Alphabet Activities
Sue Klund
January 2004
Take the children on a walk around the school and look for and identify learned letters in environmental print.
Alphabet Corner
Set up a corner in the classroom with items like traceable letters, stampers, puzzles, picture cards, and alphabet books.
Alphabet Memory
Make double sets of letter cards and have the children turn them over 2 at a time. If they match, they keep them. Object of the game is to make as many matches as you can.
Match-it
Pass out letter cards, one per student. Write a letter on the board and ask the children whose cards match the letter to come to the front of the classroom.
Let’s Go On A Hunt
Have the children find certain letters in magazines and newspapers. Cut them out and paste them on paper.
Hide And Seek
Hide letter cards throughout the classroom. Have the children search the room for them. When each child has found a card, he or she can return to their seat. Share with the group which letter they found.
Through-the-Year-Alphabet Book
Have the children use large sheets of paper to create a personal alphabet book throughout the year. They should write the upper and lower case form of each letter on one page, then paste or draw pictures of objects whose names begin with the sound the letter stands for and add words that begin with that sound.
Letter Path
Make a construction paper “stone path” around the classroom with one letter written on each stone. Have the children walk the alphabet each day, saying aloud each letter name.
Letter Pop-up
Pass out letter cards, one or two per child. Call out a letter. The children holding that letter card sound, pop-up from their seat and hold up their card.
Special Name Day
Write the children’s names on note cards and place them in a decorated box. Each day choose one name, which will be the special name of the day. Spend time identifying each letter in the name, write the name, group the name with other chosen names from the past, clap the syllables, count the number of letters in the name.
Alphabet Tic-Tac-Toe
Play this game like the regular game with each child assigned a different letter. Pairs of students play the game using their assigned letters. When most pairs have finished, assign new letters and continue playing.
Alphabet Cereal Sort
Place a pile of alphabet cereal on a napkin on each desk. Give the children time to sort the cereal letters. Have them count the number of times they found each letter. Use tallies to create a class chart. EAT THEM!
Word Pairs
Write a word pair on the chalkboard, such as sat and mat. Read the words aloud. Ask the children to identify the letter that is different in each word.
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