• Stack of paper cups 
• Plastic or foam alphabet letters that can fit inside the cups 

Step 1: Give your child a stack of paper cups to play with. Show her how you can stack and unstack the cups. Let her set the cups up in any way she likes. 

Step 2: Show her one alphabet letter and explain the game. You might say: 

"I’m going to hide this letter inside a cup. Close your eyes."

Step 3: Place the alphabet letter inside one cup and ask:

"Can you find the letter?"

Step 4: When she finds the cup with the letter inside, get really excited and do a silly “Letter Dance.” Jump up and down, wiggle around or spin in a circle and say some silly words to bring attention to the letter. You might sing or say:

"Let’s do a letter dance! "You found the letter A. You found the letter A. Hip Hip Hooray! You found the letter A!"

Hand her a stack of cups with a letter already inside one of the cups. As she takes the stack apart and finds the cup with the letter inside, do Step 4 and show your excitement for finding a letter. 

Ask your child to hide a letter in a cup for you to find. When you find the letter, do a silly letter dance and say something like: 

"I found the letter B. I found the letter B. Wow! Look at me! I found the letter B!"