an A B C box

it has taken me some time to create this A B C box but it has, and continues to, be a great resource.

(when I find seemingly random objects, I always bear them in mind for other stuff-some people call this hoarding...)

The box is irrelevant-an ice cream tub in our case - getting the child(ren) involved in decorating the box is a good launch platform for this resource.

1. an A to Z magnetic set of letters - I got a set from the £1 shop
2. assorted items from A to Z - this takes time and I haven't got objects for all letters
3. a tub to store it all in - recycled ice cream tub

We play various games - I say "find a thing, find a thing..." and boo rummages for an object, says the beginning letter and then has to find that letter. I also use some of the objects in sensory bins. Some of the toys are "wind-up's" and so we play racing games. Once an object and its letter has been found, they get put back in the box and the letter is placed on the 'fridge (well, today it was)

This leads on to other challenges - can you find objects in a sequence that spells a word

I need more objects :-) and then a bigger tub (more ice-cream?)