Identical Letter Towers

Sort the letters and build 3 towers.

Stack the same letters together.

Goals

To recognise, name and track letters in a row.
To plan appropriate actions to complete directions and build letter towers.

The adult prepares

1 baseplate
9 bricks (3 groups of 3 identical letters)

The 9 bricks are randomly aligned on the baseplate, in correct reading position.

The children play

The child chooses a brick and reads the letter.

They find the other 2 bricks with the same letter and build a tower with the three bricks.

The child makes two more towers the same way.

For these activities, you will have to read the letters
and make towers of identical letters.
What letter is it?
C? Yes.
So we take this one and we put it here.
Now you have to find exactly the same letter.
Check with your fingers.
Yeah.
Okay.
And place it on top of it to make a tower.
So can you find another one?
Because there are three letters C.
And stand up.
That’s my C’s, isn’t it?
Yeah.
Okay.
Now, can you tell me what is this
letter without looking?
B. B, so
We have to build another tower with only letter B.
Great.
And can you make another tower with all the other letters?
If they are the same. They are the same?
Yes. Yeah. So take it.
Oh, okay.
I’ve done it!
Okay. Perfect. You did it!

Facilitation tips

Choose letters that are tactually different for an easier activity or tactually closer for a more difficult activity.
Try the same activity but with a different number of identical letters (4 x A 5 x B and 3 x C) to work on concepts such as higher, longer, smaller, shorter.