Tub Target Letters: Splashy Fun with Letter Sounds

Literacy lives in the little things. These everyday moments are full of opportunities to build strong language learners right alongside the real-life stuff.

Tiny Steps, Mighty Readers: Everyday Literacy Hacks

AGE CATEGORY

Preschool

SKILL

Alphabet Alchemist

EVERYDAY TASK

Bathtime

Activity

Letter-Sound Awareness Builder

Picture your little one in the bathtub, spray bottle in hand, ready to take aim at foam letters on the tiles, squirt-blasting the letters that match each sound you say.

Learning letters has never been this wet, wild, or wonderfully fun!

Discover the magic in the mundane and how ordinary moments can build extraordinary readers—one small, joyful step at a time.

Tub Target Letters

Bathtime Letter Sound Fun!

Bathtime presents a perfect, often untapped opportunity to practice letter sounds in a fun and relaxed environment.

Simply follow these five simple steps:

STEP 1: Fill up a water gun or spray bottle for your child to use for this activity.
STEP 2: Place 3-5 foam letters up on the bathroom shower tiles.
STEP 3: Discuss the letter sounds together. For each letter, come up with two words that start with that letter sound.
STEP 4: Next, tell your child to squirt down the letter that makes the sound…
For example, if you say the sound /qu/, your child will want to quirt the letter “Q”.
STEP 5: Time to squirt down the next letter. On your mark, set, go!

Your child just soaked up some excellent letter sound skills—high fives and dry towels all around!

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