Free learning activities for toddlers

100+ Alphabet Activities that Kids Love

This is a list of the best preschool alphabet activities we've done! They are all fun, hands-on ways to teach the alphabet and letter sounds!

My son enjoyed all of these fun, active and hands-on letter learning activities.

Alphabet Activities for Kids

I love that there are an infinite amount of ways to teach the alphabet to preschoolers and kindergarteners.

There are alphabet games, fine motor activities like play dough mats, clip cards, crafts and so many other fun, hands-on ways to teach the alphabet.

Forget the flashcards and try some of this engaging alphabet activities instead!

Alphabet Skills

This list covers a variety of alphabet learning skills such as:

• letter identification
• letter sounds
• uppercase and lowercase matching
• beginning sounds isolation
• letter formation

We are always adding more alphabet and letter sounds printables and activities to our site, so stay tuned for even more alphabet activities that will engage your kids and make learning and teaching the alphabet fun!

You may also like this alphabet activities printable bundle. It is jam-packed with engaging ways to teach the alphabet to your students!

Get the Alphabet Activities Printable Bundle

These alphabet printables and activities are perfect for preschool and kindergarten students. They cover letter recognition, letter sounds, uppercase and lowercase matching, beginning sounds isolation and more!

With over 300 pages of printable alphabet activities, this printable pack is sure to keep the kids engaged!

Click the button below to head over to the purchase page.

Keep scrolling to find our big list of free alphabet and letter sounds printables!

Alphabet Activities for Kids and Preschoolers

Since I have so many preschool alphabet activities on my blog and I am going to be adding even more, I made this page to keep all the posts together and easy to access for my readers.

I will continue to add my new activities to this page, so you can always come back and find them here.

I hope this will be a huge resource for you! Make sure you pin or bookmark this page, so you can revisit as needed and see everything new that I've added.

Don't forget to check out my alphabet Pinterest board. I pin all kinds of fantastic, hands-on ideas there. I also have tons of preschool learning activities of all kinds on my activities for preschoolers board.

Even more awesome ways for kids to learn the alphabet.

Check out the alphabet activities category on Pinterest. There are thousands of activities! Or check out this Pinterest board with tons of engaging ways to teach the alphabet.

I just love this post with 50+ incredible activities for teaching the alphabet.

These 25 alphabet games and activities are so much fun!

Here's a big list of hands-on ways for kids to learn the alphabet. So many genius ways to teach the alphabet here!

Looking for alphabet printables? Check out this post to find some, along with a bunch of other hands-on activities.

700+ Learning Activities for Kids [Hands On] All Ages

Play and learn!  That is why we love to create and curate the best learning activities for kids.  Hands-on learning helps kids understand, remember and process…oh, and it is fun!

Put down the textbook and get some hands-on learning through play! Here at Kids Activities Blog we are big champions of fun. We know that when kids learn something through an activity or craft, they will remember it longer, process it more fully and have more fun.

Educational Activities for Kids

Many of our learning activities are used in classrooms and homeschool lessons, but don’t stop there! These are just plain fun. They make the perfect after school, rainy day or “mom I’m bored” activity too!

Reading, writing, STEM, Science and so many other things can be learned through play.

What makes it even more fun is that kids of different ages can learn and play together.

Reading for Kids

Explore books, reading and play games! Learning to read is an incredibly important skill for kids which can seem challenging for many children. We have reading activities, reading games and reading tips to make it easy to gain reading skills. Reading is fun and opening the adventure for kids is key to their reading level development.

Check out all our reading activities: Reading for Kids

Do you have a favorite book? Or want to explore reading beyond the pages? Check out over 40 resources on books for kids!

Learn Colors, Letters, Numbers & More

These essential preschool skills allow future success in school and are the foundational building block on so many lessons. Here are some resources to teach kids colors, letters, numbers and more…

• Over 140 ways to learn colors
• Find ways to learn numbers with math activities for kids
• 155+ Alphabet for kids – activities, games & crafts for every letter of the alphabet!
• Preschool activities – over 1200 fun things to do with a preschooler
• Kindergarten ideas – almost 1K fun ways to play and learn including worksheets for Kindergarten.

File Folder Games

File folder games are perfect to make with and for kids because they put all the learning fun into one place…a file folder! And because they are in a file folder, they are easily stored for future learning. Teachers, homeschoolers and parents use file folder games to create educational activities for children to play.

Alphabet Letter Learning Center for Kids

Every single letter has a learning center here at Kids Activities Blog devoted to worksheets, spelling words, sight words, crafts and activities…and more!

• Letter A
• Letter B
• Letter C
• Letter D
• Letter E
• Letter F
• Letter G
• Letter H
• Letter I
• Letter J
• Letter K
• Letter L
• Letter M
• Letter N
• Letter O
• Letter P
• Letter Q
• Letter R
• Letter S
• Letter T
• Letter U
• Letter V
• Letter W
• Letter X
• Letter Y
• Letter Z

Our Top Educational Activities for Kids

• Best workbooks for preschoolers.
• Barnes and Noble summer reading program that we love.
• Sesame Street books <–big list of free online books for kids.
• A nostalgic book club that just keeps running…have you checked into the Scholastic book club for your kids or students?

Keep browsing the hundreds of fun ways that you and your child can learn together with hands on learning play…

20 online resources to help keep kids educated and occupied

Kids are now spending more time at home - to keep them entertained, you can offer them many different online courses: from English and communicating with children around the world to a course in modeling or animation. Our blogger Elena Abramova has collected 20 platforms where you can find free courses.

The school portal will become a mandatory virtual turnout for children and teenagers in a week, but they still have a lot of free time for exciting activities. Self-isolation limits walks and games with friends, but gives time to explore the vast expanses of the Internet. Entertain the kids you didn't send to kindergarten and encourage teens to stay at home with these resources. nine0003

Let's start with the lessons

There are many online platforms that offer quality educational content.

1. Skills4u.ru — the platform has opened full free access to slice tests and lessons in the Russian language (grades 1-11, OGE, USE, VPR) and mathematics (grades 1-7) until April 15.

2. Eschool.pro - will help schoolchildren in grades 1-8 learn math and Russian online for free in a game form.

3. Khan Academy - free online courses in mathematics, physics, biology and other disciplines for children and teenagers from 4 to 18 years old. By studying school subjects in English, you can also improve your foreign language.

4. Puzzle English — on the platform for independent learning of English, until May 1, full free access to two initial courses of the Teacher Method is open - the "Children's Course" (88 lessons for children from 5 to 12 years old) and the Beginner course ( 198 lessons for beginners to learn English) for high school students and their parents. nine0003

5. Drawing and drafting lessons for beginners is a free online resource that will help schoolchildren improve their drawing skills, as well as begin to grow into the profession of future architects.

6. Umnasia is an online platform where elementary school students can try their hand at subject Olympiads for free.

Communication and hobbies for schoolchildren

It will be easier for children to cope with isolation if they can discuss the situation with their peers, and also engage in exciting activities. nine0003

1. iDialogue is a free online platform for collaborative learning and cross-cultural communication for teenagers from 90 countries. Until April 30, she is holding a challenge - children from different countries can work on joint projects in the field of ecology. Since March 23, discussion of coronavirus and quarantine has been open in the Community section - children can discuss the situation with friends and practice English at the same time.

2. JuniorUni is a free online Goethe-Institut university for teenagers that provides knowledge in the field of robotics and astronautics, technology, energy and sustainable development, and also helps to improve the German language. nine0003

3. MyBook - the largest subscription book service offers a month of free subscription to the standard catalog (140,000 e-books) for those who stayed at home due to quarantine (promo code STAYHOME). In total, the resource catalog contains more than 250,000 electronic and audio books in Russian, English and many other languages.

4. Financial Literacy in the Lessons of General History and the History of Russia is an online resource with which teenagers can immerse themselves in finance through the history of the development of monetary relations, consistently learning how financial instruments appeared and how they developed. A series of texts, presentations, creative tasks will help children not only learn the basic concepts, but also understand what factors influence financial decision-making. nine0003

5. Finknaika is an application for developing financial literacy, with the help of which schoolchildren in grades 1-4 will independently master the topics “Money”, “Banks”, “Currency” in the game.

6. Smartorika - free online courses in robotics and robot programming for children from eight years old.

7. Geekbrains - now the platform has opened free access to courses in three of the four areas: programming, design, management and marketing. nine0003

8. Animation and me - for free and online, children and teenagers under 18 can learn how to make cartoons in different genres.

9. ProstoyKarandash.ru - free video drawing lessons in various techniques, including for beginners and children, instructions on working in Photoshop, as well as an overview of online graphic editors. Chess Online nine0003

Games and educational activities for preschoolers

Online services help parents and grandparents not only keep their children entertained, but also develop their skills discreetly.

1. Kids Online is a free resource with lots of ideas and learning opportunities for kids, from audio storytelling to shadow theater and origami, a fun collaborative experience for kids and their parents.

2. Let's play - a children's portal of educational computer games will help not only to entertain the child, but to train his attention, develop logical thinking, give him basic mathematical skills and more. nine0003

3. StoryPlace - Free colorful educational cartoons, comics and videos for learning English and Spanish for children from four to eight years old.

4. Watch.Learn - many free courses, one of the interesting ones "Modeling clay for the whole family" will be useful entertainment not only for children, but for grandparents.

Save this list for the holidays, there are many interesting opportunities for adults too!

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