| There are some basic skills that every parent needs | | | | particularly young you will need a small basketball hoop |
| to teach their child. One of the most important is the | | | | and stand. Shout out random letters and have your |
| alphabet and reading. It requires a great deal of | | | | children shout the letter back to you. If they can |
| patience and perseverance to teach a child how to | | | | pronounce the letter correctly they get to shoot a |
| recognize letters. Young children have short attention | | | | basket. Keep the game going quickly so that you can |
| spans and they often come to hate learning because | | | | cover lots of letters. The quicker the game the more |
| they associate it with sitting quietly for hours. As a | | | | likely it will be for your child to have a great time. You |
| teacher you will find it very difficult to teach anything to | | | | could also shout out the name of a favorite superhero |
| a child who has this attitude. The solution is to make | | | | or animal. When the child can shout back the letter that |
| learning fun by turning it into a game. When you explain | | | | begins the animal's name they get to take a shot. This |
| learning in terms of fun and games kids will | | | | game becomes even livelier if you play some upbeat |
| immediately become interested. If you consider the | | | | music while doing so. |
| games that really excite children, most of them are | | | | 3. ABC Lineup. If you have a group of children make |
| outdoor games. There are few things that children love | | | | cutout letters for all of them. Attach letters to each |
| more than recess; they play outside with their friends in | | | | child's shirts or clothing. It might be best to make |
| healthy competitions. If you are looking for a great and | | | | necklaces out of them so that the children can change |
| fun way to teach your kids their ABCs consider doing | | | | to a different letter. You don't need all the letters of the |
| so with an outdoor game. Described below are some | | | | alphabet but it would be best if you do. Play some |
| wonderful outdoor ABC games that will make learning | | | | music for about thirty seconds and challenge the kids |
| fun for you and your children. | | | | to get into alphabetical order. A big part of learning |
| 1. ABC Hopscotch. There is no reason to play an | | | | about letters is learning their proper order. When the |
| outside game unless it involves some sort of physical | | | | music ends all of the children need to be in the right |
| activity. Draw a large square on the pavement and fill it | | | | order. If they are not in proper order then move them |
| in with smaller squares. Draw chalk letters into the | | | | until they are. At some point you can change places |
| squares. You can do them in alphabetical order or a | | | | with a child and they become the one to put |
| random order. Make the letters large so that the | | | | everybody in the right order. |
| children can see them. Use different colors of chalk so | | | | These are just a few ideas for fun outdoo ABC |
| that the finished product is a bright and fun | | | | games. Be creative and come up with some games |
| checkerboard of letters. Call out certain letters and | | | | of your own. If you find that your child prefers one |
| have the children jump on them. | | | | game over another stick with it. You will see rapid |
| 2. ABC Hoops. If your child is athletic and likes | | | | improvement in their knowledge of the alphabet. |
| basketball consider a fun sports game. If the child is | | | | |