Step 1: For this activity, gather a variety of letters from the 鈥渨ith a hole鈥 list above and place in a bowl. To start you might want to only include letters with holes. To add a challenge, you might want to include some of the letters from the 鈥渨ithout a hole鈥 list. Follow your child鈥檚 lead and interest.聽聽聽聽
Step 2: Encourage your child to pick a letter from the bowl. Say the name of the letter she chose and say the sound it makes, for example:
鈥淭hat鈥檚 the letter /d/ /d/ D! Can you say /d/ /d/ D with me?鈥
Step 3:聽 Hold the letter up to your eye and say:
鈥淟ook, the letter D has a peek-a-boo hole. Peek-a-boo, I see you! Can you look through the peek-a-boo hole?鈥
Step 4: Let her choose another letter from the bowl and encourage her to show you the peek-a-boo hole.