Games for learning letters and sounds
Kids Love Learning Letters and Sounds with 14 Hands-on Games
Learning letters is the first step in learning to read. Children in preschool and kindergarten largely focus on letter identification and letter sounds.
While some kids are naturally inclined to learn letters from a young age, others take longer and that's okay.
My mission is to making learning letters and how to read fun and hands on. So if you're looking for a letter sounds worksheet or some alphabet flashcards, this isn't the place.
Instead I'm going to show you my most favorite, hands-on letter learning games so that your kid is just as excited about the alphabet as I am (that's super excited...ahem...kindergarten teacher).
Is there a correct order of teaching letters and sounds?
There is not one correct order of teaching letters but instead many different ways to choose which letters to focus on first.
- Alphabetical Order - this is often very common in classrooms that have a "Letter of the Week" curriculum.
- Learning letters of child's name first - Kids are excited and drawn to learn about the letters in their name, and one of the most important things to demonstrate kindergarten readiness is writing one's name. For that reason, I do recommend we begin letter learning with the letters of your child's name.
- Learning letters based on their shape - this method is recommended by Handwriting Without Tears, a writing curriculum. Basically, they recommend teaching letters that are easiest to write first. That would mean letters that are made with straight lines first (L, T, I, H), followed by ones with curves next (D, B, S, C), and finally letters with diagonal lines last (R, Z, K, N).
- SATPIN - These are part of a phased learning of letters that recommends teaching SATPIN first. Apparently, those letters are the most common ones that can also make the most words: pin, sat, tin, pat, pan, sit, etc. Learning SATPIN letters first gives kids the ability to work on other reading skills without memorizing all the letters first.
After SATPIN comes... m d g o c k e r u b h f l j w v x y z q
No matter what order of teaching letters you choose, I would recommend only working on 5-7 new letters at a time to avoid overwhelming your child. They'll need lots of repetition for those letters to stick in their minds, so always add in some letters they already know when you're playing these games.
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The Letter Sounds Swat:All you need are some Post-its, a fly swatter (or a hand), and you're ready to go. Call out letter names or letter sounds and have your little one jump and swat the letters. You can use numbers too!
2. Letter Sounds Toy Rescue!
Hide toys around the house or even just on a door with blue tape. Invite your child to play by telling them that the Toy Thief has stolen their precious toys and they, and they alone must rescue them.
At the rescue station, toys must be matched with their beginning sound, reinforcing the letter sounds while also working on phonemic awareness!
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Rescue the Letters:Got salad tongs? Blue tape? Any container? Combine with letters for this fun challenge!
It's simple, really...call out the letter sound and have your child pluck the corresponding letter from the container below, maneuvering through the blue tape.
It's a wonderful chance to practice fine motor skills as well!
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Letter Sounds Stomp!Active kids don't like to sit to learn. Try Letter Sounds Stomp to get your child smashing their way to all their letters and sounds.
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Hidden Object Letter Learning Game:Got some tricky letters that continue to confuse your child? Pick out those 5 or so letters they're learning and place them on Post-its for this surprising little game that kids love!
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Pom Pom Toss for Learning LettersMuch like my very viral Pinterest post for teaching Sight Words, you can place letters on Post-its, lining them up with a muffin pan.
Throw the poms poms at the muffin pan and yell the letter name and sound! Kids and adults love this hands-on learning game that happens to also improve your aim.
Loving learning letters yet?
7. Letter Sounds Post-it Hunt:
Pick out those target letters your child is working on and write them separately on a piece of construction paper. Hide 4 Post-it notes of the same letter around your home and have your child seek out those Post-its.
As your child matches the Post-it letter to the matching construction paper letter, they say the matching letter sounds!
8. Learning Letters with Bear's Bag:
Surprise! Your favorite stuffed animal is going on a trip, but you need to pack some intriguing objects for it!
Place different letters in a bag. Take turns pulling out different letters and searching around the house that you can pack that begin with that letter sound.
Place the item with the letter and pack them for Bear's trip! Bon Voyage!
Learn letter sounds as Bear packs for a trip!
9. Toy Rescue by FamilyEdventures.com
In this creative game, kids rescue their toys from under a laundry basket, unlocking the "code" by writing the letters that match the beginning sounds for each item.
Genius!
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Zig-Zag Letter Sounds Balance:Got some blue painters tape? Create some zig zags for your child to traverse. Along the way, place some Post-it notes with letters they're learning on it.
Give your child a way they must cross the path: tip toe, jump, hop on one leg, walk, skip.
Each time they come to a letter, they need to stop, name it, and say it's letter sound.
Do your kids love trains and cars? They can even use their vehicles to traverse the zig zag path encountering letters as train stations or stop lights.
11. "Noisy Jump" Letter Learning by Theimaginationtree.com
Take the fun outside with some chalk and play this silly, active hands-on learning game from The Imagination Tree. Draw letters on the ground and have children jump on the letters you name!
12. Alphabet Glow Up
Grab those plastic Easter eggs and get ready for the most epic letter learning experience.
Match the letters in the eggs to the mat, and we even added a secret ingredient! WOW!
13. Lowercase Sensory Soup
Practice matching letters with lowercase and capitals in this sensory soup bin that will keep even toddlers engaged!
14. Alphabet Playdough Mats (they're free!)
The newest addition to this list is a complete set of alphabet playdough mats. This activity promotes learning letters in 4 different ways and includes sensory, tactile, fine motor, and reading/writing in every single mat.
50 ABC Letters and Sounds Games • Kids Activities Blog
Today we have a whole bunch of alphabet fun with letter and sounds learning games and activities for toddlers and preschoolers to help you young students prepare to read with fun pre-reading playful learning ideas.
ABC Games & Alphabet Sounds
Many parents have kids that are soon to enter kindergarten for the first time and are wondering what their kids should know before they head out to school on their own.
As a mom who once taught Kindergarten, I always wanted to make sure my kids are well-prepared and ready to begin their school career with a bit of an advantage by knowing their letters and sounds.
Related: Grab our free Kindergarten readiness checklist as a guide
I have seen the value in children knowing their letters early.
That said, I also recognize that kids are kids, and I want to make sure they have time to play – both independently and with me.
Let’s learn our alphabet through playing games!Learning Through Alphabet Games
Children acquire knowledge through play, so learning letters at our house is rarely a sit down structured time.
It’s a time of play and games!
The kids have fun and don’t even realize they are learning at the same time. I don’t believe we should leave teaching up to the schools. You get the great honor of being an educator of your child, and you can supplement what is happening at school by engaging your child in enjoyable yet educational ways.
Related: Check out our huge abc letters resource that has letter activities, letter crafts, letter printables and more for every letter of the alphabet!
I hope these resources help you feel equipped to take the reins in your own child’s education.
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Let’s play a hands on letter game!Hands On Letter Games
1. Letter Toss Game
Muffin Tin Learning – Want to make learning fun? This game involving throwing pennies and will keep your kids engaged. They will barely know that this is actually a lesson.
2. Growing Letters Game
Alphabet Flower Garden – This garden is full of letters and learning opportunities. It is definitely a great way to explore and grow in alphabet knowledge.
3. Unlimited ABC Games for Kids
ABC Mouse – This site gives kids tons of alphabet and phonics practice through interactive games and printables.
4. Matching Letter Game
Magnetic Alphabet Board – This letter matching activity is self-contained and is a tool to get kids to match up letters and help with identification.
5. Touch and Feel the Alphabet Game
Play Dough and Magnet Letters – Letting kids explore using their senses is a great way to learn. Play Dough is a tactile way to watch this happen.
–>Need a Set of Alphabet Magnets? I like this Magnetic Letters Alphabet Fridge Magnets Set that comes in a handy carrying tub.
6. The Great Alphabet Race
Race the Alphabet – Do you have race tracks and a child that loves playing with cars? This activity is for you! If you don’t have your own track, here’s another version.
Let’s have some fun with preschool learning games & our ABC’s.Preschool Alphabet Games
7. Fishing for Letters
Magnet Letter Fishing – Take your magnet letters and make a simple fishing pole. With a pond full of letters, your kids will have a lot of fun casting their line for another catch.
8. Pirate Vowel Game
Gold Coin Vowel Sound Drop – Your little pirate will have fun learning his or her vowels be playing this game.
9. Letter Stacking Game
ABC Letter Stack Game – Stacking up letters has never been so fun. They get to stack and stack until they fall, which I am sure will become the favorite part.
Related: Use these with our playful preschool homeschool curriculum
10. It Begins With…
Initial Sounds Blackout Game – Want kids to be able to identify the beginning sounds of words? This fun game will help them do exactly that.
–>Need a Wooden Alphabet Set with Flashcards? I really love the cuteness of this Tangame Wooden Magnetic Letters Alphabet Refrigerator Magnet Flash Cards for Preschool Kids that comes in a magnetic tin.
11. Letter Scavenger Hunt
Architecture Letter Scavenger Hunt – Have you seen those photos that find letters in architecture? Your kids get to go on their own letter scavenger hunt with this fun activity.
Let’s play a creative alphabet game!Creative Letter Games for Alphabet Sounds
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Interactive Alphabet Learning GamesA-Z Letter Learning Activities – This post brings you over 90 activities for each and every letter of the alphabet. What a great resource!
13. Climb the Word Ladder
Word Ladder – Kids get to “climb” to the top of the ladder as they successfully identify letters and sounds. They don’t need to worry if they “fall,” they have the opportunity to try again.
14. Flashlight Alphabet Game
Flashlight Alphabet Game – My kids are obsessed with flashlights. I know my preschooler would love this game!
–>Need Foam Alphabet Letters for Practice? This Gamenote Classroom Magnetic Alphabet Letters Kit comes in a plastic organization case and magnet board and would be great for home too.
15. Make a Letter Game
Letter Formation Activity – Using materials you probably have at home, your kids will have a lot of fun forming their letters.
16. Hungry Hungry Letters Game
Alphabet Monster – This hungry monster will only eat letters if you can say the name or sound of a letter.
What a fun craft to make that also turns a great letter learning opportunity.
ABC Games that Help Kids Learn Letters and Sounds
17. Let’s Host a Reading Hop
Reading Hop – This letter learning game will keep your kids active and hopping all around. If you are looking for a way to take learning outdoors, you have found it.
18. Alphabet I Spy
Alphabet “I Spy” – Take the classic and beloved game of “I Spy” and turn it into an alphabet search activity. Brilliant!
19. Can You Catch the Letters Game?
Runaway Letters Game – Your child gets a chance to grab letters and runaway while you creativity beacon the letter’s return. This is a great way for moms, dads or teachers to interact with their kids during the educational process.
–>Need a Fun ABC Game? I love this ABC Cookies Game from Goodie Games that is a fun alphabet learning game for toddlers and preschoolers.
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LEGO SpellingLego Spelling – If you add letters to duplex legos, you have a great way to work on sounds and words.
21. Letters Inside of Letters Activity
Making Letters with Letters – Learning letters will be reinforced over and over again as your kids use letters from magazines to create their own larger letters.
Fun Pre-K Learning games for kids!ABC Games for Pre-K
22. Letter Swat Game
Spider Letter Swat – Kids will enjoy learning their letters as they swat away at the flies in this entertaining game.
23. Letter Squirt Game
Squirt the Letter – This is a game I know my son, especially, would love. He loves anything squirt gun and anything water. Squirting the correct letter is right up his alley.
24. Letter Lacing Activity
Letter Lacing – This letter lacing, quiet bag activity works on fine motor skills while also developing the skills needed to develop in reading.
–>Need Letter Lacing Cards? I like this wooden set from Melissa & Doug that has both animals and letters on the sturdy lacing cards.
25. Alphabet Sounds Race
Letter Sounds Race – Get your kids moving with this letter sounds race. This is a great learning opportunity for your active kids! More alphabet sound learning activities are fun too!
26. Disappearing Letters Game
Disappearing Letters – Kids will learn to love to trace their letters as they see the trick to making them disappear.
Let’s play ABC Learning Games!Alphabet Games for Learning
27. The Game of Bang
Bang – Bang is a letter identification game that will be a lot of fun for the little gamers in your life.
28. Letter Chomp Game
Mr. Shark Alphabet Chomper Game – I love the idea to make a shark out of an envelope in general. Add the learning aspect of having the shark chomp letters, and you have a great game.
29. Letter Tiles Activity
DIY Bananagrams Letter Tiles – Here’s a really smart way to make letter tiles. You can turn them into magnets or play the classic Bananagram game with your creation.
–>Need a Bananagram Game? Here is the original Bananagram game for kids.
30. Make Pretzel Letters
Soft Pretzel Letters – Kids can learn their letters as they have fun making pretzel dough. Through using both the sense of touch and taste, this becomes a fun activity for all.
31. Travel Alphabet Game
Alphabet Words Game – This is a learning game that can be taken anywhere. Keep your kids occupied working on their letters at restaurants, home, car rides and more.
Let’s play letter and sound games!ABC Games for Letters and Sounds
32. Touchy Feely Letters
Sensory Bins with Letters – Sometimes the best way to help kids learn is to let them explore. This sensory bin will help kids do just that.
33. Alphabet Seek & Find
Seek-N-Find Alphabet – This letter game is like an eye spy for letters. It involves a plastic tube (easily substituted by a water bottle), and will keep your kids searching for their letters for quite some time.
34. Letter Formation Fun
Tactile Writing – Kids learn to write letters as they use rice and paint to feel their way through the process or writing.
–>Need a Wooden Letter Matching Set? I like this durable Alphabet flash cards and wooden letter puzzle set from LiKee Alphabet.
35. Homemade Domino Letter Fun
Craft Stick Dominos – These craft stick dominos are an easy, homemade version of a domino game with a focus on learning letters and matching symbols. What a fun idea.
36. Flashcard Games
ABC Flashcards – Flashcards can be used by a variety of games and activities like flashcard basketball. These ones are free. And so are these kids alphabet cards you can download & print instantly.
Related: Here are a bunch of ideas for flash card games for kids
Let’s play some more abc games!How to Help a Child Learn Letters and Sounds Through Play
37. Make a Sun-Powered Letter Puzzle
Make a DIY shape puzzle using the sun with alphabet letters for a really fun matching game you can play inside or out.
Or use this method without the sun to make this fun abc matching game for kids.
38. Collect Alphabet Treasures
Use these free alphabet labels to create small containers for each letter of the alphabet for a special letter collection activity!
39. Make Easy Alphabet Crackers
Making alphabet crackers has never been easier or more fun!
–>Need an Alphabet Snack? I like these Happy Tot Organics ABC Multi-Grain Cookies…yum!
40. Play Alphabet Zipline!
Use these alphabet printable letters to create your own alphabet zipline in your living room. It is really fun.
41. Play a Silly Letters Game
Try these alphabet games for preschool that are full of fun and a little silly…
42. Make Pipecleaner Letters!
Try to do some fun abc formation with pasta and pipe cleaners which is a fun way to explore letter shapes.
43. Make Bathtub Alphabet Soup
Use bath letters for a big big big batch of bubblebath alphabet soup {giggle}.
44. Color a Letter Coloring Page
- Letter A Coloring Page
- Letter B Coloring Page
- Letter C Coloring Page
- Letter D Coloring Page
- Letter E Coloring Page
- Letter F Coloring Page
- Letter G Coloring Page
- Letter H Coloring Page
- Letter I Coloring Page
- Letter J Coloring Page
- Letter K Coloring Page
- Letter L Coloring Page
- Letter M Coloring Page
- Letter N Coloring Page
- Letter O Coloring Page
- Letter P Coloring Page
- Letter Q Coloring Page
- Letter R Coloring Page
- Letter S Coloring Page
- Letter T Coloring Page
- Letter U Coloring Page
- Letter V Coloring Page
- Letter W Coloring Page
- Letter X Coloring Page
- Letter Y Coloring Page
- Letter Z Coloring Page
45. Let’s Play with Playdough!
These playdough pre writing activities are both fun and super hands-on learning.
Let’s make a yummy…I mean gummy…alphabet!46.
Make Gummy LettersThis sour gummy recipe makes the cutest alphabet letters to learn and eat!
47. Try a Fun Alphabet Activity Book
There are so many quality workbooks for kids on the market right now so we narrowed it down to some of our favorites that just might fit your kid.
Let’s find the letters and make pictures with crayons!48. Color by Letter Activities for Letter Recognition Fun
We have a whole bunch of color by letter printable pages for kids that help them recognize letters while playing a game:
- Color by letter – A-E
- Color by letter worksheets – F-J
- Coloring by letters – K-O
- Color with letters – P-T
- Preschool color by letter – U-Z
49. Play the Missing Letter Game
Use one of our favorite preschool games, What is Missing? and use either letter flashcards or abc fridge magnet sets to create sequencing of the alphabet and then remove a letter or two.
Let’s have fun with letter recognition!50.
Play Alphabet Beach Ball TossModify our fun sight word game with letters instead of sight words. Your beach ball can be covered with the letters of the alphabet for throwing and catching learning fun.
Games for ABC Sounds
51. Learn and sing the ABC sounds song
I love this fun song from Rock ‘N Learn that goes through the entire alphabet with sounds for each of the letters.
52. Play an online ABC sounds game
Monster Mansion is a free online alphabet match game that kids can learn the abc sounds and match them with the proper letter on the proper monster!
53. Print & Play a letter sounds game
Preschool Play and Learn has a really colorful and fun letter sounds board game you can print and play at home or in the preschool classroom.
Each player will pick up a card and identify the letter and /or say the sound that the letter makes.
More Learning Games from Kids Activities Blog
- Now that we learned out letters, don’t miss out on our number activities for preschoolers!
- When your child is ready, we have a big giant list of sight word activities that are fun too!
- We have some really fun games teaching kids how to read a clock.
- My favorite massive resource of fun is our kids science games here at Kids Activities Blog.
- It doesn’t have to be October to play some frightful Halloween games.
- Let’s play math games for kids!
- If you need to work out the wiggles, we have the best indoor games for kids.
What was your favorite abc game? Did we miss some alphabet activities that you do with your kids?
GAMES WITH SOUNDS AND LETTERS
| Speech sounds and the letters they represent in writing play an important role in language learning.
WHAT THE DOLL LOVES TEACHING TO THINK 1. You will need a finger puppet that will tell the child what she likes. 2. Having heard the doll's first phrase, the baby should continue it with a word beginning with the same letter. For example, if the doll loves popcorn, the child might say "pie" or "pizza". 3. You can come up with a few more words for the same letter or ask the doll to tell more. 4. Pictures cut out of magazines will help your child remember words. LETTER BALLOON DEVELOPS THE THINKING 1. Cut out photographs of objects whose names begin with the letters "W" from magazines. You can also cut out the letter "W" from paper. 2. Blow up a balloon and explain to your child that the word "balloon" begins with the letter "Ш". 3. Stick pictures on the balloon. 4. Name the objects in the pictures. First, the word "ball" is pronounced, and then the name of the item: "ball-hat, ball-scarf, ball-fur coat, ball-pants." 5. You can toss the ball up while reciting the alphabet. Try to complete the alphabet without dropping the balloon on the floor once. SPEAK A SOUND DEVELOP YOUR THINKING 1. You will need a poster with the letters of the alphabet. 2. Point to a letter and ask your child to say the sound it represents. 3. First, choose letters that the child knows. 4. Then add a new letter. Children often confuse the sounds "b" and "d", so they can be added first. 5. When the baby can name all the letters and sounds with confidence, offer to play in a different way. You pronounce the sound, and the child shows the corresponding letter. SING A NEW WAY DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS 1. In a familiar song, replace one consonant in the chorus with another. 2. For example, you can sing "In the field a birch stood" only in the chorus instead of "Luli-lyuli, stood", sing "Buli-buli, stood" or "Muli-muli, stood." NAME THE FIRST SOUND TRAINING VISUAL MEMORY 1. Write the names of family members, pets, friends and acquaintances on cards. 2. Place the cards in the box. 3. Have your child take out one card. 4. Look at the card with your child and sing to the motive of the song about the beetle from the movie "Cinderella": This word has the first sound, The first sound, the first sound, First sound __________ . 5. Let the child try to guess what name is written on the card. 6. Instead of names, you can write simple words on the cards. A SONG ABOUT VOWERS DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS
It's not difficult for me to repeat: U, S, E. Vowels are easy to learn: (clap), I, O. It's not difficult for me to repeat: (clap), S, E. Continue replacing vowels with claps. WHAT SOUND DO WE HEAR? INTRODUCING RHYME Group game 1. Divide the children into two groups. 2. Groups take turns saying the words and identifying which vowel occurs in each word. FIRST GROUP: "Poppy, cancer, varnish". SECOND GROUP: "Beam, stick, rolling pin". ADULT: "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound "a", sound "a", sound "a". FIRST GROUP: "Feast, peace, shooting gallery". SECOND GROUP: "Fork, saw, Milka". ADULT: "What sound do we hear?" TOGETHER: "Sound" and, sound "and", sound "and". FIRST GROUP: "Gender, stake, table". : "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound "o", sound "o", sound "o". FIRST GROUP: "Bush, crunch, empty." SECOND GROUP: "Murka, Burka, Turk", ADULTS: "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound" y", sound "y", sound "y". FIRST GROUP: "He lived, was, washed." : "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound "s", sound "s", sound "s". COUNTING SOUNDS INTRODUCING CHILDREN'S ROEMS 1. Pick up poems for children in which there are often words starting with one or another letter. RAFT Raft, Raft, Raft Floats, On a raft - Shaggy cat. Catching fish Cat from a raft, Lots of fish Cat! 2. Read the poem aloud, highlighting the words beginning with the letter "P" with your voice. 3. Have the children listen carefully to the poem and count how many words begin with the letter P. 4. Read the poem again and count the words beginning with the letter "P" on your fingers. FIND THE WORDS FOR THE SAME SOUNDS TEACHING TO ANALYZE AND COMPARE 1. When teaching children to read and write, it is important to teach them to compare the initial sounds of different words. 2. Prepare picture magazines, scissors, cardboard cards, and glue. 3. Cut out pictures from magazines and stick them on cards. Choose images of objects that are familiar to children, the names of which begin with the same letter (for example, a boy, a ball, oil, a car, and so on). 4. Arrange the cards on the table in several rows face down. 5. Have the child turn over any two cards. If the names of the objects shown in the pictures begin with the same sound, the kid takes the cards for himself. If not, put the cards back face down and try again. SOUNDS AROUND US DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS 1. The ability to correctly pronounce sounds in a word is very important when learning to read. 2. Take a children's book with large bright pictures of animals. Show the child a dog and a cow, reproduce barking and mooing. Introduce your baby to the sounds that other animals make. 3. Write a letter on a piece of paper and say the sound it represents. For example, if you were talking about how a cow mooes, write a bright letter "M" on paper and play the sound "m". 4. Prepare these cards for all the animals depicted on the pages of the book. Bug ENHANCES CREATIVITY 1. You will need white round stickers (one large and many small ones), a sheet of black paper and a small white card with the child's name. 2. Have your child glue the white circles onto the black sheet in the shape of a beetle (L). 3. Ask your child where the beetle's head is and draw two eyes. 4. Have your child run their index finger over the beetle, making the sound "g". 5. When the baby reaches the end, ask him to say "beetle" and buzz "zhzh". 6. Learn this rhyme: This letter is wide And looks like a beetle. Yes, at the same time, like a beetle, Makes a buzzing sound: - F-F-F! 7. Glue the child's name card to the bottom of the sheet. 8. Have your baby crawl or fly like a bug. FIND YOUR SOUND DEVELOPS THE MIND Group Play 1. Prepare pictures of people and animals. For example, a fireman, a policeman, a dog. Label each one accordingly. 2. Show the picture to the children and ask whose name starts with the same sound as the name of the picture. 3. Have the participant whose name matches the name of the picture come forward, say their name and match it with the name of the picture, for example: "My name is Sveta. There is a dog in the picture." 4. This game encourages the development of thinking and gives every child the opportunity to be the center of attention.
WHAT I LOVE ENHANCES VOCABULARY 1. Ask your child to name a favorite activity or treat. Explain that the word must begin with the same sound as its name. 2. Help your child find the right words, for example: "Katya loves sweets and swims." 3. Have your child write their name on a piece of paper with your help, and draw something they love next to it. FIRST SOUND DEVELOPS OBSERVATION 1. Give your child a piece of paper that says "My name is _______" at the top. 2. Ask your child to write their name on the pass. 3. Help your child find and cut out pictures of objects that start with the same sound as their name. 4. Repeat the task with the names of close relatives and the names of pets. FUNNY NAMES DEVELOPS A SENSE OF HUMOR 1. Have your child say their name. 2. Say that today you will call him in a new way. 3. Let the baby choose any letter. 4. Do the same for your name. Children love this game very much. SOUND SHOPPING DEVELOPS THINKING 1. You will need a magazine with pictures of familiar items. The ideal option is skating toys. 2. Let the child imagine that he is ordering goods from a catalog. Ask to point to the item that the baby would like to buy. 3. You need to name the object and pronounce the first sound in its name. For example, if the child chose the ball, you should play the sound "m". Help the baby if necessary. LETTER PACKAGES INTRODUCING CAPITAL AND SMALL LETTERS 1. You will need 5 bags and 5 cardboard cards. 2. Choose the 5 letters of the alphabet that your child likes the most. Usually these are the letters of his name. 3. Label each bag with the letter of your choice (uppercase and lowercase). 4. Help your child find and put into a bag the items whose names begin with the sound corresponding to the letter on the bag. REPEAT A SOUND TEACHING TO SELECT INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS 1. Games with words and speech sounds develop phonemic hearing in a child and help in language learning. 2. Explain to your child that words can start with different sounds. Show this at the reception of body parts (mouth, lips, elbow, ankle, and so on). 3. Point to your mouth and say, "Rrrrr mouth." Have the child repeat after you. 4. Ask your child to find objects in the room whose names begin with the sound "p" (this is a pen, a rose, a racket, and so on). 5. Repeat the task with the new sound.
FIND THE SAME SOUNDS TEACHES TO FIND THE SAME SOUNDS 1. The ability to match letters and the sounds they represent is fundamental in learning to read. 2. Write a capital letter on each of the 10 card stock. 3. 4. Shuffle the cards and place them face down on the table. 5. Have the child turn over one card and say the sound it makes for the letter written on it. 6. Have the child turn over the next card and make the sound corresponding to the letter. If the sounds are different, you need to put both cards on the table with the letters down. If the sounds are the same, the child takes the cards for himself. The game ends when your little student manages to correctly name all the letters and collect all the cards. TALES WITH STICKERS DEVELOP YOUR FANTASY 1. You will need stickers with pictures and two sheets of paper. 2. Keep one sheet of paper for yourself and give the other to your child. 3. Write a letter on a piece of paper and ask your child to say the sound it represents. 4. Have your child look for two words that begin with the same sound. 5. If the child completed the task successfully, give him two stickers. 6. When your child has a lot of stickers, come up with a fairy tale together. SAME OR DIFFERENT SOUNDS DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS ,"l"). 2. Explain to the child that you will now make two sounds. If the sounds are the same, he should raise his hands up, if they are different, put them on his knees. 3. Start with two identical sounds. Say "m" twice, "p" twice. Remind that if the sounds are the same, you need to raise your hands up. 4. Say 2 different sounds (for example, "m", "p"). 5. This game helps children match letters with the sounds they represent. 6. When the child learns to easily distinguish between different sounds, move on to sounds that sound very similar (for example, "b" and "e"). LISTEN CAREFULLY TEACHES ATTENTION Group game 1. This is a game of attentiveness. Let the children listen to the story, clapping each word that begins with an "s" sound. 2. 3. If the children make a mistake, read the word again, highlighting 1 sound with your voice. 4. After writing down 4-5 words, read them aloud. Get a funny offer. FUNNY SENTENCES DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS 1. In this exercise, you need to replace the initial sounds of all words with the same sound. 2. It is better to start with short and simple sentences. Say, "The dog barked loudly." Ask the children to replace the first sound of each word with a "t" sound. It will turn out "Tobacco tagged loudly." 3. The exercise is not at all as simple as it seems at first glance. It requires mental work from the child. 4. Children learn to match letters and the sounds they represent. 5. The kids will love the funny suggestions that come with changing the initial sound. For example, the sentence "Let's go for a walk" can turn into "Let's go for a walk. NAME THE SOUNDS IN ORDER INTRODUCES THE ORDER OF SOUNDS IN A WORD 1. Each sound is important in a word, so you should teach your child to correctly name not only the first, but also the sounds following it. 2. Cut out from magazines pictures of objects and animals familiar to the baby, whose names consist of 3 letters (cat, ball, oak, chalk, soup, juice, etc.). 3. Ask the child to choose any picture. Explain that now he will need to name all the sounds in this word in order, and you will help him. 4. For example, the kid has chosen a picture of a cat. Show one finger and ask the child to name the first sound in the word "cat", i.e. "k" sound. Now show two fingers - the baby should say "o". Show 3 fingers and ask to pronounce the third sound in the word, i.e. "t". 5. Repeat the exercise several times and then ask the child to switch roles. Now let him show his fingers, and you name the sounds. 6. After successfully completing this task, move on to four-letter words. LISTEN TO SOUNDS DEVELOP THOUGHT middle of the word "cat"). 2. First, use the same sound that occurs at the beginning, middle and end of the word, and then, when this task becomes too easy for the baby, include several sounds at once in the song. 3. Sing a song to the motive "Far, far away in the meadow ko..." Here are the words "poppy", "ball", "moss", Name the first sound in them. (pause, child answers "m") That's right, "m"! Here are the words "oak", "onion", "soup", Name the middle sound in them. (pause, child says "y") That's right, "y"! Here are the words "juice", "poppy", "cancer", Name the last sound. (pause, the child answers "k") That's right, "k"! REMOVING THE FIRST SOUND DEVELOPING LISTENING SKILLS Group play 1. The purpose of this exercise is to help children understand that the meaning of a word changes when the first sound is removed or replaced in it. 2. Ask the children to sit in a circle. Explain that sometimes, if you remove the first sound in a word, you can get a new word. 3. Say, for example, the word "chalk", emphasizing the first consonant, and ask the kids to repeat after you again. Then say "ate" and ask the little ones to repeat after you again. 4. Ask which sound has disappeared and repeat both words again. 5. This is a rather difficult task. Perhaps the children will be able to repeat after you only the second word "ate" the first time. They need time to learn to identify the missing sound. 6. Children can name words in rhyme instead of the missing sound. In this case, it is important not to mix two different exercises and concentrate on the first sound. Knock knock knock. it's a sound DEVELOPS A SENSE OF RHYTHM 1. Sit your baby at the table. 2. Say a simple word (for example, "cat", "juice") and ask the child to hit the table as many times as there are sounds (phonemes) in this word. 3. Have the child count the sounds of the word out loud. 4. Say the word again, separating each phoneme (for example, "k" "o" "t"). 5. If the child is interested, continue the game. CLAP LIKE ME DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS 1. The ability to feel and repeat the rhythm is very important for the formation of phonemic hearing. 2. Explain to the child that he will first need to carefully listen to the rhythm that you set by clapping, and then repeat it at your signal. 3. Start with a simple rhythm (eg 2 claps, pause, 2 claps, pause, 2 claps). Choose a rhythm taking into account the age and preparedness of the baby. 4. You can also say the words rhythmically and change the tone of your voice. For example, say "cat, cat, cat", but say the last word louder. 5. Have your child repeat after you. SOUNDS AND JUMPING DEVELOPS AGGRESSION Group Play 1. Draw a few thin lines with chalk on the floor or asphalt (their number may vary). 2. Before the start of the game, the participants stand on the first line. Explain the rules: you pronounce the word, the children listen and count the sounds in it, and then stand on the line corresponding to the number of sounds in the word. 3. Begin, for example, with the word "cat". Say the word and command: "Begin!" 4. The guys have to jump forward as many lines as there are sounds in this word. The one who correctly completed the task (i.e. ended up on the third line) remains in place. The one who made a mistake returns to the first line. 5. The game ends when each child completes the task correctly. Children who have difficulty learning sounds need more time. Therefore, it is necessary to give each child a chance to complete the task correctly.
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The ability to distinguish individual sounds in a stream of speech is called phonemic hearing. Games with words, when the child is asked to listen carefully and notice changes in words, as well as to pronounce words in syllables, are the key points in the formation of phonemic hearing. This will help in learning to read. 
By introducing the child to the sounds of the world around us, we help him learn to match letters and sounds. 
Substitute this letter at the beginning of his name. For example, if Anya chose the letter "P", then today her name will be Panya. 
Write the same letters on 10 more cards. 
Write on a piece of paper or on the board the words that the children have correctly marked with cotton. 
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Learn the letters: game, toys, assign
Content
- Learn the letters quickly
- Learn the letter 9054 Letter Maze
- Alphabet Sculpting
- Letter Poems
- Learning Letters Sound Poster Game
- Learning Letters Dice Game
- Learning Letters Magnetic Game
- Easy Word Reading Cards
- Learn to Read
An effective Learn Letters game for children uses all the possibilities of perception and interaction: not only sight and hearing, but also touch, even smell and taste! And of course - kinesthetics.
It is important that games with a preschooler are active and fun.
Knowledge of letters is the first step in the formation of reading skills. It is at this stage that a child may love reading or hate it forever.
Here: all the tasks to prepare for school!
Learn letters quickly
What is the fastest way to learn letters with a child? The easiest way is to hang a poster with the alphabet on the wall and read it to your child regularly.
But this method does not work for all children. Unfortunately, many kids get bored very quickly, and they simply "escape" from such activities. If you find yourself in a similar situation, do not despair. There are many fun letter learning games that your child will love.
Before starting to study letters, it is important not to forget: most teachers agree that when studying letters, it is best to memorize their “sound” interpretation: not “Ka” but “K”, not “Be”, but “B”, etc. This is done so that later it would be much easier for the child to learn to add syllables.
What does it mean to remember a letter? This is to remember the location of all elements of the letter. Each letter is made up of several related elements. It takes time and patience for a child to remember them. To simplify this process:
- We connect all types of memory.
- We reduce the distractions from the letter itself. Additional drawings in the letter and next to it interfere.
- We play letters, representing them with the body.
- We apply the law of memory: creating something on our own, we always remember it better. We are trying to create letters from plasticine and salt dough, from various materials at hand.
- We play educational games and learn letters in a fun way.
Card game "Learn letters"
From an early age children are surrounded by letters, and little ones invariably develop an interest in them . To systematize the ideas of younger preschoolers about the letters of the Russian alphabet and help remember them, you can use interesting games , developing tasks , fascinating crafts .
We will talk about all this in this material.
Coloring and learning letters
Everything is simple here. You can take coloring pages with letters and invite your child to color them. The child will engage in creativity with interest, and at the same time consolidate knowledge about the new letter.
So that the process of coloring does not bore the child, you need to use various interesting techniques for this:
- paint letters not only with pencils, but also with paints, wax crayons, stamps;
- lay out letters from sticks, cubes, mosaics, buttons, peas, pebbles;
- model letters from plasticine,
- color with fingers using finger paints;
- use non-traditional drawing techniques: cotton swabs, crumpled paper, blots, etc.
Decorate and learn the letter
Children will love decorating the letters. You can decorate them with plasticine, appliqué, colored glass, designer parts, etc. Yes, whatever you want! Try decorating the letter "A" with watermelons, the letter "B" with bananas, etc.
Constructing Letters
Laying out silhouettes of letters from counting sticks, matches, legos and everything else that comes to hand. Some children may find it difficult to build letters from scrap materials, especially if the baby is under 3.5 years old. With such children, you can design using the "overlay" method. To do this, you can draw simple diagrams.
Composing letters from various materials is aimed at clarifying and consolidating children's ideas about the image of letters; development of fine motor skills, imagination, attention, logical thinking; fostering interest in learning letters.
Letter labyrinth
Alphabet sculpting
A very useful activity is to sculpt letters from colored dough or plasticine.
Poems with letters
Any rule, even the most difficult one, is enough to put into a poetic form so that it is remembered faster and better.
Also, with the help of short children's poems about letters, you can achieve fast and effective memorization, and the process of learning letters and writing them will become fun and interesting.
Sound poster-game "Learn letters"
The meaning of its action is simple - the child clicks on the picture with the letter, and the poster pronounces the sound that it denotes.
The only "But" - it's better to buy posters that work in the mode of learning not the names of letters, for example, "Ka", "Sha", "Be", etc., but the names of the sounds that these letters stand for: not "Ka" and "K", not "Be", but "B".
"Learn Letters" Block Game
Wooden Toy Tomik Alphabet BlocksLetter Blocks are one of the best aids for learning letters and getting the first experience of reading short words.
Wooden toy Lucy & Leo Blocks Russian alphabet with embossingMagnetic game Learn letters
A must-have for learning letters for children of all ages - magnetic alphabet.
Magnetic alphabet "Where is the hedgehog?" by Banda UmnikovLetter halves
Halves - a game to consolidate knowledge of already familiar letters
In the process of learning the alphabet, repetition is important.
Still would! After all, until you reach “I”, you must try not to forget the letter “A”.
Repetition of already learned material will be more fun with the game "Halves". Cut out beautiful cards with letters, cut them into two parts, mix. Invite the child to “fold” the letters from the two halves.
The game is learning letters and writing on the semolina
Children love to draw on the semolina. Without exception, everything - from small to large. Even if your child is already 10 years old and he already seems so big, believe me, he will be delighted with drawing on the semolina.
Trace game
This is a great game to learn how to write letters. Paint the letter. And then ask the child to circle it with a different color or several colors. The letter, of course, is better to draw on a thick sheet of A4. In this way, you can even "write" whole words.
Memory game
Memory game is also suitable for reinforcing the material covered. At the same time, attention and memory are trained.
You will need a set of cards in which each of the pictures with a certain letter is presented in duplicate.
Shuffle the cards and place them white side up in front of the child. Ask him to turn over any of the cards, name the sound that the open letter means. Then the player needs to find exactly the same card among the rest not yet turned over.
He looks for the right letter by turning over the rest of the cards and checking what is drawn on them. Did you open the wrong letter? Flip it back white side up and look for a couple further. When the required card is found, the player takes two cards for himself and the game continues until a pair is found for each card.
Lotto and foil
Another way to learn and repeat letters is loto.
Not all children are enthusiastic about letter lotto. In order to interest the child in this game, you can use foil or paper.
Prepare the playing field and wrap the letter figures in foil or paper. Invite the child to unfold the letter and put it in its place on the lotto playing field.
Lotto can be sound - in this case, you need to put a letter on a card on which an object is drawn that begins with this letter.
Letterhead
You may have a cheerful Letterhead at home. The easiest way to do this is to take a glove doll or soft toy. For example, a bear is very unusual. He eats letters. Come on, let him eat the letter "B". And now he wants the letter "A". Oh, how tasty you feed the bear!
There are other ways to play letterbox. Funny people live in this box. They eat nothing but letters. Let's feed them. Mouths of little men - slots in the box. Here is their food: we draw letters with a felt-tip pen on beans and feed the little men.
Each little man has his own letter. If the kid makes a mistake, the little men spit cheerfully, close their mouths and demand to be fed with other food that suits them better: beans with “their own” letter.
Piercer
Draw a letter on paper. Place a sheet of paper on a carpet or soft sofa and give your child a toothpick.
The subject, of course, is sharp, but in 90% of cases, children easily learn safety precautions and there are no problems. Ask him to decorate the letter with holes: pierce the letter along the contour.
Connection of letters and sounds
What sound does "Elephant" begin with? That's right: "C". Where is our letter "C"? Let's give her back to the elephant! Etc.
Beautiful alphabet
The game "Learn letters" with a mosaic
Lay out a letter from the mosaic according to the model. Or a simpler and more interesting option: roll out the dough, draw a letter on it with a felt-tip pen and decorate with a mosaic. You can also decorate the letters on the test with other objects. For example, cereals.
Outdoor game "Let's learn letters - run to the letter"
The good thing about this game is that it's mobile - more like a fun game of catch-up than a learning process. It can be used instead of a mobile pause in class to take a break with benefit.
Hang pictures of various letters on the walls of the room. You can use letters that you "decorated" with your child. And now we give the command to the child: “Quickly, quickly run to the letter C!”. And now - to the letter "A"!
This game not only helps to learn letters in motion, it also develops attention and memory. If the child refuses to run on your command, you can take his hand and run together.
Outdoor game "Jump-jump-team!"
This game is also mobile and therefore children love it very much.
We take a cube with letters. If it's not ready, you can make it. Well, as a last resort, just turn the cards with the letters down with the image and pull them out one at a time. The cube can be made using a children's cube, tape and paper.
Throw the die. What did we get? Aha! "U". What happens on "U"? Snail. Let's show it: put a pillow on your back and start crawling on the floor. Now what? The letter "C". On "C" we have an elephant! Let's show it too.
Puzzles for children - read by the first letters
When a child calls and shows a letter quickly, without hesitation, we can assume that the letters have been learned. If he doubts, thinks, and only then calls the letter (even if he calls it correctly), then this indicates that the lesson has not been passed, memorization is not strong, knowledge about the letter is unstable.
It is necessary to repeat games and exercises with letters until the child learns to reproduce a letter in 1-2 seconds. It is too early to move on to the next stage (reading with this letter).
Syllabary chart
Syllabary chart helps children develop the ability to read syllables and words. The principle of its creation is quite simple: vowels are placed in the top line of the table, consonants are placed in the first column, and direct open syllables are placed at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical.
Children are given the entire table at once and it should be in front of their eyes, if possible, for the entire period of learning to read.
The table serves as a kind of learning tool in advance and helps children get used to the graphic appearance of letters and direct open syllables, and memorize them faster.
The syllabary is especially useful at the initial stages of literacy, since its main purpose is to ensure the formation of the reading skill of a direct open syllable.
The advantage of the syllabic table is that children who are learning to read, realize the regularity of the arrangement of syllables in the table, learn to find the desired syllable at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical, realize the sound-letter structure of the syllable (combination of a consonant with a vowel) and as a result begin to perceive and reproduce it as a whole.
Direct open syllables are read horizontally and vertically. The table combines two main techniques for learning to read merges. If we read horizontally, then the same consonant is read with different vowels, i.e. the technique of prolonging the pronunciation of a consonant and the addition of a vowel is used.
If we read vertically, then different consonants are read with the same vowel.
Cards with simple words for reading
Learning to read
Despite the abundance of all kinds of developmental books, it is better to learn to read from books. The most popular primers and manuals by Zhukova, Kosinova, Buneev, Zemtsova, Fedin, Gordienko, etc.
More interesting modern manuals can also be used.
For example, “ I want to read: for children 5-6 years old ” from the Lomonosov School series. The purpose of the manual is to teach the child to read in syllables, to write words and sentences in block letters. At the same time, the child learns to distinguish between vowels and consonants and letters, hard and soft, voiced and deaf consonants; determine the stressed vowel and the number of syllables in a word.
Tasks are varied and contribute to the development of attention, thinking, memory. The manual widely uses poems, riddles, tongue twisters, which enriches the child's vocabulary, develops his speech skills.
