Fishing for Letters
Learning Goals: Literacy, Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Sight Words
- This activity can be completed independently, in pairs, or in small groups with the assistance of an educator.
- Place magnetic letters in a large bin and place it on the floor.
- Next, children can use fishing poles (wooden dowels with a string and magnet attached) to “fish” for letters.
- Then, students can name each letter they reel in and practice the letter sound.
- To extend this activity for students who already know their letters, try inviting them to fish for sight words.
- Wooden skewers
- Magnets
- String
- Free supporting PDF, found here
- The educator set up and initiated the play context, which had a specific sequence of steps to be followed.
- The educator directed the play by asking children to fish for specific letters. The children had little choice in how the game was played.
