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How to Teach Letter Recognition in Early Childhood

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Developing letter recognition skills is essential for early childhood literacy development. Children’s knowledge of letter names, shapes, and sounds sets them up for success as they learn to read and write.

What is letter recognition?

Letter learning has four components—letter recognition, letter naming, letter-sound knowledge, and letter writing. 

• Letter recognition , also known as alphabet recognition, is the ability to identify letters by name, shape, and sound.
• Letter naming is recognizing letter shapes and associating them with a letter name.
• Letter-sound knowledge , or the alphabetic principle , is understanding that letters represent the sounds of spoken language.
• Letter writing refers to the ability to write or trace a letter.

Letter recognition skills

All children develop at their own pace and don’t acquire letter recognition skills at the same time, however most children know the alphabet by the time they start kindergarten . Around age two or three, children begin to recognize the letters in their name. Children at this age sometimes scribble what looks like the first letter of their name.

Letter recognition skills don’t begin to fully develop until preschool. By age four, children can often identify all letters of the alphabet and start to connect letters to their sounds. Children struggling to recognize letters in preschool often experience challenges in elementary school , highlighting the importance of teaching this essential skill at a young age.

Letter cognition skills start to develop when children express interest in the alphabet. Most children's interest develops when they see older children or adults reading books or doing homework.

Letter recognition and mastery depend on other skills like visual perception, auditory perception, visual-motor skills, and memory. Below, we elaborate on these skills and how to develop them.

1. Visual perception

Visual perception is how a child’s brain makes sense of what their eyes see. In this context, it’s how children see and interpret different alphabet letters. Shape and case type are the primary ways children can recognize letters through visual perception.

The following activities are excellent for developing visual perception skills:

• Playing memory
• Magic eye books
• Sorting things
• Using flashcards

2. Auditory perception

Auditory perception in letter recognition refers to perceiving and understanding the difference between letter sounds. Some activities for improving children’s auditory perception skills include:

Talking to them

Reading to them

Saying rhymes

Listening to music

Playing musical instruments

3. Visual-motor skills

Visual-motor skills in letter recognition refer to the ability to see, interpret, and write or trace alphabet letters. Letter tracing and writing are the best activities to promote visual-motor skills in letter recognition. You can also use fine motor activities like lacing and building puzzles. 

Memory is a cognitive skill children acquire while growing. Memory is the ability to remember past experiences, facts, and skills. Memory skills in letter recognition refer to remembering different letters of the alphabet by name, shape, and sound. Some activities to promote children’s memory skills include:

• Sing-a-longs
• Identifying noises
• Practicing the alphabet
• Practicing shapes and colors

Why is learning the alphabet important for early literacy development?

Early literacy development refers to everything that children learn as they get ready to read and write. Early literacy skills include vocabulary building, playing with the sounds of language through things like songs, learning how to hold books, learning to write through drawing and scribbling, and understanding letter-sound connections. Learning the alphabet supports these early literacy skills and establishes a strong foundation for literacy development. 

Some ways to promote early literacy skills include, reading aloud, asking questions, naming objects, challenging children to describe events, making rhymes, and singing songs. All of these activities help build children’s reading, writing, and language skills.

How to teach letter recognition

Teaching letter recognition can be simple, fun, and inexpensive. Below are some ways to teach young children letter recognition skills.

Letter sequence 

The best practice is to start with frequently used letters, like the letters in their names. Children are more familiar with these letters, making them the best starting point for letter learning. You can introduce them to one or two letters at a time and introduce more as they learn. 

Letter casing

Distinguishing between capital and lowercase letters is critical in developing early literacy skills. You’ll need to introduce the children to both as they learn the alphabet. Start with capital letters, since they’re more distinctive, and teach their lowercase equivalent once they’ve mastered the capital letters. 

Teach confusing letters one at a time

Some letters like “W” and “M” may be confusing for children. It’s best to identify all letters that may be confusing for children and teach them one at a time. You can reinforce this lesson by incorporating activities like letter sorting.

Literacy activities for preschoolers

Literacy activities promote letter recognition skills. Here are some creative and easy preschool letter activities teachers can use to teach children how to recognize letter names, shapes, and sounds.

1. Kick the letter cup

This activity is an excellent way to teach letter recognition while incorporating some physical activity. You’ll need a stack of plastic cups, a marker, and a soccer ball. Write single letters on cups and then line them up in a row. Give the child a soccer ball and ask them to kick it toward the cups. Instruct the child to identify the letter on the cup that the ball hits.

The classic “I Spy” game can be played with children of all ages. Spot something in the classroom and tell the children what sound or letter it starts with. Children must look around the room and try to figure out what you “spied”. 

3. Letter scavenger hunt

Ask children to search for objects that start with a specific letter, like finding a crayon for the letter “c”.

4. Alphabet songs

Preschool songs like, alphabet songs or rhyming songs , are an easy and interactive way to reinforce letter sounds, alphabetical order, and letter names.

5. Color sorting letters

You’ll need a marker, printable rainbow worksheet , and colored dot stickers for this literacy activity. Write a letter on each dot sticker using a marker and have children match each dot sticker to the correct rainbow color.

6. Alphabet pillow jumping

For this activity , you’ll need a stack of paper plates, packing tape, a marker, and some pillows. Write a single letter on each paper plate. Next, use the packing tape to stick each plate on a pillow, then spread the pillows on the floor. Instruct the children to jump from one corner of the room to another and call out the letter on the paper plate or its sound.

7. Alphabet ball

For this early literacy letter recognition activity, you’ll need an inflatable beach ball and a marker. Write letters of the alphabet evenly on the ball using the marker. Instruct the child or children to throw the ball up in the air, then shout the letter facing them when they catch it.

It’s easy to incorporate letter recognition in everyday activities in the classroom or at home. Exposing children to a variety of reading, writing, and other early literacy activities will provide a solid foundation for future learning success.

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Full Alphabet Letter Identification Printables

Feb 15, 2019 · Modified: Jan 5, 2024 by Pam Dana · This post may contain affiliate links · 59 Comments

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These Alphabet Letter Identification Printables are such a fun way for preschoolers to learn their letters! Just download, print and start the learning fun!

Today I’m sharing this set of Full Alphabet Letter Identification Worksheets with you guys! This idea actually came in from a reader via an email and when I read her email I thought to myself, “Duh, why haven’t I done that?” My boys absolutely love the Letter Identification page out of my Pre-K Packs and so some days when they just need a short activity this will be a great go-to printable to have on hand!

LETTER IDENTIFICATION WORKSHEETS

Items needed:.

• Letter Identification Printables (download below)
• Home Printer
• Laminator  and Laminating Pouch (optional)
• Page Protector (optional)
• Crayola Dry Erase Activity Center (optional)
• Do-A-Dot Markers (if using not laminated)
• Dry Erase Marker or Crayon (if laminated)

Instructions:

There are two ways to put your Alphabet Printables together. You can have them be for one-time use or reusable!

ONE TIME USE: In this case, all you need to do is download and print them. My kids LOVE using their Do-A-Dot Markers on these worksheets when they’re once time use. They’re kind of like Bingo Markers! That way they just ‘dot’ the correct letters and are done!

REUSABLE: There are a few ways to make them reusable! My preference is laminate them. Then you can use Dry Erase Markers or Crayons to mark the correct letters. When they’re done, you can just clean them off and they’re ready to be used again. If you don’t have a laminator, then you can put them in a page protector or use them on the Crayola Dry Erase Activity Center and do the same thing. I do suggest you print them on cardstock to make them sturdier!

LETTER RECOGNITION WORKSHEETS

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Hope your kiddos enjoy this one – I think it’s a great learning printable, but also super fun!  Have a great day!

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Tips and Activities for Teaching Alphabet Recognition

Alphabet recognition is one of the first skills children learn as beginning readers. In this post, I’m sharing 4 strategies for teaching letter recognition, as well as digital and printable alphabet recognition activities for kindergarten and preschool students.

If you work with young students I know you spend a lot of time working with them on letter recognition.  It is one of the very first skills children learn as beginning readers.  It’s so important because it allows them to see how printed text is related to our spoken language. 

As with any new skill, in order to master letter recognition students must have LOTS of opportunity for practice and review.  We also know that children learn the alphabet best through a combination of direct instruction and multiple exposures to print . The good news is there are TONS of great ways to teach alphabet recognition!

It would be easy to spend hours gathering ideas from the internet, planning and prepping your alphabet activities….But I’ve taken all of that off your hands!  Today I’m happy to share 4 strategies for teaching letter recognition and activities to go along with each one!

Note: There is no general consensus on the best sequence for teaching the alphabet. I recommend introducing the activities in the order they are presented below. 

So let’s take a look…. 

1.  Teach Children the Letters in Their Name

Starting with name activities makes a lot of sense!  For one, most children are already familiar with the way their name looks which gives you a good starting block.  It also makes sense to start with name activities at the beginning of the school year when you are all getting to know each other!    

You can start by just identifying and naming the letters.  Once the letter name mastery is apparent, you can move onto the sounds each letter makes.  The good news is that most letters in names are closely related to their sounds. This helps to make the alphabetic principle (the idea that each letter stands for a sound) pretty clear to kids! 

⭐ Name Activities ⭐

I love these editable name activities because they develop fine motor skills while at the same time help young learners recognize, learn to spell, and write their names.  

All too often activities that involve student names require you to hand print each individual name for every activity, but not this resource!  Instead, it has been created as an editable “autofill” document so you can personalize each page for your students in no time at all! It’s so simple.  Once you type your students’ names into the class list, you simply print the pages that you want to use. Take a look at this quick demo video below to see how this resource will literally save you HOURS of work!

Another perk of this resource is that it naturally meet the needs of all different learners.  There are 9 different activities included that range from identifying letters of their name to writing it. Students who are ready to take on more of a challenge can benefit from recognizing and working on their last names or their classmates’ names.  

2.  Teach the Shapes of Letters and Provide LOTS of Practice

Children need A LOT of practice writing letters (as early as possible) in order to learn the letter shapes.  When children are taught to write letters accurately and encouraged to pay attention to their distinctive features, it significantly helps with their letter recognition, (Clay, 1993).  

According to Wiley B levins’ book, Phonics from A-Z , if you’re working with kids who have limited alphabet knowledge, don’t teach them both uppercase and lowercase forms of the letters at the same time.  If children are in preschool, focus on uppercase first.  Uppercase letters are easier to distinguish visually.  If you are working with kids in kindergarten or first grade, focus on lowercase letters because that is what they most frequently encounter in text.  

Independent writing is the most effective way to teach children to form the shapes of each letter, but copying and tracing can also be useful.  Blevins recommends encouraging students to say the letter name and/or sound as they trace it.  Tracing and copying also help to develop fine motor skills.  

⭐ Letter Formation – Alphabet Tracing Worksheets with Videos ⭐

This resource is a WONDERFUL way to teach children correct letter formations.  It is highly engaging for students and NO PREP for you!!!

Each letter slide starts with a letter introduction video students get to watch (and sing along to).  Then they get to view a super helpful animated printing GIF that demonstrates the correct way to form the letter. 

Finally, there is a worksheet for every letter where students identify, trace, and write the letter.  This resource is made for virtual or in-person learning and is the perfect resource for morning work, literacy centers, or homework!

⭐ Fine Motor Alphabet Activities ⭐

I love this resource because it is a one stop shop for practice with fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and proper alphabet letter formation. Students LOVE the hands-on aspect of the letter tracing activities.  

The resource includes 5 different alphabet activities so students never get bored of doing the same thing over and over again. This resource makes engaging, EASY to PREP literacy center activities.  

There are 2 versions of each alphabet activity included in this resource to help you best meet the needs of your students.

This fine motor alphabet activities bundle includes: 

• TRACE, BUILD, WRITE IT ALPHABET ACTIVITIES
• PAINT IT ALPHABET ACTIVITIES
• FILL IT ALPHABET ACTIVITIES
• DOT IT ALPHABET ACTIVITIES
• LETTER IDENTIFICATION ACTIVITIES

⭐ Digital Alphabet Activities Bundle ⭐

While we generally want our young students to engage in hands-on activities, in this time of virtual learning and social distancing, this digital resource is a GREAT option. It is a digital resource that helps students to learn to recognize alphabet letters, form upper and lowercase letters, and practice the sound of each letter. 

You’ll love this resource because all of the activities are NO PREP for you! Each one has been PRELOADED, so with 1 click you can add them to your Seesaw library or Google drive . Then all you have to do is assign them to your students!

For each letter there are  10 consistent activities. Once you teach the procedures and expectations for the first activity, you can be confident your students will know how to independently complete the rest of the tasks.

These alphabet activities are perfect for students to work on during independent learning centers or at home learning.

Activities included in the alphabet bundle:

• ALPHABET ORDER
• LETTER FORMATION
• UPPER/LOWERCASE LETTER SORTS
• ALPHABET RECOGNITION MAZES
• MAKE & READ ALPHABET WORDS
• VISUAL LETTER DISCRIMINATION
• ALPHABET PICTURE SOUND SORTS
• UPPERCASE LETTER BUILDING
• LOWERCASE LETTER BUILDING
• ALPHABET SENTENCES

3.  Read a lot of Alphabet Books

Alphabet books are wonderful because they provide opportunities for students to hear, see, say and write the alphabet in a variety of contexts and for different purposes.  

They are also helpful in the following ways:  

🍎 Alphabet books help beginning readers’ to develop their oral language, the skills and knowledge that go into listening and speaking .  This development is essential for reading comprehension and writing.  

🍎 Alphabet books are presented in ABC order which helps students to learn their letter sequence. 

🍎 As they listen students learn to associate an individual sound with an individual letter. 

🍎 Alphabet books help to build vocabulary and world knowledge.  This is especially helpful for English language learners or those with limited world knowledge.  

🍎 Finally, alphabet books are f u n and engaging!  They usually don’t have a lot of text and therefore can be more appealing to readers who may be intimidated by books with more text.  

You can read more about how to use alphabet books in the classroom and download a FREE list of alphabet mentor texts here .  

4.  Include Multi-Sensory Alphabet Activities

Tactile, visual, auditory and kinesthetic (movement) activities are great for teaching the alphabet- and of course, young children love them.  

In his book , Blevins shares a list of 35 different multi-sensory activities for developing alphabet recognition.  Some of my favorites from his list include: 

💗 Body letters :  Divide the class into groups of three to five students  and assign each group a letter to form with their body or bodies.  

💗 Letter Pop-up :  Distribute letter cards, one or two to each child.  Call out a letter.  Those holding that letter “pop up” from their seat.  This is a great activity when you have a few extra minutes to spare and a nice way to quickly check for accuracy.  

💗 Letter Actions :   Teach an action for each letter they learn.  As you introduce the letter, model the action and have the students perform it.  In later weeks, you can hold up letter cards and the students can do the action associated with it.  

💗 Alphabet walk :  Take the kids for a walk around the school or neighborhood.  Have them look for and identify letters they can find in environmental print.  

⭐ Alphabet Activities Digital & Printable Bundle ⭐

Finally, if you’re looking for ONE single resource that has ALL YOU NEED to teach letter recognition you’ll want to take a look at my Alphabet Activities Bundle.

This bundle includes 11 different  engaging  and  interactive  digital and printable worksheet alphabet activities.  It’s the perfect bundle for preschool and kindergarten students who are learning to recognize alphabet letters, form upper and lowercase letters, and practice letter sounds!

I hope the information and resources I’ve shared today will help to save you time and bring more engaging alphabet recognition activities into your classroom!

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Letter Recognition Worksheets

By: Author ABC's of Literacy

Posted on Last updated: February 13, 2024

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.

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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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What’s Included:

• 26 Capital Letter Worksheets
• 26 Lowercase Letter Worksheets

What Else Is Needed:

For a reproducible activity:

• White Copy Paper
• BINGO Daubers  or Crayons 

For a reusable activity:

• White Card Stock
• Manipulatives (Such as Mini Erasers , Pom Poms, BINGO Chips )
• Laminator 
• Laminating Pouches
• Dry Erase Pockets
• Dry Erase Markers

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:

• Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
• Alphabet Everywhere by Elliot Kaufman
• AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went First by Alethea Kontis

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:

• Alphabet Playdough Mats
• Letter Tracing Practice Cards
• Letter Dot Painting Worksheets

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Crafts for Each Letter

Book list for each letter, worksheets for each letter.

Ideas to to teach letter recognition!

• Invest in a letter rug If you are teaching little readers, letter rugs are great for teaching letter recognition. Have each student sit on a different letter each week, or play a game where students have to find the letters you call out. Letter rugs are a great way to teach letter recognition without students realizing it.  (Surprisingly, too -letter rugs are more affordable than you would think!)
•  Letter Tubs One of my favorite ways of teaching letter recognition along with sounds is letter tubs. You can either find these on Amazon or you can make your own. Simply label a tub with a letter and place items in them that start with that letter. You can have kids dump two or three buckets at a time and sort the items out into the right tub.
•  Make Letter Animals or Letterman You can make things like an alligator from the letter “A” I also have found the kids like making letters into people such as Mrs. Nosey Nancy N. They have fun with these and can create whatever person they want with their letter.  We have a craft for every letter of the alphabet  (see list above for crafts for each letter)
•   Teach Through Stories Kids love stories and what better way to teach letter recognition than through a story? Point out the letter you have been working for the week. Let kids find the letter you have been learning. Ask letter questions as you read.  The book list above will help you in picking out stories for each letter.
• Have a Letter Scavenger Hunt Search around the room to find letters that start with the words you are saying. Have students search for as many letters as they can find and bring them to the letter carpet. You can also play ISpy to scout the room for letters. It is also fun to hang up letters outside and have students find them and identify them.
•   Create Life Size Letters Sometimes, littles just need to get their wiggles out. Show them how to make a letter using their whole bodies. The, break them into groups to create letters on their own. Letters with straight lines are easier to make with your body.
•  Gel Bags Fill Ziploc bags about ¼ if the way full with hairstyling gel. Carefully let the air out of the bag as you zip it up. Red, blue, or bright colors work best. When finished, you should be able to lay the gel bag flat and make shapes, letters, and designs in the gel. I love to use these fun gel bags as a way to have students write the letters I call out. Sometimes, we even play a kind of BINGO like who can draw letter “T” first!
• I SPY : A fun game to play in the classroom, on the drive to school, or anywhere is ISPY. You can let little readers know you spy something red that starts with the letter “A.” If they guess apple, the next little reader can pick something to have someone look for.
• Beginning Sound BINGO : BINGO is my go to game for everything because it is so versatile. Kids love shouting out BINGO and it’s a great way to help them learn beginning sounds.
• Play Some Music : Kids love music and there are tons of fun Youtube videos for beginning sounds. Some of my favorite beginning sound songs are from Jack Hartmann.
• Sand Fun:  Get out the sandbox or use pencil boxes with sand. Put different objects in the sand for kids to find. Label some tupperware with letters and have kids place their items in the labeled tub that corresponds to its beginning sound.
• Around the World : Play around the world with letters. As you pass the ball around the circle of kids, they must come up with a word that has the sound of the next letter of the alphabet. For instance, if you are on letter C and pass the ball, the next student must come up with a word that begins with the letter D.
• Monster Mansion :: Kids love technology especially when they don’t realize they are learning. Monster Mansion on ABCYa is a fun alphabet matching game that teaches kids beginning sounds.
• What Letter Do I Start With : This fast paced game is perfect for small group or guided reading practice. It is fast paced, so kids learn their letter sounds quickly as they race to cover all their pictures.
• We are Going on a Treasure Hunt : Take a walk outside to go on a letter sound treasure hunt. Line everyone up and sing we are going on a treasure hunt to see what we can find…we are looking for something that starts with the letter “t.
• ” Picture Walk : Do a picture walk through a book you are going to read. Point out different pictures and ask little readers to tell you what sound they hear at the beginning of that word. This is also a great way toOkay!  Here is the massive table of Letter Recognition fun again!
• Write it in …salt, sand, shaving cream – practice writing letters in all sorts of tactile things!

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Letter Recognition Worksheets

Can your students recognize the letters of the alphabet yet? Many young children can sing the alphabet, but when showing the children a letter, sometimes they don’t know how to say or pronounce the letter.

These uppercase and lowercase letter recognition worksheets enable the teacher to see if the children can recognise letters of the alphabet. The worksheets can be printed as is, or if they are laminated, they can be used over and over in your classroom or at home!

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10 Simple Letter Recognition Activities for Kindergarten

One thing I distinctly remember from when I was a Kindergartener, was playing with the alphabet magnets on a magnetic easel. When I was in Kindergarten, most of what I learned throughout the year was letters and their sounds through lots of letter recognition activities. These days, most Kindergarteners come in knowing all their letters and the majority of their sounds. This doesn't mean we don't have to worry about letter recognition! It's important to continually teach the letters and their sounds to start building their fluency and prepare them for the first steps of learning how to read.

Teachers are usually split on how to teach letter recognition and sounds in Kindergarten. Some prefer to focus on one letter per week, teach the sound, as well as focus on other phonics skills. Many curriculums are laid out this way. Other teachers prefer the “boot camp” style- teaching one letter per day for the first 26 days of school. It really depends on your school and class with how you teach letters. I prefer to do a week or two of just letter recognition, then three to four weeks of focusing on letter sounds, each day focusing on one to two sounds. There is no “right” or “wrong” way to teach letters and sounds, just as long as you spend time reviewing and practicing them. Today, I'm sharing 10 simple letter recognition activities for Kindergarten with you! 

1. Pocket Chart Games

If you have a pocket chart and some alphabet flashcards, you're in luck! There are plenty of ways to practice naming letters with a pocket chart. You could play memory, where students have to match the uppercase to the lowercase letter. You can hide an object behind a flashcard and have students try to find it, by saying the letter name of each card. Another idea is to use letter cards to spell the names of our classmates. 

2. Play Dough Letters

Fine motor skills are SO important to continue to develop in Kindergarten. Playdough is undoubtedly my favorite way to add in a little fine motor practice plus it's fun! Have students roll out the play dough like a snake to make different letters. You can display the letter on the board, or use a playdough mat like this one found here: Phonics Play Dough Mats . 

3. “I'm thinking of a letter…”

This guessing game is a fun way to practice the various attributes of a letter! Your students will try to guess what letter you are thinking of by giving them clues, and then letting them guess. For example, “I'm thinking of a letter that is a vowel. It looks the same both uppercase and lowercase. It does not have straight lines.” And you may have guessed I was thinking of the letter O! 

4. Alphabet Sort

Using stamps, letter magnets, or even a pencil, have students sort letters by their different attributes, by vowels and consonants, or if it's in the students' name. You can grab this freebie here: Free Alphabet Sorting Mats . 

5. Play a song

Did you know that songs help kids learn? Hearing that rhythm and rhyme helps skills stick in their brains longer. Think about how you get those songs stuck in your head, even from 10 years ago! You can find a whole playlist of songs to practice letters here . 

6. Letter Crafts

This makes an adorable book that students can take home once they are finished! We did these letter crafts as part of our Fun Friday centers every week. At the beginning of the year, I did a lot of modeling and we did the first few together. After a few letters, they were able to do it just by looking at the picture sample. 

7. Read a book

Check out my post on books that teach letter recognition and sounds here .

8. Letter Hunt

Use what's already in your classroom to go on a letter hunt! Have students pick a letter card out of a basket and go “hunt” for that letter. They can find it on a poster, book cover, friend's name, anywhere! Once they find one, they stop where they're at until all friends have found a letter. 

9. Write and Wipe

Give each of your students a whiteboard and dry erase marker. Call out a letter and have students write it on their board and hold it up to show you. You can quickly check and see how your students know each specific letter. 

10. Shaving cream letters

Squirt a little bit of shaving cream on each student's desk and have them practice writing letters! You can call the letter out to write or write it on the board and have them copy it. Bonus: this makes your classroom smell amazing and cleans the desks!

More Letter Recognition Activities for Kindergarten 

What letter recognition activities for Kindergarten would you add to this list?  

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100+ Free Alphabet Printables for Preschoolers

May 9, 2022 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

Letter recognition is just one piece of a comprehensive literacy program in preschool . But it’s an important piece! Here are 100 free alphabet printables that will help your preschooler learn letter recognition, letter formation, beginning sounds and more! In this list you will find fun activities that are perfect for preschool centers and teaching preschoolers the alphabet. Some alphabet activities include uppercase letters and lowercase letter matching. There are also alphabet worksheets such as coloring pages, letter tracing and alphabet order printables.

Alphabet letters don’t come naturally to all children. Some recognize letters with only a few times being exposed to them, while other children need repeated exposure. I think because of this we are always looking for new and improved teaching techniques for teaching preschoolers the alphabet.

FAQ About Teaching the Alphabet to Preschoolers

Preschoolers need a lot of exposure to the alphabet. They need  explicit instruction  as well as plenty of indirect alphabet instruction. That’s where letter knowledge builds through playful and natural activities in day to day life. To start teaching your preschooler the alphabet, try these things: ~ Read lots and lots of picture books! ~ Point out print around you. ~ Teach your child the  letters of his name . ~ Teach each letter explicitly. ~ Do lots of whole alphabet activities, too. ~ Do  hands-on alphabet activities . ~ Sing letter songs .

The alphabet should not be taught in alphabetical order. Teaching the alphabet in order puts a big focus on those beginning letters. Those are probably going to be the ones that your child sees and remembers most, since that Alphabet Song is so catchy! Instead, teach the letters in order of  how frequently they appear easily decodable words . Letters like s, t, r, m, n, a, o, and p should be taught first. These are “high-frequency” letters and emphasis on these letters first will allow children to quickly start reading simple words.

Many preschool alphabet activities that are done in the classroom can also be done at home. Beginning sound activities like these  Beginning Sound Picture Seek Mats  are a good option, as well as these  Beginning Sound Fill-in Cards  and these  Year Long Alphabet Find and Circle Worksheets .

Preschool Literacy Curriculum

These daily lessons take the guesswork out of teaching preschool literacy.  When you get these year-long lesson plans with our systematic sequence of skill progression,  every literacy lesson you teach, builds upon what you’ve previously taught, so students feel successful and confident each day they’re with you. 

100 Alphabet Printables for Preschoolers

In this mega list of alphabet printables for preschoolers you will find a minimum of 100 fun, hands-on worksheets and printable activities to keep your preschoolers learning all year long!

FREE Alphabet Train Printable +5 Ways to Play

This alphabet train letter activity happens to come with a free printable and four creative variations on how to use it!

Penguin Alphabet Find & Cover

Try this fun preschool alphabet activity that has a friendly penguin theme. Pair this activity with other winter preschool activities or add it to your arctic animals activities.

Fall Alphabet Activity with Beginning Sounds

Looking for a fun fall alphabet activity for preschoolers? These pumpkin theme clip cards feature both letter identification and beginning sounds.

FREE Pumpkin Alphabet Cards

Here are five literacy activities you can add to your fall lesson plans using this single set of pumpkin alphabet cards.

Chicken & Egg Alphabet Matching Cards

Add these chicken and egg alphabet matching cards to your preschool farm activities this fall.

Christmas Lights Alphabet Matching Activities

With these alphabet activities for Christmas, they’ll be learning and having fun! This is just one of many free Christmas printables I have on my site.

Christmas ABC Order Cards to Teach Letters

These Christmas alphabetical order activities are just the thing to kick off the holiday season this year! Although they are perfect for teaching letter order, they are far more than that!

Free Printable Christmas Tree Puzzles To Help Preschoolers With Beginning Sounds

There’s nothing more fun than combining traditional alphabet activities with a fun theme like Christmas to get your preschoolers excited about learning their letters! That’s just what these beginning sound Christmas tree puzzles do. 

Preschool Christmas Tree Present Train - a Christmas Letter Printable

Are your preschoolers telling you absolutely everything they want for Christmas? Turn those “wants” into some literacy fun with this Christmas letter printable. It’s an alphabet “train” but with a couple of twists.

6 Fun Gingerbread Alphabet Activities with Free Printable

Looking for some fun gingerbread activities to add to your Christmas lesson plans for preschool? Look no further. This post is loaded with gingerbread alphabet activities for preschoolers

LEGO Duplo Alphabet Mats

Build the alphabet with Duplo bricks, using these printable Lego Duplo Alphabet Mats with uppercase and lowercase letter designs!

Initial Sounds Alphabet Puzzles for Preschool & Kindergarten {free printable!}

These initial sounds alphabet puzzle printable are perfect for your preschool literacy center or an easy grab and go busy bag for your preschoolers.

Bumble Bee Alphabet Match

These adorable bumble bee alphabet matching puzzles are a great activity to go along with your Spring themed preschool lesson plans.

A Fun Alphabet Spring Themed Printable Set

Spruce up an old strategy with this spring theme printable for preschoolers. It teaches letter identification and sounds!

Ice Cream Alphabet Match

Ice cream uppercase and lowercase letter matching is great for when the weather starts to warm up or for your Summer themed preschool lesson plans.

Monster Alphabet Play Dough Mats

These monster alphabet play dough mats are the perfect learning center to practice uppercase and lowercase letters including letter formation.

FREE Printable Alphabet Play Dough Mats

While using these alphabet play dough mats, kids will learn letters, letter sounds, develop fine motor skills and more. All in a fun, hands-on way!

6 Upper and Lower Case Letter Matching Activities for Preschool

This is a very basic and easy upper and lowercase letter matching activity to reinforce matching letters of the alphabet in a fun way that preschoolers enjoy.

5 FREE Summer Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers

These summer alphabet activities will help keep your preschooler practicing (and remembering) their letters all summer long!

Ice Cream Missing Letters Activity for Preschoolers

This ice cream themed letter sequencing activity is perfect for preschoolers. Not only is it a great way for young learners to learn the alphabet, but it’s also great for working on fine motor skills!

Building S'mores Beginning Sound Activity for Preschoolers

Preschoolers will have fun building s’mores and learn about beginning sounds with this camping alphabet activity.

A Colorful and Engaging Preschool Summer Activity!

Make your summer preschool theme extra fun with these popsicle beginning sound activities for preschoolers.

Alphabet & Phonics Puzzles

There are eight puzzle sets included that focus on beginning sounds. These puzzles vary in difficulty.

Free Printable Alphabet Animal Puzzles For Preschoolers

These free animal alphabet puzzles are so cute, and like any other free printable on my site, I’m sharing with you five different ways to use these puzzles, so you have tons of ways to use them in your literacy program.

Cookie Alphabet Pre-Writing Cards

These cookie alphabet pre-writing cards are the perfect addition to a Laura Numeroff author study, a baking theme, or even the letter C. 

Alphabet Worksheets

These 20 printable alphabet worksheets are a great way for preschoolers to review letter recognition.

Alphabet Coloring Pages

Learning the alphabet is always more engaging when you have cute visuals as teaching aides. Try these free alphabet coloring pages as a fun way to add a little fine motor skill work and pencil control, too.

FREE Alphabet Worksheets to Prevent the Summer Slide

These Summer ABC Find and Color printables are a fun way for early learners to practice letter recognition and fine motor skills.

Spot and Dot Alphabet Worksheets

These super fun spot and dot letter worksheets are great practice to letter recognition for preschoolers!

Kindness Zoo Coloring Pages Freebie with A-Z Kindness Ideas

Inspire kids to speak and act with kindness more often with this Kindness Zoo Coloring Pages where each animal from A-Z suggests a different act of kindness. 

FREE Alphabet Preschool Printable Worksheets To Learn The Alphabet

This is a free alphabet preschool printable workbook for your preschoolers or kindergarteners.

FREE Printable Alphabet Coloring Pages Worksheets for Kindergarten

You are going to love these unique, fun-to-color Alphabet Coloring Pages. There is an alphabet coloring worksheets for each letter of the alphabet.

Alphabet Coloring Book

If your toddlers and preschoolers started learning their ABCs, this coloring book will be a great companion for them! They can learn and color at the same time.

Free Printable Alphabet Sequence Worksheets for Fall

Preschoolers can work on letter recognition and letter order with these alphabet sequence worksheets   for fall.

Free Printable Alphabet Bingo Dauber Worksheets

These alphabet bingo dauber worksheets are perfect for having young children practice letter recognition.

Differentiated Letter Find Printables for Learning the Alphabet

These simple alphabet find worksheets are great for young preshoolers who are learning to recognize the letters.

Free Printable Alphabet Find and Color Activity

This free printable alphabet find and color activity is a fun and easy way for preschoolers to practice the alphabet!

Dog Alphabet Matching Activity (free printable)

This free printable dog alphabet matching activity for young children is a fun way to practice letter identification.

Cute Alphabet Coloring Pages

These alphabet coloring pages are perfect for preschoolers who love to color and are learning the letters of the alphabet!

ABC Letter Find Printable for the Whole Alphabet {Free}

The free ABC letter find worksheet is a great way to work on letters and finding them in a no-prep printable.

Free Printable I Spy Letters Alphabet Worksheets

With these free printables kids will build visual discrimination skills as they search for the correct letter amongst letters with similar characteristics.

FREE Printable A-Z Letter Find Alphabet Letter Recognition Worksheets

Kids will have fun practicing identifying uppercase and lowercase letters with these adorable, free printable letter identification worksheets.

Free Alphabet Worksheets for Stamp Markers – Spring Edition

These free alphabet worksheets for preschoolers (and early kindergartners) use fun stamp markers! This mini set has a spring theme for engaging letter recognition practice.

Do a Dot Thanksgiving ABC Worksheets

Learning to identify the letters of the alphabet is the foundational skill in the preschool years. And, these Thanksgiving ABC worksheets are perfect for practicing this skill in November.

Detective Theme Free Alphabet Worksheets Uppercase/Lowercase

Detective Theme Free Alphabet Worksheets Uppercase/Lowercase are a great way to captivate the attention of preschoolers, let them play detective, and practice uppercase and lowercase letters.

Roll and Dot the Letter Alphabet Activity and Printable

This roll and dot the letter alphabet activity is a great way for kids to learn to identify letters. The free alphabet printables make it super easy to set up!

Letter Tracing Printables

Here are 20 free letter tracing printables that will help your preschooler learn handwriting and letter formation through tracing worksheets.

Easter Bunny Rainbow Writing Alphabet Tracing Cards

Use these free rainbow writing alphabet tracing cards for a little extra practice this Easter season.

3 Alphabet Letter Formation Activities with Free Printable

These not really worksheets, but rather letter formation cards. They're not just for tracing or coloring. There are three ways to add these mini alphabet tracing worksheets to preschool lesson plans

FREE Alphabet Tracing Cards

With so many literacy skills to teach your preschoolers, try these free alphabet tracing cards because they also teach beginning sounds, too!

Arctic Animal Alphabet Activities

These free Arctic Animal Alphabet printables are designed with adorable polar animals and are perfect for teaching preschoolers letter recognition, phonics and handwriting. 

Alphabet Tracing Worksheets for Kids

Whether your child is just starting out with writing letters or is a kindergartener who needs extra practice, these free printable alphabet worksheets will come in handy!

Food and Nutrition Letter Tracing Worksheets

Add these free letter tracing worksheets to your writing preschool center for more food and nutrition activities for preschoolers.

Free Printable Snowman Themed Alphabet Tracing Worksheets

These Snowman Themed Free Printable Alphabet Tracing Printables are a wonderful, low prep activity that will provide your little learner with hours of letter tracing practice!

Veteran's Day Activity Sheets

These free Veteran's Day handwriting sheets give kids practice writing and sounding out the letters V and P.

FREE Alphabet Tracing Printable for Early Education

Teach your child to write their ABC’s with these Alphabet Tracing Printable Worksheets. It’s a great Early Education Printable Activity!

Free Alphabet Tracing Printable for Kids

This simple set of alphabet tracing pages are perfect for preschoolers who are just starting to learn handwriting.

Free Alphabet Printables for Preschool and Kindergarten

These free alphabet printables are perfect for having little ones practice important skills in a variety of ways.

Free ABC Uppercase Letter Tracing Pages with Playdough Mats!

You can never have to many different types of ABC Tracing pages. Every child learns in a different way. Playdough mats has been one of our favorite ways to learn.

FREE ABC Writing Practice Dice

Kids love different ways to work on practicing their abc writing practice. The free ABC Writing Practice Dice helps create fun ways to write letters in with this learning center.

Letter Tracing Worksheets

These Letter Tracing Worksheets for Preschool are a simple, hands-on way for your kids to work on letter formation and fine motor skills!

FREE Preschool Handwriting Worksheets

Kids will have fun practicing forming their alphabet letters with these super cute, free printable, Preschool Handwriting Worksheets.

FREE Printable Animal Uppercase Tracing Alphabet Letters A-Z

Make practicing alphabet tracing fun with these super cute, free printable animal alphabet cards.

Alphabet Dot the Letter & Trace the Letter

These printables come in two ways. There is an uppercase letter option and a lowercase letter option.

Alphabet Tracing Book

This printable alphabet tracing book is perfect for preschoolers who are learning the alphabet and letter formation.

Letter Writing Practice Free Printables

This printable alphabet set includes letters with directional arrows and numbers, letters to trace so kids can practice moving their hand in the correct motion, room to practice on their own, and a matching phonics picture to color.

Uppercase Letter Tracing Roads

These free letter tracing sheets take writing practice to a whole new level of fun. The motivating pages are great to use as a literacy center, homeschool activity or even a busy bag you can take along when you’re out and about.

Letter Recognition Games for Preschoolers

Here are 28 letter recognition games for preschoolers to play at home or in the classroom to help them learn upper and lowercase letters.

Don't Feed the Monster Alphabet Game

Teaching letter names or sounds doesn’t have to be done in dry, drill-and-kill style. A monster alphabet game like Don’t Feed the Monster is just the opposite. It’s interactive, hands-on, super fun, and even a wee bit silly.

Friendly Ghost Old Maid Card Game

This is a friendly ghosts theme Old Maid card game that your preschoolers are sure to love as well.

Gingerbread Man Theme Old Maid Card Game

It’s the season for lots of gingerbread man activities! Preschoolers love them! This is a gingerbread man theme Old Maid card game that your preschoolers are sure to love as well.

Free Valentine's Robot Letter Recognition Game

This cute Valentine alphabet game - Feed the Robot is one of many Valentine’s alphabet activities! It’s interactive, hands-on, super fun, and even a wee bit silly. 

I Spy Scavenger Hunt ABC Games Alphabet Printables

ABC games make it feel like kids are playing while they learn their letters, and there are so many different ways to play with these alphabet printables that you’ll get tons of use out of them!

FREE Printable Spring Themed Letter Recognition and Counting Game for Preschoolers

April showers bring May flowers, right? Try this fun (and free) letter recognition game for preschoolers. It teaches the alphabet and a little math, too.

Preschool Paint Theme Alphabet Matching Game Printable

Whether you are delving into rainbows or having fun with a painting theme for preschoolers, this alphabet activity fits the bill. 

Race to School ABC Game

This Race to School ABC game is a fun and engaging way for children to practice both uppercase and lowercase letters.

Letter Naming Fluency Alphabet Printable

This free printable letter naming fluency alphabet printable game is a quick and easy no prep way for kids to practice letter naming fluency (the quick recall of letters).

Moose & Muffin Letter Recognition Activity

In this book-inspired Moose & Muffin Letter Recognition Activity, your preschoolers will have fun naming capital and lowercase letters.

Tennis Racket & Ball Alphabet Match

This tennis themed letter recognition activity is a fun, hands-on way for your pre-readers to practice identifying and matching lowercase and capital letters.

Construction Alphabet Activity {Free Printable}

In this easy prep construction alphabet activity students can work on letter recognition, fine motor skills, and visual discrimination while engaging in a motivating activity.

Free Printable Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

This free printable alphabet scavenger hunt is a great indoor activity for kids! Search for things around the house that start with different letters of the alphabet, write them down (or cross them out).

Unicorn Alphabet Bingo

This unicorn theme alphabet bingo pack is a fun and engaging way to help preschool students master their letters before starting kindergarten.

Farm Alphabet Find and Cover

Work on letter recognition with your preschool students using this printable farm literacy center. You can use this fun farm alphabet game any time of the year in small groups or individually.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Alphabet Matching

This fun peanut butter and jelly alphabet match game which will have your students matching uppercase and lowercase versions of each letter.

Hop the Alphabet Board Game for Kids

Practice letter recognition and letter names with this cute hop the alphabet board game for kids! This is great for kids just starting to learn to read.

FREE Alphabet Baseball Beginning Sound Sort

This baseball alphabet beginning sound sort will help your child with vocabulary, beginning sounds, and letter recognition.

Bee Alphabet Sorting for Preschoolers (printable)

Identify and sort capital letters using these Bee Alphabet Sorting mats. This sorting activity is a great way to develop letter recognition.

Building Alphabet Letters Kids Learning Activity

This building alphabet letters kids learning activity was inspired by the book Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown. 

FREE Printable Dinosaur Letter Game for Preschoolers

This simple printable upper and lower case letter matching hatching baby dinosaur game is a fun way to get your little ones recognizing and pairing their letters together.

Seek and Find Magnetic Letter Matching Game

This magnetic letter matching game will keep kids occupied without the need for teacher assistance, and the simplicity of this activity makes it perfect for literacy centers!

Monster Find and Cover the Letters Alphabet Activity

This monster find and cover the letters activity is a fun way for kids to learn letter sounds and letter identification. It’s perfect for literacy centers!

FREE Printable Nuts About the Alphabet Game for Fall

This super cute nuts about the alphabet game is a great way to help preschoolers learn their letters with a  f all activity for kids!

Letter Slap Alphabet Game

Letter Slap is a fun printable game for preschoolers that supports letter recognition skills.

Fishing for Letters: A Fun Alphabet Game

Not only is this fishing game super simple to make, but the editable text areas allow you to quickly and easily personalize this alphabet activity for your students.

Feed the Bunny Alphabet Game

This Feed the Bunny Alphabet Game is a free, printable and is a great way to practice so many different skills! Use this fun game with your Easter theme or Spring lesson plans. 

FREE Hop-to-It Alphabet Matching Game Printable

This spring, your preschooler can work on letter recognition and learn their ABCs with this alphabet matching game. 

Free Printable Feed the Monster Alphabet Game for Preschoolers

Teaching the ABCs should be fun and engaging. It will be when you prepare this Feed the Monster alphabet game for your preschoolers!

Printable Classroom Resources for Teachers

These printable resources will help teachers decorate their classrooms and assess students alphabet knowledge.

Editable Letter Identification/Sound Assessment for Preschoolers

If your preschooler is learning her letter names and letter sounds, you may be wondering where her skills are. An editable letter identification assessment is what you need to understand exactly what your preschooler is capable of.

Big and Free Printable Alphabet Cards

These big alphabet cards are the perfect size to hang in a classroom, bedroom or playroom. They can also be used for learning activities.

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These free alphabet printable activities and worksheets are perfect for teaching your preschooler all the letters in a hands-on way! Whether at home or in the classroom these abc printable activities will provide fun, low-prep learning! And that’s our goal! To help you find the resources and free printables to add to your literacy lesson plans in preschool.

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Now you can explore all the alphabet worksheets a-z right here, in one spot! Download and use them with your children at home or with students in the classroom.

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5 Fun Kindergarten Letter Recognition Games

In kindergarten, we spend at least one part of every single day working on letter recognition. This is a yearlong topic of study in the kindergarten classroom and one that our students need lots of exposure with! Whenever we’re targeting a skill repeatedly like this, I’m careful to choose lessons that keep the content fun and engaging. When it comes to mastering the alphabet, kindergarten letter recognition games are where it’s at!

If you’re burnt out on the more “traditional” methods often used to master uppercase and lowercase letters, I’ve got a treat for you! Kindergarten letter recognition games are the BEST way to instantly up the engagement factor of your alphabet lessons and keep those kiddos on task! Today, I’m sharing 5 of my favorite kindergarten letter recognition games and how we use them all year long for hands-on learning.

Games Make Learning Fun

Before we talk about letter recognition, let’s chat about learning games in general. If you’ve been around here for a while, you might already know that I’m a big fan of games and hands-on learning activities in the classroom.

The reason for this is that they truly make learning SO much more fun and engaging for my students. I love that if I’m losing the attention of my kiddos, a simple game can snag their attention and bring them back into focus quickly!

It also helps to teach them that learning should be fun. As a kindergarten teacher, I consider it to be my mission in laying the foundation for how children think about school and education. My aim is to ensure they LOVE coming to school and learning new things! Games make that mission simple since there’s no coaxing necessary to get kiddos fired up about a new game.

Games are also SO helpful with teaching repetitive topics as well. If you’re planning to target a specific skill over and over, (a.k.a. EVERYTHING we do in kindergarten) games will help to make sure your kids continue to be interested in the material. Games help keep things feeling fun and new, even if you’ve already practiced that particular skill a ton of times. Ready to see my top 5 kindergarten letter recognition games? Let’s get to it!

1. Cover It Up – Letter Recognition Pages

First up, let’s chat about “Cover It Up”. These no-prep games are something I use nearly every day in my small groups, and they come in especially handy when it comes to letter recognition. The idea here is that kiddos will identify the letter at the top of the page, and then find all of the matching letters. They can use markers or a bingo dauber, or some kind of manipulative or mini eraser to cover them up.

Typically, I will lay these sheets out at my small group table before a new group comes in. This is a super simple activity to get them working and learning right away, as you prepare for the small group activity or lesson. Once kiddos get the hang of this activity, they don’t even need instructions. I love that they can jump right in and get started with letter recognition without skipping a beat!

I use “Cover it Up” activities for letter recognition, beginning sounds, word families, and more! If you want to learn more about how to incorporate these low-prep activities into your small groups, be sure to take a peek at this post that details how I structure my guided reading groups.

2. More Small Group Letter Recognition Games

Small group instruction is one of my favorite things. It’s a chance to connect with my students, see how they are progressing, and join in with playing some fun games too!

Some of my favorite things to use during small groups are these kindergarten letter recognition games . This resource is jam-packed with 16 letter recognition games that are absolutely perfect for small group environments.

Included in this set, you’ll find BINGO, roll and read, alphabet board games, pocket chart games, and more. I love that these games are so versatile and allow for continued practice with letter identification while keeping things feeling brand new!

While these are perfect for small groups, they’re also a wonderful option for partner games, center activities, and fast finishers too.

3. Digital Kindergarten Letter Recognition Games

Are you a fan of Boom Cards? If you’re new to Boom, you’re in for a treat! Boom Cards have become super popular, and I personally LOVE using these for targeting letter recognition. These digital task cards are a no-prep, highly engaging activity that can help you offer more daily practice with letter recognition in your classroom.

Boom cards are presented in a “game-like” format, making them irresistible to students, and a great option for center time. Some of my favorites for targeting letter recognition include:

• Letter Sorting Boom Cards
• True or False Letter Recognition Boom Cards
• Find the Letters Boom Cards
• Letter Match Boom Cards

All of these options are perfect if you’re looking for new kindergarten letter recognition games to add to the mix. As I mentioned, I will often use these as low-prep center activities or partner activities. When playing in pairs, I have students take turns answering the questions. Another fun option is to project these up on your Smart Board and play as a whole class. To do this, simply call on kiddos one at a time to come up and answer the task card. This is great review activity, morning warm-up, and transition activity when you need to get your kids focused again.

4. Letter Recognition Building Mats

This next activity is always a student favorite and a great way to brush up on letter recognition throughout the year. These letter recognition mats feature 5 different activities on each page, so they’re great for keeping your kiddos self-contained and focused while you work with small groups.

To use these pages, students will say the name of the letter and build it with building bricks.

Then, they will practice tracing and writing the letter. Next, they find and circle the letter in a group.

Finally, they rainbow write it and trace it again to finish the activity.

You can either print these off like worksheets or laminate them to use with dry-erase markers.

Either option is a great way to sneak in some letter recognition practice during center time, small groups, as an early finisher activity, morning work, or as a fun homework assignment.

5. Letter Recognition Partner Game

Last but not least, I have one more kindergarten letter recognition game that’s always been a student favorite. This “Let’s Make a Square” game is great for practicing and reviewing the alphabet. In my classroom, we play these as partner games during center time, or as a fast finisher activity.

To play, students will take turns drawing one line at a time to connect two dots side by side, either vertically or horizontally. When one student completes a square around a letter, they are able to claim that letter only if they can correctly identify the letter.

If they identify the letter, they color it. If they cannot identify the letter, their partner can “steal” the letter by correctly identifying and coloring the square. Kiddos will continue to draw lines and claim and color squares until all squares are claimed. The player with the most squares colored wins!

This game is always a hit, so we use it throughout the year to brush up on uppercase and lowercase letters in a fun way!

Even More Kindergarten Games

Hopefully, this post inspired you to try something new in your classroom to target letter recognition! Kindergarten letter recognition games make mastering uppercase and lowercase letters fun and engaging, so I highly recommend adding them to the mix if you haven’t already.

And if you’re looking for even more kindergarten games to add to your classroom, make sure to check out these posts:

• Teaching Ending Sounds with Games
• 5 Fun Games to Teach Rhyming Words
• Spring Counting Games for Kindergarten

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How often do you send take home work with your students? Homework is a hot topic these past few years, but if you do it right it has great benefits! These take home activities for letter recognition are perfect for your Pre-K and Kindergarten learners!

Before digging into these activities, I know that take home work isn’t for every student. Anything I send home is just for practice. I never take it as a grade or count it against them on report cards. I send home activities for my students to show off their new knowledge. Because you know that ALL little learners love showing off anything new!

Alphabet Flipbooks

This is a great take home activity to work on several things. If your student needs extra help with coloring skills, send this home to color the pictures. However, the main focus of this activity is for letter recognition and beginning sounds. This activity also focuses on the relationship between words and pictures, which is an important skill to have for reading comprehension!

Color by Letter

This is another activity that serves multiple purposes. Coloring is a big skill in Pre-K and Kindergarten that focuses on fine motor skills. However, this activity is also a good practice for letter recognition between upper and lower case letters.

Dictionary Words

No dictionaries needed for this one! This activity gives your learners the opportunity to think of words that start with the assigned letter. They draw a picture of that word and label it! Challenge your higher students by putting them in alphabetical order!

Initial Sounds

One of these does not belong! Have your students complete the activity and figure out what picture doesn’t belong. A great way to practice initial sounds as well as coloring, cutting and gluing skills.

Alphabet Poems

These poems are an easy way for your students to show off their reading skills to anyone at home! Print them on colored paper or let your students color the pictures. By the time your students get to the end of the alphabet, they will have their own poetry book that they can go back to any time!

Letter Sorting

Upper and lower case letters can be tricky for little learners who are learning letter recognition. This is another great activity of letter recognition take home activities that are included in my Now I Know My ABC’s Bundle! Your students will cut out each letter and sort them based on upper and lower case letters!

These are great activities to send home, especially if you have a parent that asks for a little more practice at home! Provide your learners a chance to show off what they are learning with these letter recognition take home activities!

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