Four kid-sized foam catchers mits and 26 soft fabric balls - this toy is going to be fun no matter what. But it's also designed to promote a little learning, too. Each ball has a letter of the alphabet on it, and the instructions incude a number of different learning games. Bascially kids call out an answer as they catch the ball- whether the challenge is to name the letter, the sound it makes, a word starting with the letter, or whatever other letter-related challenge you can think up. A very versatile toy. And since the different colours, as well, younger kids can play by calling out the colour instead.
Alpha Catch is the fast-paced, physical way to practice letter names and sounds. Kids take turns tossing self-stick balls, catching them with the sticky catcher's mitts, and playing fun phonics games about the letters on each ball. It's a phonemic awareness home run!
Games include: Letter Line Up - "What letter is that?" ; Ace the Sound - "What sound does that letter make?"; Beginning Sounds Catch - "Say a word that begins with that sound!"; Ending Sounds Catch - "Say a word that ends with that sound!"; Middle Sounds Catch - "Say a word that has that sound in the middle!"; Word Catch - "Can you make a word with the letters you caught?"; Round Robin Play - "All questions above are asked as a group of kids tosses and catches the balls.