Having Fun at Home: Letter Matching Board

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Letter Matching Board

Well, I spent a few of hours on this one, and I'm hoping that it will turn out to have been worth it. I used heavy pastel cardstock, and "laminated" the pockets with packing tape; so I think it will last. I also have plans for using the same board for lower case flowers and "starts with" pictures. One thing I really like about it are the folding flaps on the sides that allow it to stand up on its own. (the backing was part of a big corrugated cardboard box)

I traced around a cookie cutter for the outline of the flowers, and glued them on to index cards.

The pockets were a little tricky for G to use at first, but then she got the hang of it. (having laminated the pockets made them slippery, and definitely helped though) You can see her clapping for herself- I think as much for figuring out how to put things on the board as much as for matching the right letters.

Any other ideas for ways to use the board (so that I can relax about having spent so much time on it)? :-)

15 comments:

Michele @ The Hills are Alive said...: thats great - with a few tweaks for my train loving 4 year old boy I think I have my next "project"
Good work!; May 5, 2011 at 5:06 AM
Melia said...: This is GREAT!!! Can't wait to start making one for my little girl. She just turned 3 today! Do the strips with the flower pots come off of the backing? Are they what you laminated to make the "pockets"? I am thinking that you could do tons of matching this way and I have a cd with file folder games that could be adapted to use this bigger board instead of file folders. Thanks so much for sharing! I just got a laminator and I can't wait to start using it!; May 5, 2011 at 2:30 PM
Valerie @ Inner Child Fun said...: Super cute!! What a fun way to match up letters! :-); May 5, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Having Fun at Home said...: Michele, trains sound super cute! You should send a link once you get it done!
Melia, I laminated the strips with the flower pots. The flower pots don't come off, but that's a good idea- would make it more versatile.; May 5, 2011 at 8:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Love this. You could do capital and lowercase matching.

I'd like to know how you did the laminating part too. What exactly did you laminate?; May 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Anonymous said...: Do you have any pictures of the project?; May 9, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Having Fun at Home said...: Hollie, I glued the flower pots onto the long white strips of cardstock (cut from a piece of poster board) and then cut pieces of packing tape as long as the cardstock. I placed the first strip at the top with half of the width of tape overhanging the edge and folded it over. It took three pieces of tape (a little overlapping) to cover the strip of cardstock.

It does sound kind of confusing when I write it out like that...I really SHOULD have taken some pictures along the way I guess. Sorry!; May 9, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Having Fun at Home said...: Hollie, I glued the flower pots onto the long white strips of cardstock (cut from a piece of poster board) and then cut pieces of packing tape as long as the cardstock. I placed the first strip at the top with half of the width of tape overhanging the edge and folded it over. It took three pieces of tape (a little overlapping) to cover the strip of cardstock.

It does sound kind of confusing when I write it out like that...I really SHOULD have taken some pictures along the way I guess. Sorry!; May 21, 2011 at 5:02 AM
Hollie said...: Do you have any pictures of the project?; May 21, 2011 at 5:02 AM
Valerie @ Frugal Family Fun Bl said...: Super cute!! What a fun way to match up letters! :-); May 21, 2011 at 5:02 AM
Michele said...: thats great - with a few tweaks for my train loving 4 year old boy I think I have my next "project"
Good work!; May 21, 2011 at 5:02 AM
Hookem02 said...: upper, lower case matching, beginning sounds with picture card on flower spot, ending sounds too; June 12, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Tabby said...: I love this idea! Will probably do something similar to help the kids match the lowercase to the uppercase.; August 8, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Rebecca said...: Great idea!!!; April 24, 2015 at 6:18 PM
Unknown said...: Oh my God, this is so cool. I which you took some pictures or video while making it. You have an amazing idea. I will definitely try this for my kids; August 8, 2021 at 11:36 AM