Most of us know letter recognition for young children is important in promoting literacy. Deanna Mascle says there's no need to buy expensive learning aids, incorporate the alphabet into your young child's daily life by pointing out what they're eating. You can make this project as involved or as simple as you'd like. You could serve foods featuring the 'letter of the day' or serve one meal featuring all foods with your current letter. Or, you could just be sure to point out the letter what you're serving starts with. As your child gets older, you can have them name the letter each of the foods on their plate starts with.
In our house this activity may backfire since The Pickersons have such limited palates, they'd be learning P for Pasta, A for Apple and N for Nutella. Oh my this suddenly became very self revealing and I'm uncomfortable. Don't worry they'd also learn R for Rose's Lime Juice and M for Moldy Leftovers.
I love this idea because with all the classes and activities we try to give our kids, we can forget that most learning is part of everyday life.
