Caroline
I am sharing another Alphabet Matching Game with you today. Since our weather has been more like spring lately we decided to make a Flower Matching Game that is perfect for spring time. So gather your milk caps, print off this flower mat, and get ready to match some capital and lowercase letters!
Supplies you will need:
- Flower Printable
- capital letters printable
- 26 bottle caps (we used milk caps)
- posterboard
- scissors
- glue stick
NOTE: For this printable you can follow directions below, however, this time I decided to try printing out the poster in one piece at Staples and having it laminated at a local teacher store to keep it for long term use. Going this route is more expensive (about $27), but it is a great option if you want to keep it more durable and for long term use.
Instructions:
1. Print off the Flower Printable
Print off the Flower Printable. The printable is a large mat so it doesn’t fit on one paper. You will have to click the “Poster” option in your print dialog box and it will print off on 6 pages. I’m not sure if this option is available to all printers, but this is how mine works.
2. Trim excess edges if needed
Once you have printed off all the pages, trim off any edges around the paper that would make your Flower Printable not connect together properly. Most printers don’t print to the very edge so this is why you will most likely have to do some trimming. If you print it in one piece then skip this part.
3. Glue all pieces to posterboard to make whole picture
Glue your pages to your posterboard, connecting them so they match together correctly. I like to start with my top right paper and work my way around in a circle, but do what works for you. I always lay mine out on my posterboard first to see what works best.
4. Now prepare your next printable
Print off the capital letter printable HERE, cut the letters out and glue them onto your milk caps.
5. Let your child add cups to the alphabet printable
Now your child can match all the capital letter milk caps to all the lowercase letters on the Flower mat. You can ask your child questions while they do the activity about what letter they are matching, what sound it makes, or think of a word that starts with that letter, etc.
