i put it?

      Reply
      • Fynn says

        April 18, 2022 at 4:51 am

        I keep these activities on our learning shelf and we have a separate shelf for the toys. 😊

        Reply

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