• Sing the alphabet song.

• Count fingers and toes, books, toys, blocks, items of just one colour or anything else you can think of.

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• Get your child to find a set number of items around the home such as 5 round things, 10 red things or beginning with the letter "R".

• Make your own number and alphabet flash cards.

• Have your child place alphabet or numerical cards or blocks in order.

• Prepare stencils with numbers, the alphabet or familiar words (such as their name) to trace over, copy or colour in.

• Cut out letters and numbers from magazines and glue in alphabetical order or spell out new words.

• Choose one letter and draw or cut and out and paste pictures from a magazine of items beginning with this letter.

• Buy, download or create your own crossword and "find a word" puzzles.