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Flashlight Alphabet Game for Kids: Can You Find the Letter?

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I think this flashlight alphabet game is our family’s favorite activity.

While we’ve played a lot of after dark games, there’s something about this game that has really stuck with my kids.  Maybe it’s because I finally let them have free range with a flashlight??  Regardless, your kids will be begging to play this game over and over, too.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you…
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Welcome back to the light and reflection series!  If you’re new here, please be sure to check out our Pinterest board to see all of our past posts.  Also, check out Where Imagination Grows and And Next Comes L to see what they’ve been up to.  This week was about literacy, so we created a flashlight alphabet game to practice my daughter’s letter recognition.

What You’ll Need for this Flashlight Alphabet Game

  • Alphabet puzzle
  • Flashlight

**Tip: Apparently, flashing a flashlight in people’s eyes is really fun (insert sarcasm here).  We made a rule that if anyone flashes someone in the eyes (yourself or family members) the game is over…just saying!

Flashlight Alphabet Game L figures out which letters are missing from Happilyevermom

How to Play Flashlight Alphabet Game

I only took four letters out of the alphabet puzzle at a time (I didn’t want to overwhelm my three year old with too many letters!) and I “hid” them around her room.  By “hid” I mean that I put them on the floor, on the chair, and other seemingly obvious places.  But, it didn’t matter because in the dark, it’s a challenge to see – even when the letters are at your feet!  When I was ready with my hidden letters, L came over to the puzzle board to see which letters were missing.

In the picture above, you can see that she noticed the X was gone.

I loved that she was learning what the letter looked like in two different ways: by noticing which ones were missing from the puzzle and by finding the missing letter.  The more opportunities to see letters, the more opportunity to learn!

Flashlight Alphabet Game found the letter S from Happilyevermom

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My daughter loved this spin on hide and go seek for letters.  It combined so many skills for her while she got to play a new game!

So, where’s the learning?

  • Fine motor skills as she put the letters back into the puzzle
  • Hand eye coordination as she moved the flashlight to spot the hidden letters
  • Addition/counting as she counted how many letters were missing from the puzzle
  • Subtraction as she realized how many letters she had left to find once she found a letter (For example, she said: “I found one letter, now I only have three left”)
  • Listening skills as I would give her hints about where to spot the letters
  • Listening skills as she had to remember not to flash the light in people’s eyes! 🙂

Flashlight Alphabet Game putting back the letter J from Happilyevermom

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Variations on the game:

  • Hide numbers instead (Here’s the matching number puzzle from Melissa and Doug)
  • Hide letters that make a word (Here’s the word puzzle that we have from Melissa and Doug)
  • Hide a letter and give hints based on the sound the letter makes
  • Hide a letter next to something that starts with that letter (place the letter C on a chair, D on the dresser, etc.)

There are so many learning opportunities that children have when they play!  This game was great because she was learning while she played and it only required two things: a puzzle and a flashlight.  How fantastic is that?!

Kids won't even know they're learning while they play this game!

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Geoboard Light Table Play: Letters & Shapes from Where Imagination Grows

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By Katie Joiner August 11, 2015

Comments

  1. Lisette says

    November 25, 2013 at 8:19 am

    Fun! MB would love this! She loves hide & seek type games and the flashlight takes it to a whole new level!

    Reply
  2. getmovingfitness2013 says

    November 25, 2013 at 8:58 am

    This is awesome. I will have to try something like this for my little guy. He loves flashlights!

    Reply
  3. Dyan says

    November 25, 2013 at 9:28 am

    Oh my goodness!! Super fun idea. My boys would LOVE this! And we just happen to have that same puzzle.

    Reply
  4. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    November 25, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    We have to try this one! I have a flashlight fan in my house too. We have the same rule – shine in it someone’s eyes and the flashlight goes away. She’ll shine it in her eyes and say, “See? I don’t mind!” lol!

    Reply
  5. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    November 28, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    What a fun early literacy game!

    Reply
  6. claire says

    December 2, 2013 at 4:44 am

    This is awesome! And I think your photos turned out great!! Hard to do in a dark room 🙂 What a fun activity – perfect for this cold, dreary day here in Ohio!

    Reply
    • happilyevermom says

      December 2, 2013 at 6:17 pm

      Thanks, Claire. I hope it helps you and your family brighten up the dreary day! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Clarissa Hooper says

    March 12, 2014 at 7:06 pm

    This looks like SO MUCH FUN!! Love the idea!

    Reply

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