Source lots of ideas for your next alphabet-related class with the help of our top 40 favorites! A child’s success in the area of letter learning has a major impact on their later success in learning to read. Alphabet activities should therefore be incorporated into early childhood lessons and letter learning should be prioritized in a fun way! Our selection encourages motor activity, recognition of individual letters and sounds, letter writing, and many other opportunities for learning. Read on to discover how to enhance your future alphabet-focused lessons!
1. Find and Cover
This activity provides you with an accurate way of measuring your learners’ letter recognition. Simply call out a letter you want them to find and then encourage them to cover up the mentioned letter with a button or colorful object.
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2. Build a Natural Alphabet
Get in touch with nature as your learners practice how letters are formed by crafting giant letter-replicas. Provide them with elements from nature such as leaves, sticks, or even acorns to build their letter structure.
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3. Magic Letters
Bring out your learners’ inner artist with this creative alphabet activity. Task them with writing uppercase letters or lowercase letters with a white wax crayon on a piece of white paper. Then, have them paint over the letters to unveil what lies beneath.
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4. Spongy Alphabet Fun
Make bath time extra fun with the help of these spongy letters! Cut sponges into the shape of letters that you can then use to play alphabet games with your kiddos in the bath.
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5. Sensory Tray
This calming activity is wonderful for learning letter formations in a hands-on way. Fill a tray with beads and allow your kids to replicate the letter formation by copying a guiding card.
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6. Navigate an Alphabet Maze
Another awesome opportunity for fun learning! Build a letter maze for your child to navigate and drive their toy cars through. The better their memory of letter order, the faster they’ll be able to race through the maze!
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7. Build a Letter Pizza
This adaptable paper plate activity works perfectly for introductory letter learning classes. Cut out paper letters that could represent tomatoes or pepperoni. Provide your kiddos with paint, glue, and other “topping” cut-outs to then build their letter pizza on a paper plate!
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8. Clothesline Names
This activity incorporates a motor skills element to increase your learners’ letter knowledge. Have your learners write out the letters of their names on a piece of paper and then cut them out. They can then get to work pegging their names onto a clothesline-like creation.
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9. Letters From Pipe Cleaners
Pipe cleaners are another adaptable resource to utilize in your lessons. Simply encourage your learners to bend and twist pipe cleaners to form colorful letters.
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10. Play Dough Letters
Make natural playdough with the help of our favorite dough recipe, linked below. You may want to consider using dough mats to guide your students in creating letters. Once the playdough has been made, they can mold it into any letter of their choice.
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11. Tactile Letter Tiles
Make your very own tactile cards with the help of the guiding video below! Task your learners with creating texturally rich letter cards out of colored sand and glue. Simply have them map out a letter on their card using glue. Then, let them pour the colored sand over the glue to have their colorful letter take shape.
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12. Make an Alphabet Book
Turn letter learning into a creative exercise by having your learners create an alphabet book. Alphabet book reading for preschool learners is encouraged to form recognition of letter shapes from an early age. Create a small paper booklet where each page is reserved for a letter of the alphabet. Then, invite your learners to decorate each page by having them choose colorful pictures that correspond with the letter on that page.
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13. Hide and Seek Bin
This letter tub activity is awesome for your young learners. Fill a tub with bits and bobs and then hide a variety of letters inside. Afterward, challenge your child to pull out a letter that’s hiding in the tub and tell you what it is.
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14. Bean Bag
Store your letter beans in a bag and toss them on a clean surface when you wish to play. There are so many ideas for this game – your kiddos can match uppercase and lowercase letters, group letters into uppercase or lowercase categories, or ask your really young learners to simply identify the letters.
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15. ABC Exercises
Use these ABC movement instructions for a quick break in between class activities. Each card has a letter on it and a corresponding action beginning with that letter. Draw a card and encourage your learners to replicate the action on the card.
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16. Alphabet Beach Ball
Some of the best activities for preschool-aged learners are movement-based. Simply write the letters of the alphabet on a beach ball and have them toss it around outside. As they catch the ball, encourage them to say the letters that their hands are touching.
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17. Chalk Sidewalk Alphabet Flowers
Decorate your sidewalk or outdoor pavement with some colorful alphabet flowers. Task your little artists with creating flower designs on the ground, after which they can then use chalk to fill in letters on the buds. They are then free to walk through their alphabet flower meadow and name the letters as they go.
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18. Alphabet Journal
One of the best motor alphabet activities available is an alphabet journal. This allows a learner’s letter journey to be as unique and varied as it needs to be. When creating an alphabet journal, absolutely anything about the stipulated letter can be included, so get creative!
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19. Go Letter Fishing
Take your kiddos fishing with this adorable activity. Invite them to use a magnetic fishing rod to pick up the letter fish according to the chosen letter.
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20. Build a Letter Snack Mat
Use these snack mats as a tool that your students can use to play with their food! They can use colorful snacks such as Skittles or Fruit Loops to fill up the spaces on this alphabetical mat. Who doesn’t love a snack while learning?
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21. Use Amazon’s Alphabet Post-its
These funky post-it notes can be used to stick educational notes all over your classroom. Fill them with letters or words to provide your kiddos with endless learning activities.
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22. Live Alphabet
Practice sound recognition with this beginner online activity! Your students can click on the picture to have an audio play. They are then encouraged to repeat the sound in order to produce the letter sound and practice its correct pronunciation.
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23. Alphabet Neighborhood Walk
Take your child on a neighborhood walk and point out various objects along the way. Encourage them to describe the object and what letter the word begins with.
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24. DIY Chalkboard Letter Circles
DIY chalkboard letters are unique learning tools for your little ones. They can simply write letters on each individual board and then use them in assorted games, name-writing activities, and more! to be used in games, name-writing, and more!
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25. Alphabet Hopscotch
Get your students moving with this fun hopscotch activity in which they can enjoy letter-sound jumping! Enjoy the game outdoors and encourage them to say the letters and their sounds as they land on them.
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26. Watch an Alphabet Video
Invite your students to sing and dance to interactive songs and videos! Encourage them to do their best to follow along and utter the words as best they can.
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27. Write the Letter From It’s Sound
Engage your students in this musical activity by using sounds as a tool for learning. Start by playing an audio of a letter sound. Then, task your keen listeners to circle the correct letter on their activity sheet before finally writing the letter independently.
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28. Make Alphabet Puppy Food
In this imaginative activity, your learners will create alphabet puppy food with plastic letters. As they pick up each letter, ask them to say the letters before placing them in a bowl. Once all the letters are in the bowl, their stuffed animals can then enjoy!
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29. Letter Treasure Hunt
Send your learners on an exciting adventure with this outdoor treasure hunt. Start by hiding plastic or laminated letters in your backyard or playground. Then, provide your little treasure hunters with a checklist that they can use to tick off the letters they will find and a small bag to store the letters.
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30. Alphabet Dance Party
Put on some music and get your learners moving with an Alphabet Dance Party. Kick-off this activity by calling out a letter and then encouraging your eager dancers to mimic the shape of the letter through their movements. For instance, they could make big “M” movements or twist like a snake to mimic the letter “S”.
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31. Letter Shadow Match
This activity is the perfect way for your students to enjoy a sunny day outside. Simply cut out letters from cardboard and place them so that they cast shadows on the ground. After creating the shadows, encourage your kiddos to match the correct letter card to its shadow.
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32. Magnetic Letter Sculptures
Here’s an activity that’s sure to get your learners’ creative juices flowing! Start by providing them with a magnetic board and magnetic letters and then challenge them to arrange these letters on the board. Encourage your little designers to identify each letter that forms part of their alphabet masterpiece.
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33. Alphabet Skits
Capture the imaginations of those budding actors in your classroom with this drama-filled activity! Divide your learners into small groups, assign a letter to each group, and then have them act out a short scene relating to a word that begins with their given letter. This activity is sure to showcase their originality while also reinforcing their letter and sound recognition.
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34. Letter Storytime
Gather your kiddos around, it’s storytime! Simply choose a letter for the day and read them a story that prominently features words with that letter. Once you’ve completed the story, list words and sounds from the tale on a board so that you can discuss them with your eager listeners.
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35. Edible Alphabet
Your learners are in for a treat with this tasty activity! Have your little chefs choose snacks and invite them to use these snacks to create each letter of the alphabet. For instance, they could use edible items such as pretzel sticks or raisins to form the letter “E” or “H”. After forming their letters, have your kiddos discuss the letter’s sound and name as they also enjoy a yummy snack.
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36. Letter Balloon Pop
Start your learners’ day off with a bang! For this activity, you’ll need to inflate balloons that contain small notes and each of these notes will have a letter written on it. Then, allow your students to pop the balloons and shout out the letter that they find inside.
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37. Alphabet Yoga
Let’s get those little bodies moving with a fun activity that combines moving and learning. Select a yoga pose that will correspond with every letter, like using “Mountain Pose” to represent “M”. As you call out each letter, encourage your students to then form its associated pose.
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38. Letter Stamping Fun
Develop your students’ spelling skills with this fun and hands-on activity. Simply, provide them with ink pads and alphabet stamps – then invite them to use these tools to stamp out their names, words, or letters.
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39. Letter-themed Craft Day
Add a pop of craft and color to your kiddos’ day! Start by prompting them to choose a letter, let them think of a craft that’s associated with it, and then provide them with an array of craft supplies to create their object. Watch as your little crafters create dazzling butterflies for the letter “B” or colorful rainbows for “R”.
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40. Interactive Alphabet Wall
Inject some wonder into your classroom by having your students create an interactive alphabet wall. Designate a wall or board and then task your kiddos with pinning up pictures and words that correspond to a specific letter each week. As the weeks go by, they will develop a rich resource of vocabulary and images – all organized by the alphabet.
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Our selection of alphabet activities encourages motor activity, recognition of individual letters and sounds, letter writing, and many other opportunities for letter learning. Make use of natural objects around the neighborhood, classroom, and house to enhance future lessons and make your letter activities effective!
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the alphabet so important?
The alphabet provides one with a good foundation for important skills development such as reading, writing, and pronunciation. It allows us to communicate and express feelings appropriately.
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