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20 Upbeat Letter U Activities for Preschool

letter u activities for preschool

March 2, 2022 //  by Cynthia Thompson

Teach kids the unbelievable Letter U with 20 incredible activities!  Make learning fun as kids play and craft their way through the alphabet with cut and paste activities, songs, videos, and more! From Pinterest, youtube, and countless others, there has never been a better time to help students learn this awesome letter.  Kids will be so amazed they won't even know they are perfecting their motor skills as well.  From fun letter alphabet crafts and letter activities, letter recognition will be easier than ever.  The Letter U might just become your preschooler's favorite letter!

1. Preschool Letter U Activities

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With a catchy Letter U memory verse and a fun Umbrella craft, preschoolers everywhere will love these activities! Kids will learn to trace the letter U using pushpins, make a stylish Letter U bracelet, and more.  Preschool activities can be fun and engaging when learning the exciting letter U.

Learn more: Confessions of a Preschooler

2. Letter U Crafts and Activities

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Have fun with the Letter U with these simple alphabet craft ideas!  Make a cut and paste unicorn craft or learn all about the uppercase U with the preschool alphabet book.  Kids will be upside down for the Letter U!

Learn more: Mrs. Karle's Sight and Sound Reading

3. Alphabet Letter U Preschool Activities and Crafts

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Make learning fun with alphabet printables, coloring pages, crafts, literature, and more! Search related themes to find the perfect Letter U activity for your class and child!

Learn more: First School

4. Letter U Tot School Activities

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Work on fine motor skills with the amazing activities this site has to offer.  The Letter U will become an underworld oasis with an easy paste activity.  OR, use a dot art markers umbrella activity to learn numbers on a dot markers dot umbrella!

Learn more: School Time Snippets

5. Alphabet Games | Find the Letter U

Help kids learn the upper and lowercase U with this fun song from The Singing Walrus.  This fun "find the letter" game will help your child with letter recognition and identifying shapes! The Singing Walrus provides educational songs, activities, and a free downloadable worksheet.

Learn more: The Singing Walrus - English Songs for Kids

6. Free List: 200+ Materials For Preschool Letter Activities And Collages

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Alphabet collages and letter mats are fantastic pre-writing practice skills that all preschool students and teachers will love. With over 200 material ideas to choose from, parents and teachers are sure to find activities to engage and excite students.

Learn more: Early Learning Ideas

 7. Preschool Letter U

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Have fun learning the alphabet with these fun crafts and activities.  Playdoh mats and beginning sound coloring pages will help students learn the letter U in addition to the entire alphabet.

Learn more: In My World

8. U is for Underwater: A Letter of the Week Preschool Craft

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What could be more fun for preschool-age kids than construction paper, glue, and googly eyes?  Help kids create an underwater utopia as they glue their U to the ocean!  Follow the post for rhyming activities and literature ideas!

Learn more: Crystal and Co.

9. Letter U Utensil Painting

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Grab a whisk, potato masher, and a slotted spoon, and let kids create a U as you have never seen before.  Add in some paper and let imagination take over.

Learn more: ABC See, Hear, Do

10. Letter U Worksheets

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Kids will have a blast with umbrellas and colors as they practice handwriting skills with this tracing letters activity.  When finished, sing along to the Letter U songs that will teach kids the different pronunciations and when to use upper and lowercase.

Learn more: Guru Parents

11. 5 Free Preschool Worksheets for Preschool Alphabet Letter U

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Who doesn't want free activities? Taken from a Montessori Preschool at Home Program these 5 free activities will help start a strong foundation of learning while having fun with the Letter U!  Super easy for busy moms these ideas are simple to use and kid-approved.

Learn more: Happy and Blessed Home

12. Learn About The Letter U | Preschool Activity | HooplaKidz

Ask kids what begins with the letter U and watch them interact with the video as they click on the right answer. Preschool students will love getting their hands on this interactive activity!

Learn more: HooplaKidz - Official Nursery Rhymes

13. Letter U activity | Umbrella-Making Activity for Kids

Have fun with umbrellas while learning the Letter U!  This short video will show parents and teachers how to help their students create cute and fun umbrella shapes while learning the alphabet!

Learn more: Complete Treasure

14. Preschool Letter Worksheets: U

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Perfect the homeschooling parent, these FREE activity pages are incredible tools to help teach the Letter U.  Kids will learn to build both an upper and lowercase U, work on motor skills as they trace, and fill the letter with an object of their choosing, Letter U will soon become a kid favorite!

Learn more: No Stress Homeschooling

15. Umbrella Counting & Color Sort - STEM for Kids

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Work on pre-math pattern and color identification with the fun and easy umbrella counting and color sorting activity.  Sort the buttons by color and number and set kids up for success!

Learn more: Artsy Craftsy Mom

16. ABC Preschool - Letter U

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Teach students to build, write, and find the letter as they learn how the sounds it makes connects to other words.  Activity mats are a terrific way to get your students excited to learn the Letter U!

Learn more: Teachers Pay Teachers

17. Letter of the Week: Preschool Letter U Activities

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This variety pack has everything needed to teach the Letter U!  Kids will learn the Letter U with worksheets, puzzles, letter mazes, dot marker pages, and that's not all!  This 20-page packet will make the preschool teaching experience a no-brainer!

Learn more: Teach Beside Me

18. Letter of the Week | Letter U Printable Pack

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Hands-on worksheets and activities will teach kids the Letter U in no time!  Fun coloring pages and cute pictures will make both kids, parents, and teachers excited about learning.

Learn more: Simple Living Creative Learning

19. Baby Bear Preschool: Letter U Activities

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Letter U activities are fun and engaging with these kid-friendly ideas. Kids will love using their hands to create the unbelievable Letter U.

Learn more: The Iowa Farmer's Wife

20. Toilet Paper Tube Alphabet Craft – U is for Umbrella

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Grab some toilet paper rolls and cupcake holders and watch kids come alive as they create an Umbrella for the Letter U!  This simple and cute activity will have kids wanting to learn more about the alphabet and the Letter U!

Learn more: The Activity Mom

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