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Sweet Jules products aren’t sold through this website—they’re available exclusively at pop-ups and in-person markets. This page is dedicated to sharing activities and simple instructions to help kids have fun while learning letters and numbers. Check out our activity ideas below for getting the most out of your Alphabet Sets and JuJu Sand Jars (great for ages 3+).
Please feel free to copy the activities and paste into a word document and print.
🦄Alphabet Set Activities🦄
Hide all 26 letters around the room for your child to discover. As they find each one, have them add it to a growing line—then help them arrange the letters in ABC order at the end to confirm they found them all.
Add your alphabet pieces to a bowl and cover them with a sensory filler—water, rice, sand, kinetic sand, dry pasta, or play dough all work great. Have your child pull out one letter at a time, name the letter (and its sound if they’re ready), then place it next to the bowl. When all the letters are found, help them line the letters up in ABC order.
Add the letters to a bowl and cover them with a sensory filler—water, rice, sand, dry pasta, or play dough. Have your child pull out one letter at a time, name it, then practice writing that letter on paper.
Alphabet Restaurant
What you need: Alphabet set, paper + marker (or sticky notes), small bowl/plate, optional toy food.
Set up a “restaurant” with a Letter Kitchen (all letters in a bowl) and a Pick-Up Counter (an empty plate).
Make a simple “menu” on paper with 6–10 items like:A = AppleB = BurgerC = CookieD = Donut
(You can write the word and draw a quick picture.)
You (the customer) place an order: “I’d like a C please!” or “Can I get B and D?”
Your child (the chef) searches the bowl, finds the correct letter(s), says the letter name (and sound if they’re ready), then places it on the plate: “Order up!”
After a few rounds, switch roles—your child orders and you “cook,” but they must check your work for accuracy.
Level up:Spell an order: “I want ‘CAT’ today” (child builds the word on the plate).ABC rush: deliver letters in alphabetical order as fast as possible.Sound orders: you order by sound (“I need the letter that says /m/”).
Finish by lining up the letters used today in ABC order and reviewing any tricky ones.
Build-a-Word Construction Site
What you need: Alphabet letters, paper/marker, optional toy cars or blocks.
Create a “construction zone” on the table: one area for materials (all letters), one for blueprints (paper), and one for builds (finished words).
Start with 3-letter words (CVC): cat, dog, sun, hat, map, lip, bug. Write 3–5 “blueprints” on paper (one word per page).
Your child chooses a blueprint, then hunts through the letter pile to find each letter needed.
As they place letters down, say the sounds slowly and blend: “/c/ /a/ /t/… cat.”
After building the word, have them “inspect” it by pointing to each letter and saying the sound again.
Level up options (pick one):Change one letter to make a new word (cat → hat → hot).Word family rows: build -at words (cat, hat, bat, sat).Silly words: build a pretend word and read it anyway—kids love this.
End with a “show and tell”: child reads their favorite word(s) to you.
Alphabet Obstacle Course
What you need: Alphabet letters, painter’s tape or paper, a little floor space.
Spread the letters across the floor (not in order). Create a start line and finish line with tape or a towel.
Call out a mission: “Find the letter S!” Your child runs, finds it, and brings it back to home base.
Each time they return, they must do a quick “challenge” before the next mission (choose one):3 jumps5 toe touches10-second balanceCrab walk to the next letter
After collecting 8–10 letters, pause and have them line up what they’ve collected in ABC order (this is the “checkpoint”).
Continue until all 26 letters are collected.
Final challenge: put the full alphabet line in order from A–Z together.
Bonus round: you point to a letter in the line and they say the sound (or a word that starts with it).
🦄JuJu Sand Activities🦄
Count & Bury (1–10 Counting)
Hide all 10 manipulatives in the sand.
Your child digs and pulls them out one at a time, counting out loud: 1…2…3…
Line them up in a row as they’re found.
When all 10 are out, count them again together (touch-and-count).
Mix them back into the sand and repeat—try counting backward from 10 as a challenge.
“How Many Did You Find?” (Number Recognition + Counting Sets)
Parent secretly hides a small number of manipulatives (start with 1–5, then 1–10).
Child digs until they think they found them all.
Child counts what they found out loud and says the total: “I found 6!”
Parent confirms by counting together.
Repeat and ask: “Can you find one more than last time?” or “Can you find one less?”
Addition Scoops (Hands-On Adding)
Put the 10 manipulatives in the jar.
Parent says an addition problem within 10 (ex: 3 + 2).
Child digs out 3 manipulatives and places them on the table.
Then digs out 2 more and adds them to the group.
Child counts the total to solve: “3 + 2 = 5.”
Repeat with different combinations (2+4, 5+1, 6+3, etc.).
Subtraction “Take Away” (Hands-On Subtracting)
Start with all 10 manipulatives visible on the table (or pulled from the sand). Count to 10 together.
Parent says a subtraction problem (ex: 10 − 4).
Child “takes away” 4 manipulatives and drops them back into the sand.
Child counts what’s left on the table to find the answer.
Repeat with different numbers (9−2, 8−3, 7−5).
Compare & Solve (More / Less + Add/Sub Thinking)
Parent makes two hidden groups in the sand (ex: hide 3 manipulatives on the left side of the jar and 5 on the right).
Child digs out the left group, counts it, and sets it down. Then digs out the right group and counts it.
Ask: “Which is more? Which is less?”
Then ask one math question:“How many more does 5 have than 3?” (difference)“How many altogether?” (sum)
Child uses the manipulatives to count and answer.
Make 10 (Number Bonds + Early Addition)
Hide all 10 manipulatives in the sand.
Child digs out a random handful and counts them (ex: 6).
Ask: “How many more do we need to make 10?”
Child digs out the missing amount (ex: 4) and checks by counting to 10.
Say the equation together: “6 + 4 = 10.”
Repeat with new handfuls to practice different pairs.