Parking Lot

My parents returned from visiting my sister and her family to inform us my nephew is car crazy.  I suggested they make a letter or number parking lot and realized we still hadn't done it.  I grabbed a box and cut one side off.  Then I made large parking spots for our large cars and small spots for the matchbox sized cars.    We made the large parking spaces letters and the small spots numbers.  I had a bucket of cars ready to play with and drove each to her.  Then I asked her to drive it to the B like boy or M like mama.  She then drove the car around and eventually pulled into the letter spot.  The letters went very well with the prompt of an example word in addition to the letter.   

Number recognition is not progressing as well letter recognition with verbal cues.  So, the numbers were much more difficult.  We counted 1 - 8 pointing at each number to start.  Then I followed a similar routine giving her a small car to drive to the 7 parking spot.  This didn't work today.  So, when I asked her to park the car 7 I also pointed to 7 and we traced the number with her finger.  Then I gave her the car and asked her to park it on 7.  She did a great job with that level of guidance.  She only wanted to park the cars once and then pack them up, but she did a great job staying focused and cooperative.