Wipe Out

Write letters all over a whiteboard, call one out and watch your little one wipe it away! Wipe Out is a fast, silly letter game that uses this week's letter H plus the letters we've learned so far, A through G.

What you need

• A whiteboard, or a window or glass door

• Dry erase markers (or washable window markers for glass)

• An eraser, a sock on your hand or a damp cloth

How to do it

1. Write the letters. Write big letters all over the board: H, plus a few of A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Write H more than once.

2. Say them together. Point to each letter and name it. "This one is H. H says /h/!"

3. Call one out. Say, "Wipe out the H!" Your little one finds an H and wipes it away.

4. Keep going. Call letters one at a time until the board is clean.

5. Switch it up. Let your child be the caller while you do the wiping.

Why we love it

Finding one letter in a crowd of letters is real reading work: kids have to look closely at the shape. Wiping big letters away also works the arm and shoulder muscles kids use for writing, and it feels like a game, not a lesson.

Tips from our table

• Two-year-olds do best with just two or three letters on the board. Older kids can handle all eight.

• For older kids, call the sound instead of the name: "Wipe out the letter that says /h/!"

• Prop the whiteboard on the floor or a low table so little ones can reach every letter.

• Dry erase markers aren't for little hands. A grown-up does the writing, and caps go right back on.

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More for this week: see all our Pumpkin activities, Letter H activities and Number 8 activities.

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