Sticky Note Target Practice

Is there an unused stack of sticky notes lying around your house? If so, you're in luck! You have almost everything you need to set up target practice!

For this activity, all you need is some paper, markers, sticky notes, and a ball or toy gun. Use the marker to draw a letter of the alphabet on each sticky note. I traced a little red circle around each letter to make it look more like a target.

You'll also need to cut up separate pieces of paper with letters on them. If you put upper

case letters on your sticky notes, put the lower case letters on your little slips of paper. These will be the pieces that your child chooses out of a container to direct him to aim for a specific target. You can make this self-correcting by adding a small version of the lower case letter on the back of each sticky note. This way, your child can make sure he has identified the correct letter and is aiming for the correct target.

Once you have your letters ready, find flat, safe surface. We chose the garage door. Place your targets on the surface, draw one lower case letter at a time, aim and fire!

To incorporate gross motor skills, you can throw a ball at each target instead of shooting. Give kids as many chances to hit their target as they need. This can be fun without being competitive.

This activity can be used with a variety of ages for everything from letter matching, to rhyming words, to math facts. With older children, you can draw starting lines or give different point values for different distances.

No matter how you choose to set up target practice, you are guaranteed to build skills and have fun!

A video can be found on the On Hand Family Fun Facebook Page!

Hope you enjoy!