Melissa & Doug Alphabet Truck

A cargo of 28 wooden alphabet blocks (featuring uppercase and lowercase letters) stows on the sturdy trailer of this wooden truck toy from Melissa & Doug. Roll it along, unload the blocks, make a tower, build a castle, or spell your name! With pictures of familiar objects illustrating each letter sound, these make charming storytelling blocks, too. Ready for even more play value? Simply slot the ABC blocks onto the trailer's wooden dowels and imagine amazing adventures on the road! Alphabet Truck makes a great gift for pre-schoolers, and is beneficial for hand-eye coordination, letter-sound recognition, and imaginative play., With this clever update of a classic toy set, wooden letter blocks are ready to roll! , , Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:, Ask the child to line up all the blocks in alphabetical order with only uppercase letters showing. Then ask the child to put them in order with only lowercase letters showing., With the blocks in alphabetical order, have the child look away while you replace two letter blocks with shape blocks. Then ask the child to identify which letters are gone. Ask the child to win the letters back by saying a word that starts with each one.