Magnetic Aleph Bet Letter Activities
One of Torah Toy's top sellers is the Magnetic Aleph Bet Letters. The Aleph Bet manipulatives is parents and teachers "must have" because they are brightly colored, can pretty much be arrange on any metal surface and its a great way to teach the Hebrew letters.
Basically, the Magmetic Aleph Bet Letters can be arrange in most metal surfaces such as a refrigeration, file cabinet or cookie sheet. They also come in clear plastic container - a fabulous way to keep all the pieces together.
We get lots of emails from parents and teachers asking us for different ideas and suggestions on how to use the Aleph Bet Magnets. Here are some great ideas:
Sing Along Aleph Bet Song
Name Recognition
Bingo
Color Sorting
Identifying Sight Words
First , round up all the materials needed:
Large cookie sheet
Small cookie Sheet
Dry erase marker
Paper
We prefer using cookie sheets because as teachers, we able to work closely with the child. However, the refrigerator is great for parents too! Parents are able to keep children busy while cooking or catching up on laundry. Some parents also have shared with us that they keep the Magnetic Aleph Bet Letters on the desk. Whenever their children come to their office for a quick visit, they remove the letters from the clear container and form words on the file cabinet.
Sing Along the Aleph Bet Song
Have your child arrange the Magnetic Aleph Bet Letters in order while singing the Aleph Bet song! For just beginners, its good to have around a chart to help them out whenever needed. It's always good to use a large cookie sheet.You want to make sure that all the letters fit on the sheet.
Name Recognition
Using a dry erase marker, write the child's name in print. Have the child look for the Magnetic Aleph Bet Letters and place them on the small cookie sheet. This size of cookie sheet is perfect for the little hands. Its amazing to see how young children can start spelling their name!
Bingo
Bingo!! The children always ask to play this game. It's really fun! We have several small cookie sheets that we keep together on the side. The children are very used to playing this game and know exactly what they need. Each one pulls out a cookie sheet, they all fight to get out the Magnetic Aleph Bet Letters (of course!), and one is kind enough to bring the dry erase marker. The best way to play this game is to write the letters on the grid in which the child needs extra review and demonstrates greater difficulty in recognizing the letter. The kids take turns pulling out a letter. The child that has that letter, gets to place the letter on the cookie sheet.
Color Sorting
Using a large cookie sheet, have the children sort the Magnetic Aleph Bet Letters by color. This can be done in various ways, for instant ask the child find me all the yellow letters or you can just place a letter of each color in the first line and let the child complete the rest!
Identifying Sight Words
This in one of our favorite activities. Every month we work on a different set of sight words. The children get very excited when they get the new set of words because they know that they get to play this game. To prepare the game, have the list of sight words in front of you. Using the Magnetic Aleph Bet Letters, trace the words. Make sure to also have a picture next to it. Visual learners will gain tremendously from the pictures. Also, remember to box the words. Then, have the children find the letters and form the words.
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Well... Do you have any other ideas? We would love to here what other parents and teachers have to say. Feel free to post your idea on the comments.
