The Playful Preschool Series is all about outdoor summer fun this month. The theme this week is chalk. My boys are learning to ride bikes so we had fun adding an alphabet activity into the mix.
Alphabet Activities
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Why We Chose This Activity
So my 3 year-old is obsessed with riding his older brother’s bike and my 4 year-old spends a good amount of his outside play filling the driveway with chalk creations. We decided to merge the two interests.
Setting Up
Set-up couldn’t have been easier for this activity! Starting with the “A” create a letter road down the driveway or sidewalk with chalk. Leave a bit of space between each letter so that the road is nice and long.
Time to Play
Strap the helmet and jump on the bike. Have your child start behind the letter “A”. Call out a letter for your child to stop at on the road. Your child then rides to the appropriate letter and stops at that letter.
Return to “A” and play again.
This was a very simple but effective alphabet activity that works great for outdoor learning.
Related Posts
Keep reading. Visit the links below for more great chalk ideas from the #playfulpreschool team!
Chalk Letter Writing from Learning 2 Walk
Alphabet Activities: Chalk Road by Growing Book by Book
Chalk Painting Letters from Mom Inspired Life
Chalk Dust and Feather Writing: Learning Names in Preschool by The Preschool Toolbox
Setting-up for Summer Learning with Chalks from Rainy Day Mum
Bubbling Chalk: Science Experiment by Capri +3
Chalk Paint from Tiny Tots Adventure
Chalk Shadow Drawings by Still Playing School
Laura at Mommy Maleta says
I absolutely love this idea! Great way to combine exercise, outdoor fun, and learning. I’ll be featuring this post tomorrow at the Thoughtful Spot! Thanks for linking up your creativity!
the preschool toolbox says
I love this alphabet road! What a great idea for turning literacy into a bike journey.:)
Crystal @ Castle View Academy says
What a fun idea, Jodi! Thanks for linking up with Mom’s Library, I’ll be featuring you next week at Castle View Academy.
Have a great summer, and keep up the great ideas and good luck with the bike skills!
Tracee says
If you had a lot of space, you could have the path branch off with the correct sequence of letters and an incorrect sequence. The kid could find his way through the “maze” in order.
Jennie @ The Diary of a Real Housewife says
Such a fun idea! Summer is here but it will not stop raining! As soon as it does we will be doing this outside!
Natasha says
I’m really digging this idea. My preschooler loves to ride her bike and if I do this right I can make a nice winding alphabet path maybe try this at our local park where there is a nice path.
Theresa says
This would be very motivating for our kids. We can’t wait to try it out!
Cerys says
What a fun idea – I just need to find a road big enough that is safe enough but ideal to do in the preschool playground. Thanks for the inspiration this week.
Tricia Heliker says
Great idea, Jodie.
Anna@The Measured Mom says
Love this, Jodi! Our 3 year old is loving his bike too right now. This would be a lot of fun for him.
Danielle says
This is awesome! We are trying to motivate our son to learn to ride his bike and a game like this might do the trick. 🙂
Devany says
I wonder if this would motivate our preschooler to ride her bike! Great idea!