water tracing

This is an activity stolen from first grade but one M likes a lot. We use our easel quite a bit and one side of it is a chalkboard.  I write letters on the chalkboard side and M traces/erases them with a foam paintbrush dipped in water.  M is pretty good at attempting a few tracings then he ends up washing the board but it's a fun activity for him with pretty simple set-up/clean-up if you have a chalkboard.