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Letter Recognition Worksheets

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As you are teaching letter recognition skills to your preschoolers and kindergarteners, you can use these Letter Recognition Worksheets to help them practice identifying and differentiating between letters.

As they search for the capital and lowercase letters on the page, your students will also build visual discrimination skills. They will work on their fine motor skills as they color or dot the circles too.

Your students can use this alphabet recognition activity independently during your literacy centers or morning tubs.

You can also add these worksheets to your early finisher bins or send them home with your kids for extra practice.

Why Is Letter Recognition Important?

Before your kids can learn how to ready, they need to be able to identify all the letters of the alphabet by their shape and name.

Using fun, hands-on activities like this one will help your children to build their letter recognition skills.

Getting Ready To Use The Letter Recognition Worksheets:

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To prepare this letter recognition activity for your students, print the worksheets on paper and make as many copies as you need.

If you want your kids to reuse the worksheets, print them on card stock and either laminate the printable or place the sheets in dry erase pockets.

How To Use The Letter Recognition Worksheets:

BINGO Daubers or Crayons:

First, your students will identify the capital or lowercase letter at the top of the page.

Next, they will find that that letter on the worksheets and color in the circles with Bingo daubers, crayons, or another writing utensil.

Small Manipulatives:

Your preschoolers and kindergarteners can also cover the letters with small manipulatives such as mini erasers, pom poms, or magnetic BINGO chips.

When they cover the letters with pom poms, your kids can use jumbo tweezers to place the balls on the circles.

After covering the letters with magnetic BINGO chips, your students can use a magnetic wand to pick them up for even more fun.

How To Extend and Modify this Letter Recognition Activity:

You can extend or modify this activity to meet the needs of your students:

  • If your kids are just starting to learn the letters of the alphabet, start with just a couple of worksheets. You can add more as they gain confidence in their letter knowledge.
  • If your children know all the letter names, they can practice saying the sounds that they make as they color in the circles.
  • Your preschoolers and kindergarteners can also identify words that begin with that letter and sound or sounds.

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More Letter Recognition Activities:

Pair this letter recognition activity with with these themed books and activities for even more fun!

Letter Recognition Books for Kids:

Your preschoolers and kindergarteners will love reading these picture books and learning the letters ofthe alphabet:

Letter Recognition Activities for Kids:

As your students are learning each letter of the alphabet, you can have them use these worksheets along with other activities like these:

Get the Letter Recognition Worksheets:

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