Fishing for the ABCs

Awhile back I picked up some bulletin board letters at a rummage sale.  We've used them for a TON of things (here's one)...but not bulletin boards.  :-)

Today, they became fish.  Got a magnet wand?  Tie it to a pole, add a paperclip to anything and you've got yourself a fishing game!

Liliana was so excited to climb up on the coffee table "boat" and get started.  The rule was that if she could name the letter, she got to keep the fish.  If not, the fish got tossed back into the pond.

This is what happens when you tell a 3 year old who skipped her nap that she needs to throw her fish back.

Yes.  I took a picture of her crying rather than immediately running to comfort her.  Best. Mom. Ever. 

Micah provided some good distraction by pretending to be a shark and got the game back on track.

And this photo has nothing to do with anything, other than my daughter being adorable!

I think she was asking us what letter it was but she couldn't stop laughing because Micah was shouting something about butts.

This game could be expanded by using numbers, colors, shapes, etc. for the fish.  For Micah, I was planning on saying a word and having him fish for the letter it started with, but they got distracted and moved on.  You could also have older kids fish for sight words or the answers to math problems.