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Learning the ABC’s

Are you looking for alphabet activities to help you teach your preschoolers and kindergarteners as they are learning the ABC’s?

With these fun, hand-on resources, your pre-readers will practice letter identification, formation, and much more as they learn the ABC’s of Literacy.

Letter Match Activity

 

Activities for Learning the ABC’s:

One of the 5 Pre-Reading Skills Kids Need To Be Successful Readers is letter knowledge.

Letter knowledge begins with alphabet or letter recognition. It is the ability to recognize and name all of the lowercase and capital letters.

Kids who can recognize the letters of the alphabet can distinguish between them too.

As you are teaching letter recognition to your children, they can practice the concepts with these fun, hands-on activities. 

Alphabet Mats:

Using play dough, mini erasers, pom poms, or any other small manipulative is a fun way for kids to practice letter formation.

Your children can also use many of these these alphabet mats to practice writing the letters. 

Pizza Alphabet Play Dough Mats

Mouse & Cookie Letter Mats

Farm Animal Play Dough & Letter Mats

Sun Alphabet Play Dough Mats

Building Blocks Capital Letter Cards

Apple Alphabet Play Dough Mats

Pets Play Dough & Letter Mats

More Alphabet Mats

Letter Naming Activities:

Hands-on activities will help your kids practice naming lowercase and capital letters.

Your children can use these engaging resources to work on letter sounds too. 

Dragon & Tacos Letter Recognition Activity

Unicorn Letter Recognition Activity

Dinosaur Letter Recognition Activity

Shark Letter Recognition Activity

Seed Packet Letter Recognition Activity

Pigs & Pancakes Letter Recognition Activity

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed The ABC’s Letter Recognition Activity

More Letter Recognition Activities

Letter Recognition Activity

Alphabet Games:

Games are always a fun way for kids to learn! These interactive activities will help your children practice letter recognition and much more. 

Doughnut Shop Letter Recognition Game

Fly Swatter Alphabet Game

Apple Alphabet Game

ABC Bingo Game

Penguin Alphabet Game

Magnetic Letter Bingo Game

Letter Recognition Games

Letter Matching Activities:

These letter matching activities will help your children practice identifying and matching lowercase and capital letters.

These hands-on resources are a great way for kids to develop their fine motor skills, finger muscle strength, and much more! 

Alphabet Clip Cards

Tennis Racket & Ball Alphabet Match

Bird & Nest Letter Match Activity

Cookie & Milk Letter Match

Magnetic Letter Match Activity 

Cat & Yarn Letter Match Activity

Ice Cream Letter Match Activity

Letter Sensory Activities:

Sensory activities are a fun, hands-on way to incorporate learning concepts such letter recognition and formation. 

Magnetic Letter Sensory Bin

Muddy Pigs Alphabet Writing Tray

Fishing Alphabet Sensory Bin

Letter Sensory Bottle

Construction Alphabet Sensory Bin

Sun Letter Recognition Activity

Strawberry Letter Recognition Activity

Learning the ABC’s is fun with hands-on activities! These interactive resources will help your kids learn and practice letter recognition, formation, and much more!

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Learning the ABC's

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