Alphabet letter exercises

Alphabet Exercises That Get Kids Moving

Exercise for kids is so important on many levels. Use these alphabet exercises to help build skills, and get the kids moving with an alphabet theme. Add this alphabet for kids activity to your list of gross motor coordination activities.

Why Use these Alphabet Exercises?

In therapy, we look to help children build their gross motor skills, core strength and endurance, body awareness, motor planning, and self-regulation skills. It is recognized that regular exercise can help defend against childhood mental health and behavioral disorders, such as anxiety and depression.

The consistent engagement in physical activity promotes overall health and wellness and provides a more grounded mindset for daily living and participation in life activities.

These alphabet exercises were actually created as a resource in 2020, when many children were working remotely. With all of the time that children spent completing school work as part of teletherapy activities, or even their increased time engaging with electronics at home, they needed encouragement to exercise or simply participate in physical activity during the day.

However, there is even more of a need for these alphabet exercise even though most students are back to traditional learning environments. Students are on screens more than ever before. The symptoms of too much screen time is evident. Additionally, therapists are seeing more of a need to address self-regulation challenges in schools and in homes.

That’s where this movement-based alphabet for kids comes in as a support activity.

Research tells us that outdoor play is essential. However, even going outside to play or engage in motor skills is a challenge for some children!

Making exercise a fun playtime activity is the best way to help a child build skills while benefiting their health and wellness and keeping weight in check.  

Exercise can build confidence and self-esteem, helping a child to feel better about themselves and increasing their overall happiness.

Alphabet Exercises

One way to engage children in activity is with a structured therapy band exercise program, however, occupational therapy home programs can be creative and use out-of-the-box ideas like this ABC theme exercise activity.

For a printable PDF version of this alphabet exercise page, scroll to the bottom of this page and enter your email address.

These letter exercises are also available in an interactive Google slide deck where students can move parts of the slide as they complete each letter activity. Click here to access that ABC exercises slide deck.

Alphabet Gross Motor ACTIVITIES

Would you like a playful way to engage a child or children in therapy exercises or in a home exercise program?

How about trying this fun ABC’s of Exercise activity page? There are many ways to use these alphabet exercise letters in learning and occupational therapy activities guided by individual goals.

• Children can either spell words or even their names to engage in the physical activity which accompanies each letter.
• Use some homework spelling words and perform the exercises related to them! Wow…homework AND exercise!
• Another easier way to play is by placing either A through Z foam letters, Bananagrams, or Scrabble tiles into a bag or basket and then have the child pull one letter out at a  time and match it to the corresponding letter on the ABC’s of Exercise chart to perform the exercise listed.
• Work through the child’s name for an individualized exercise program.
• Add the letter gross motor activities to a letter of the week learning program.

Don’t have foam letters or board game letter tiles?  No worries, just grab some puzzle pieces, folded pieces of paper, beans or craft sticks and write the letters on them!

Toss any of these into a bag or basket and pick one…easy and cheap!  You can also incorporate some handwriting with this activity too by having them write each exercise letter or a word beginning with that letter after they complete the exercise.

The best part about this activity page is that it is open-ended so you (or they) get to determine how many to perform of each exercise and how many exercise letters to perform.

In addition to being open-ended, this activity page provides a wonderful opportunity for teaching students exercises which can later be used when the child is feeling heightened and needing some self-regulation intervention tools.

Use the activity sheet as an inclusion tool for a whole class activity, small group or individual therapy session, or even as a supplement to a motor pathway in the school building! Have the child do the activity that spells their name when using it as part of a motor pathway in school!

The following list are the exercises and their descriptions which are utilized in the ABC’s of Exercise resource:

Arm rolls – Have child lift arms out from their sides and rotate arms in small circular patterns, first forward and then backward.

Butterfly legs– Have child sit on the floor with legs flexed and bottom of feet touching. Then have them flap their legs up and down to resemble the wings of a butterfly.

Crab walk – Have child sit on the floor, lean back on their arms and lift their body up with their legs and arms to walk along the floor resembling the walk of a crab.

Duck walk – Have child squat down and walk on the floor while squatted resembling the walk of a duck. Add having them bend their arms up to make them look like duck wings.

Elephant trunk swing – Have child stand up and lean forward with arms extended and fingers linked together. Once this position is achieved, have child sway their arms left and right resembling an elephant’s trunk.

Frog hops – Have child squat down on the floor with their arms in front of them and have them leap forward as far as possible resembling a jumping frog. Do this repeatedly.

Giant tape lines – Place tape lines on the floor to work on jumping from line to line or complete giant jumps by attempting to jump as far as possible from a standing position.

High knees – Have child lift alternating knees up to hands for tapping and while marching around the room. Have them lift knees as high as possible.

Incline climb – Have child climb up a slide, long wedge or hillside or toss the couch cushion or even the bed mattress in the floor and make a ramp. If all else fails, just use the stairs!

 Jumping jacks – Have child start by standing with arms out to their sides and legs together then have them jump while spreading their legs and feet apart and arms up and over their head. Follow with bringing arms back to sides and legs and feet back together.

 Knee squats – Have child start with standing up and then squatting to floor and back up again, repeatedly.

 Lunges – Have child step forward with one leg and lower their hips until both knees are bent, then push back up to starting position. Alternate legs.

 Mega jumps – Have child jump from a higher level to the floor, either from a chair, sofa, steps, etc. or they could also simply try to jump as far as possible forward and then try to jump farther each time to beat their last distance.

 Neck rolls – Have child stand or sit to roll their neck and head in a circular pattern from left to right and from right to left.

Overhead stretches – Have child reach up overhead, link fingers together and stretch arms up as high as possible. Add standing on tiptoes to make it really high. 

Push-ups – Have child lie on the floor and push their body up with their hands and arms. If a regular push-up is too difficult, complete knee push-ups by simply weight bearing on flexed knees while completing push-ups rather than trying to weight bear on toes.

Quad stretches – Have child perform, sit to stands and stand to sits, while sitting in a chair. Do this repeatedly.

Run in place – Have child run in place for a specific amount of time such as while counting to 20.

Snake slither – Have child lie on their stomach and move their body forward trying to keep as much of their body in contact with the floor as possible, similar to an army crawl.

Toe touches – Have child stand and bend over to touch their toes with their fingers and back up to standing. Do this repeatedly.

Under/over laser maze – Create a laser maze with use of tape, string, or streamers in the hallway and have child go under and over to move through it. Or have them crawl under tables and over furniture to achieve under/over.

 Vertical wall taps – Have child stand beside a wall and jump to tap the wall attempting to beat their last height touched with each jump.

Windmills – Have child stand with arms and legs out to the sides. Have them bend over to touch right fingertips to left toes and back up to standing and then bend to touch left fingertips to right toes and back up to standing.

X-marks the spot exercise – Have child cross over legs and feet and cross over arms and hands while jumping to create X patterns with extremities. Or complete ‘X’ cross crawls to work on cross-lateral activity of extremities.

Yoga poses – Have child pick a yoga pose to complete, such as cat pose, cobra pose, or shark pose.

Zig-zag run – Use small obstacles to create a zig zag course or simply attempt to run a zig zag pattern.

With home learning, indoor activities, and social distancing upon us, this exercise activity page will help meet the needs of your child so they can get in their daily exercise while also releasing some extra “cooped up” energy!

FREE Alphabet Exercise PDF

Enter your email address below to access this free ABC PDF to add heavy work, core strength, movement, and gross motor skills with an alphabet theme. Use the printable alphabet exercise PDF as a poster for learning letters through movement.

Best of all this alphabet for kids activity supports learning through play!

Resources:

Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School. Editors: Harold W. Kohl, III and Heather D. Cook. Authors: Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment; Food and Nutrition Board; Institute of Medicine. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2013 Oct 30.

This post was written by contributor author, Regina Parsons-Allen.

Alphabet & Letter Worksheets

Full Alphabet

Alphabet Printables (Full Alphabet)

This page has alphabet handwriting practice worksheets, classroom letter charts, ABC books, alphabet fluency games, flash cards, missing letter activities, and ABC card games. Each of these printables cover the whole alphabet.

Letter A

Letter A: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

This page has Letter A letter recognition activities, trace-and-write worksheets, a crown, and coloring pages.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Short A

On this page, you can download activities, worksheets, and learning centers for teaching the short-a vowel sound. There are mini-books, phonics poems, matching card games, word sorts, build-a-word learning centers, word wheels, and horizontal word hunts.

Letter B

Letter B: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

This section has a variety of letter recognition worksheets, tracing activities, and printing/handwriting pages for the Letter B.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter B (/b/ Sound)

Use these worksheets when you're teaching kids to recognize the /b/ sound, and read simple words with /b/. This page includes a large selection of word matching games, phonics worksheets, word sorts, and word wheels.

Letter C

Letter C: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Build handwriting and letter recognition skills with these Letter C worksheets. This page has a huge collection of trace-and-print worksheets, a headband craft, and letter recognition projects.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter C (Hard C, Soft C)

These worksheets can be used to teach students about the sounds made by the Letter C. There's a word sort you can use in your learning center, a word wheel for reading practice, two word wheels, several letter-sound recognition worksheets.

Letter D

Letter D: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Printable handouts with letter tracing on them. All files focus specifically on uppercase and lowercase printed Letter D.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter D (/d/ Sound)

The learning centers, worksheets, and lessons featured on these pages reinforce learning of the /d/ sound. Find words that begin with /d/, words with /d/ in them, and words that ends with /d/.

Letter E

Letter E: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

These worksheets focus on making the lowercase and capital Letter E. Each one includes primary ruled lines, upon which students can print letters.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics: Long E, Short E

Print word wheels, sorting games, matching games, thinking puzzles, flashcards, and worksheets for teaching students about the long-e and short-e vowel sounds.

Letter F

Letter F: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Make an F crown that students can wear, print the big and little Letter F, and practice letter recognition skills.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter F (/f/ Sound)

Read words that begin with or contain the /f/ sound. In here you'll find word sorts, phonics learning centers, spin-and-read, and build-a-word activities.

Letter G

Letter G: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Review recognizing, tracing and writing the letter G.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics: Letter G (Hard G, Soft G)

This page has build-a-word activities, as well as worksheets where you color the words that begin with the letter g. There is also a hard-g and soft-g word sort.

Letter H

Letter H: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Practice tracing and printing the letter H h on primary-ruled paper. Also includes letter sorts and letter recognition worksheets.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics: Letter H (/h/ Sound)

Find words that begin with the /h/ sound. Build, sort, and read words with /h/.

Letter I

Letter I: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Handwriting practice for uppercase and lowercase letter I. There's also a cute crown craft and letter sorts.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics: Long I, Short I

This section contains long-i and short-i word sorts, phonics coloring pages, word spinners, and phonemic awareness activities.

Letter J

Letter J: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Trace small and capital Js. Print words that start with J. Choose the letter J from the letter banks.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics: Letter J (/j/ Sound)

Identify words that have the /j/ at the beginning, middle, or end. Color the items that begin with J. Rearrange letters to build j words.

Letter K

Letter K: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Practice tracing, writing the letter K k. Includes printing practice, as well as practice finding the letter k among other letters.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics: Letter K (/k/ Sound)

This page has a variety of learning centers, crafts, printable worksheets, and card games for learning about the letter k and the /k/ sound.

Letter L

Letter L: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Use straight lines to make the letters L and l on these handwriting practice pages. Includes letter sorts, trace-and-print activities, and simple crafts.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter L (/l/ Sound)

With these printable learning centers, cut-and-glue activities, and sorts, kids will practice recognizing and reading the /l/ sound in words.

Letter M

Letter M: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Master the art of writing the letter M m with these printable activities. There are also several letter recognition lessons for the letter M.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter M (/m/ Sound)

Practice reading and building words with the /m/ sound. This page has word sorts, word spinners, worksheets, and more.

Letter N

Letter N: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

With the printable handwriting pages, students can learn to neatly print the letter N n. There are also sheets for building and recognizing the letter N n.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter N (/n/ Sound)

This page has a series of activities for teaching your class about the consonant sound /n/.

Letter O

Letter O: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Draw circles to make the letter O o on the primary ruled paper. There are also letter recognition pages as well.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics: Long O, Short O

On this page, you'll find a set of worksheets and games for teaching students about the long-o and short-o vowel sounds.

Letter P

Letter P: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

In this section of the site, you'll find several printable sheets on recognizing the letters P and p. You'll also be able to download a variety of P p handwriting pages.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter P (/p/ Sound)

With these printable learning centers, games, and classwork pages, you can teach your class to read and write simple words with the /p/ sound.

Letter Q

Letter Q: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

These printing/handwriting pages cover all three types of lowercase Qs, including the "curly q," the "pointed q," and the "straight q. "

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter Q (/kw/ Sound)

These phonics worksheets will help you teach your class about the letter q and the /kw/ sound.

Letter R

Letter R: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Printing practice for the uppercase and lowercase letter R. Also includes letter dauber activities and a find-the-letter game.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter R (/r/ Sound)

Robot, rain, rake, and rooster all start with R. Use these printable phonics resources to help you teach students about the /r/ sound.

Letter S

Letter S: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Trace capital and small S on the dotted lines. Use a bingo dabber to dab the letter S. Make an S crown that students can wear on their heads.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter S (/s/ Sound)

When you're teaching your class about the letter S and the /s/ sound, try these printable games, learning centers, and activities.

Letter T

Letter T: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Practice tracing and printing large letter T and small letter t. On this page, we also have letter recognition worksheets.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter T (/t/ Sound)

With these phonics resources, students will learn to say, spell, and recognize the /t/ sound at the beginning, middle, and end of words.

Letter U

Letter U: Letter Recognition, Trace & Print

Use these resources to help students learn to recognize and make the letter U.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Long U, Short U

Here you'll find a large variety for long-u and short-u games and lessons.

Letter V

Letter V: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Draw the letters V and v on these printing practice worksheets.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter V (/v/ Sound)

Violin, van, and vase all start with the /v/ sound. Use these phonemic awareness sheets to teach your students about the letter V.

Letter W

Letter W: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Use three straight lines to print capital and lowercase w. These printing practice pages will help your kids learn to write the letter w.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter W (/w/ Sound)

Water, witch, and wagon all start with the letter W. This page has phonics activities, such as word card sorts, cut-and-paste worksheets, and word wheels.

Letter X

Letter X: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Print the letter X using two diagonal lines. These letter x printing practice sheets will have your students making beautiful Xs in no time.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter X (/ks/ Sound)

These phonics worksheets include words that have the /ks/ sound, spelled with an x.

Letter Y

Letter Y: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Copy and trace the letter Y on these worksheets. We also have letter recognition puzzles for the letter Y.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter Y (/y/ Sound)

Download and print mini-books, cut-and-glue learning centers, and card sorts for the letter Y.

Letter Z

Letter Z: Letter Recognition, Trace, & Print

Trace, copy, and print capital and lowercase letter Z on these printable pages.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics:
Letter Z (/z/ Sound)

Here you'll find word sorts, word wheels, mini-books, and other lessons for teaching students about the letter Z and the /z/ sound.

Exercises and tasks for the English alphabet

Today I offer you tasks and exercises for the English alphabet for children . Fixing the English alphabet is not easy for children, so you need to do a lot of different exercises.

Helpful!

Learn more about the English alphabet, read about games to learn the English alphabet, or look at similar tasks and exercises at http://s-english.ru/

Alphabet exercises. Alphabet assignments. nine0011

Exercises to practice writing letters of the English alphabet.

I suggest you print out the English alphabet. Click on the picture under the desired letter - the copy will open in its original size. Then, in order to print the recipe, just right-click on it and select print.

English alphabet exercises for children.

This section contains exercises for those children who have already learned all the letters. The exercises are divided into two groups - alphabet exercises for grade 2 and tasks for the English alphabet for grade 3. The basic difference between the 2 groups of exercises for the English alphabet is that for the 2nd grade, tasks are presented exclusively for writing letters. For grade 3, the tasks are more difficult and are already connected with the spelling of words. Naturally, these exercises can also be used for preschoolers who have previously begun to study the alphabet. nine0005

English alphabet exercises for 2nd grade.

Tasks for the letters of the English alphabet, which children often confuse.

Exercise 1 . Circle the letter b, underline the letter d. Count the number of letters.

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Quantity: b-> ___, d-> ___.

Exercise 2. Circle the letter p, underline the letter q. Count the number of letters. nine0298