Cookie Sheet Challenge Volume 1: Review and Giveaway!

I'm so excited for the another week of the Cookie Sheet Challenge! If you missed my first two reviews you can see Volume 2 here and Volume 3 here! These lovely manipulatives are made by Julie at Make, Take, Teach. They are incredibly easy (and cheap!) to put together and will provide endless amounts of educational fun. 

Volume 1 is great for students learning their alphabet, rhyming, and word building. Grace recognizes her letters and can recite them so now we are working on learning more about their order. Beth is working on basic spelling. She is an excellent reader so spelling is the natural next step. Visually seeing the words correct is one of the ways we're beginning spelling. This Cookie Sheet Challenge is perfect for them both!

One thing I love about the Cookie Sheet Challenge sets is just how simple they are to put together. Print (I like photo paper to get a sturdy, laminated feel), get out your magnetic letters, put it on a cookie sheet and you are ready! This particular set needs a small sized magnetic letter set, so you'll want to double check that you have those! I happened to have a second set from my sis-in-law since her boys have outgrown the magnetic letter stage. I'm so glad these were small! It took about 10 minutes to print the sheets and everything was ready for my girls!

Grace wanted Beth to help her so on the first sheet, which has all the letters of the alphabet, they worked to see how fast they could match up the letters. The second page for the alphabet has letters missing. This was fabulous for Grace. I haven't ever tried an activity like this so I wasn't sure how she would do. First we put all the letters which were listed on the page. Before I even had a chance to explain what to do next she was starting to fill in the missing letters! She didn't get them all correct, but we'll keep working at it!

The word building pages are a perfect fit for my Beth. She is doing very well with our spelling curriculum, but I've been looking for something to help her think about word building with a more hands-on feel. I particularly liked that Beth practiced matching lower case letters with upper case. You can find lower case magnetic letters, but this is one area she is a little weak in, so this was my preference. 

Also included in the packet are rhyming activities. This is a little beyond where Beth is at and I'm not quite there with Grace, but when I get there these will be great! There are several different rhyming pages along with small pictures to place in the right category. 

Julie, the creator of Make, Take, Teach, has a wonderful store at Teachers Pay Teachers. I'm certain you'll find something there to catch your eye!

Are you ready to enter the giveaway? Don't forget to spread the word to your homeschooling and classroom teacher friends! These activities are excellent for either type of learning.

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Disclaimer

I received Cookie Sheet Challenge 1 in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review. No other compensation was received.