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Pumpkin Light Box Letter Formation

October 3, 2016 by Emma Gadsby Leave a Comment

On a recent shopping trip I discovered a Speech Bubble Light Box. You can write your own messages using the dry wipe pen and wipe it off. I knew instantly it would be ideal for light box play activities and mark making. As this weeks Virtual Book Club theme is pumpkins I decided to create a Pumpkin Light Box Letter Formation activity.

Pumpkin Light Box Letter Formation

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Up until now Adam has been reluctant to write. If you give him a pencil then he shies away from the activity. I soon discovered thought that if you give him a Speech Bubble Light Box with a dry wipe pen, then he loves writing. Throughout the week he had been mark making at any given opportunity.

Mark making on the speech bubble light box

Since creating our DIY ice cube pumpkins Adam has been using them in a variety of free play activities. The permanent marker pen faces have stayed on despite Adam rolling the cubes everywhere. As Autumn is here it is now getting dark earlier in the evenings. This gives us the perfect opportunity for light play activities. As resuable ice cubes look fantastic on a light table we couldn’t wait to try them on the Speech Bubble Light Box.

My original plan had been to write a capital letter on the Speech Bubble Light Box and get Adam to trace the letter using our DIY pumpkin ice cubes. However, Adam was adamant to form the letters himself. This was great practise for his letter formation but it also made him think about how big his letter had to be in order to fit the pumpkins on top.

Pumpkin letter formation

Adam wrote a capital A onto the Speech Bubble Light Box using the dry wipe pen. He then placed the pumpkin ice cubes on top of the letter. We discussed where he had to place the first pumpkin in order to form the letter correctly.

Letter formation on the light table

Once the letter was complete Adam removed the ice cubes and then used his finger to trace over the letter again until it had disappeared.

Letters on the light table

Adam repeated the activity time and time again until he had completed the entire alphabet. He even requested the activity the next night.

I had forgotten how much fun it is to play in the dark. I feel our Speech Bubble Light Box will be used for more light play activities in the future.

This weeks Virtual Book Club story is Five Little Pumpkins. Check out the other pumpkin themed activities:

Alpahbet Activities 
Pumpkin Rocks Alphabet Matching – Inspiration Laboratories

Name Activities 
Pumpkin Patch Name Spelling Activity – Still Playing School

Number Activities 
Pumpkin Patch Picking Numbers – Rainy Day Mum
Pumpkin Math: How Many Segments? – Teach Beside Me

Sensory Activities 
Pumpkin Sensory Play with Water –  The Educators’ Spin On It
Pumpkin Number Puzzles – Sea of Knowledge

Cooking Activities 
Roasting Pumpkin Seeds With Kids: A Five Senses Experience – To be a Kid Again
Pumpkin Spice Cookie Bars – Sugar, Spice & Glitter

Science Activities 
Do Pumpkins Float? – JDaniel4’s Mom
Preschool Pumpkin Skin Experiment – Preschool Powol Packets

Color Activities 
Painting with Pumpkins – Kori at Home
Easy Colorful Mosaic Pumpkins for Kids – Toddler Approved

Pre-Writing Activities 
5 Little Pumpkins Fine Motor Busy Bag – Views From a Step Stool
Retelling with Finger Puppets – Chickadee Lit
Pumpkin Suncatchers – Clare’s Little Tots
Roll a die, fall movement activity – Kara Carrero

Shape Activities 
Make a Felt Pumpkin Face – Mama Smiles
Free Printable Pumpkin Shape Puzzles– School time Snippets

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Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Learning Activities, Play Activities, Super Quick Play Activities Tagged With: Book themed play, DIY activities, Fine Motor Activities, Halloween, Letter Recognition Activities, Light box, Mark making, Virtual Book Club For Kids, Writing Activities

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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