January 15, 2020

Toy Rescue | A Preschool Activity That Makes Writing Fun

Toy Rescue is fast-paced game that’s sure to get preschoolers interested in reading and writing.

It can be easily adapted depending on what you want your child to learn. So, you can play a colours version or choose a rhyming words setup instead.

Like the Fishing Letters Activity the activity in this example focuses on letter recognition and gives preschoolers a chance to practice their writing skills.

The Setup

You will need:

Letters
A4 paper to be your keypad.
Pen.
Laundry basket.
Favourite toys.

What to do:

Choose the letters/words that you want your child to practice and hide them around the room.

preschool activities — I ‘hid’ some magnetic letters for my almost 3 year old and 3 letter words for my 4 year old.

Draw 5 or 6 squares on your paper…this is now your keypad and will be used to enter the secret code!
Pop the favourite toys under the laundry basket so that they appear trapped.
Leave it all set-up and wait for your child to find.

How To Play

Instructions:

Tell the kids that the toys have been trapped and need rescuing by unlocking the keypad.
Find each hidden letter/word and bring it back to the ‘keypad’.
When they find a letter they should read out the letter/ word before copying it into the box on the keypad.