Games to learn abcs
50 Fun Alphabet Sounds and ABC Letter Games • Kids Activities Blog
Today we have a whole bunch of ABC 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. Playing ABC games together helps young kids grasp letter sounds, phonics, letter recognition and sequencing through play!
Let’s play ABC games together!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.
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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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
12. Interactive Alphabet Learning Games
A-Z Letter Learning Activities – This post brings you over 90 activities for each and every letter of the alphabet. What a great resource!
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Climb the Word LadderWord 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.
Let’s play a game that helps us learn letters!ABC Games that Help Kids Learn Letters and Sounds
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Let’s Host a Reading HopReading 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.
20. LEGO Spelling
Lego 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.
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!
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Disappearing Letters GameDisappearing 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!
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Make Easy Alphabet CrackersMaking 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
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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 Letters
This 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.
50. Play Alphabet Beach Ball Toss
Modify 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!
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Print & Play a letter sounds gamePreschool 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?
FAQs for Teaching ABC Sounds and Letters to Kids
How Do You Teach Children the Alphabet in a Fun Way?
We have tons of ideas on how to teach children the alphabet in a fun way, but here are some basic guidelines:
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Create a game out of learning the alphabet.
2. Use flashcards in a fun and interactive way.
3. Sing the alphabet!
4. Hands on learning activities make the alphabet fun.
5. Put the letters in context so kids make connections.
What is the Most Important Thing when Teaching Letters?
The most important thing when teaching letters to kids is to make sure that the learning process is fun and engaging. Create a positive learning environment by using games, music, and tangible materials. This will help your child become more motivated to learn and be excited about the alphabet. Additionally, provide lots of fun opportunities for practice so they can become more confident in their letter recognition skills. Finally, praise your child for their efforts and successes along the way.
How do You Make Learning Letter Sounds Fun?
Learning letter sounds can be made fun by incorporating music and songs.
Use recordings and YouTube videos that have catchy tunes and lyrics about the alphabet. Sing along with your child, to help them learn the letters in a more memorable way.
You can also assign each letter with an action to make it easier for your child to remember; like making the sound “sh” and then putting your hands up to your ears like a seashell.
Create word games!
Play charades with letters as clues.
Use tangible materials such as play-dough or sandpaper letters so your child can feel the shape of each letter. This helps them learn to identify and recognize each one more easily.
100 ABC Games that are Outrageously FUN!
Are your children working on learning their letters? Here are over 100 outrageously fun and creative ABC Games you need to see! These alphabet games for kindergarten, toddler, preschool, pre-k, and first graders are fun to try at home with parents, classroom with their teachers, or as homeschooling families.
From hands on letter activities to letter matching, tracing letters to free ABC printables, we’ve got everything you need to teach kids their letters from A to Z. With over 100 abcgames, the hardest part is deciding which of these fun abc games will you try first?
ABC Games
Practicing alphabet letters is a super important skill kids must master to be ready for future literacy. So to help you make learning fun, we’ve compiled a HUGE list or really fun, super cute, and creative ABC Games for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students. Because you can’t learn to read or write until you learn your ABCs and the sounds letters make! So help children develop phonemic awareness, alphabet trace, play with alphabet letters, work on letter recognition, learn to match upper and lowercase letters, and have fun playing with these 26 letters that make up the English alphabet!
FUN ABC Games
These fun alphabet games are sure to make toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners and grade 1 students excited about learning their letters from A to Z!
- Alphabet Soup by Teach Me Mommy
- Feed the Shark ABC Game by Toddler Approved
- ABC Cup Hunt from Playdouh to Plato
- Pound the Letter by Happy Brown House
- Alphabet Sensory Bottle by Parenting Chaos
- Clothespin Alphabet Sun by Coffee Cups and Crayons
- Alphabet Vaccuming Game by Nerdy Mama
- Alphabet “Basket” Ball from Activity Mom
- Alphabet Ping Pong Drop by The Imagination Tree
- ABC Cookies from Fantastic Fun and Learning
- Letter Bathtime Fun by Adventures and Play
- ABC Popsicle Stick Puzzles from The Letters of Literacy
- Play Fishing Alphabet Activity by Mom Inspired Life
- Erase the Alphabet by Busy Toddler
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boon Alphabet Sensory Box by Natural Beach Living
ABC Games for Kids
So many abc fun games for playful learning with young children!
- Geoboard Alphabet Matching by Munchkins and Moms
- I Spy Alphabet Letter Matching from Mom Inspired Life
- Alphabet Car Game from Little Family Fun
- Lego Duplo Alphabet Letter Match from PreK Pages
- Letter Laundry Matching Game by Homeschool Share
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alphabet Game by The Many Little Joys
- Twist on Twister Alphabet Game by Miss Lisa Pat
- Ping Pong Alphabet Bounce by I Can Teach My Child
- Alphabet Seeds by Growing Book by Book
- Alphabet Water Sensory Play by Mom Inspired Life
- Alphabet Snowflake Swat by Preschool Powol Packets
- Move & Grove Alphabet by No Time for Flashcards
- Pigs in the Mud Alphabet Match by The Kindergarten Connection
- Penguin Alphabet Match from The Letters of Literacy
Abc fun games
Use magnets, pool noodles, printable games and other fun alphabet games to encourage kids to master the letters of the English alphabet!
- Alphabet Museum from Parents
- Alphabet Beans by The Imagination Tree
- Pool Noodle Alphabet Stack
- Learning Letters with Magazines by Printable Princess
- Alphabet Pick up by Mrs.
Jones Creation Station - Jack and the Beanstalk Alphabet Game by Mom Inspired Life
- Say & Spray Alphabet Game by A Dab of Glue will Do
- Cookie Sheet & Alphabet Magnets Activity from Life as Mama
- Alphabet Knock Down by Toddler Approved
- Fingerprint Alphabet by Easy Peasy Fun
- Letter Painting Art
- Summer Alphabet Puzzles
- A to Z Alphabet Letter Crafts
- Stuffed Alphabet Felt Letters by Buggy & Buddy
- Cup Alphabet Matching Game from Planning Playtime
ABCGames
- Alphabet Cups & Light Table Activity from The Imagination Tree
- Playdough ABCs from Kids Activities Blog
- Painters Tape Alphabet Maze from Hands on As We Grow
- Feed the Alphabet Monster from I Can Teach My Child
- Make Way for Duckling Alphabet Game by Growing Book by Book
- Alphabet Parking Lot from I Can Teach My Child
- Alphabet Basketball from School Time Snippets
- Alphabet Tunnels from Toddler Approved
- Alphabet Shower Rings Activity from And Next Comes L
- Alphabet Ice Paint from Growing a Jeweled Rose
- Alphabet Hot Chocolate by Toddler Approved
- Alphabet Hunt by Artsy Mama
- Alphabet Cookie Match Game from Busy Toddler
- Kick the Cup Alphabet Game from Mom Inspired Life
Printable Alphabet Games
- Alphabet Mazes from Homeschool Creation
- Alphabet Puzzles from This Reading Mama
- Alphabet Hats
- Paint Pallet Alphabet Match by In My World
- Alphabet Matching Puzzles from Itsy Bitsy Fun
- Alphabet Picture Clipcards by The Measured Mom
- Alphabet Phonics Clipcards by Kids Activities Blog
- Alphabet Dominoes by Happy Brown House
- Alphabet Bracelets
- Alphabet Go Fish Game
- Bingo Marker Alphabet Letter Find
- Robot Alphabet Card Game from Mom Inspired Life
- Alphabet Action Cards from ABCs to ACTS
- Peek A Bug Alphabet Game
- Alphabet Gumballs
- Alphabet Super Hero Memory
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ABC Games – Writing Practice
- Tractor Alphabet Plowing
- Goldfish Crackers Alphabet Tracing from Totschooling
- Alphabet Ice Cream Sprinkles Letter Practice by Modern Preschool
- Alphabet Lego Cards from Wildflower Ramplings
- Watermelon Seed Alphabet Tracing by The Letters of Literacy
- Rainbow Gel Alphabet Painting by Nerdy Mama
- Alphabet Letter Builder
Alphabet games for kindergarten
- Magic Letter Practice
- Alphabet Playdough PLAYmats
- Cotton Swap Letter Painting by The Stay at Home Survival Guide
- Salt Tray Writing Practice by Play to Learn Preschool
- Montessori Inspired Letter Pin Punching Pages by Gift of Curiousity
- Magna Tiles Alphabet Printable Cards by Adventure in a Box
- Duplo Alphabet Mats
- Princess Alphabet Wall Penants to Color & Hang
- Cars making Letters by Buggy and Buddy
- Sensory Alphabet Tracing Cards by Best Toys 4 Toddlers
- Alphabet Writing Practice
FREE Alphabet Printables
Looking for more abc printables for kids? You have tons of free alphabet printables
- Fun Alphabet, Phonics Coloring Pages
- Super cute, Free printable Letter Recognition Worksheets – each page has a different theme
- Disney Alphabet Coloring Pages to practice letter tracing A-Z
- Alphabet Books pdf – a book for each letter of the alphabet from A to Z
- Free Printable Alphabet Worksheets – handy with a page per letter with tracing for upper and lowercase letters
- Alphabet Maze pack to practice ABCs with cute themed mazes
- Print these handy Alphabet Printables for Wall
- Cut and Paste Alphabet Worksheets – great for learning ABCs with pre-k
- Super Cute Printable Letter Hats to color and wear for letter of the week
- Simple Alphabet Playdough Mats with space to trace letters
- Finish the picture Alphabet Playdough Mats
- Practice phonemic awareness with these cute, free printable KITE alphabet crafts
- Handy Alphabet Printables for Wall
- Build letters with these cute lego letters mat set
- Match letters and sounds to make a PB & J sandwich with clever initial sounds activities
- Free Build a Letter Template
Alphabet Activities for Kids
- Super cute Alphabet Coloring Pages
- Practice letters with these clever Pirate ABC Worksheets
- Our most popular Alphabet worksheets as they have a little of everything (above)
- Super cute alphabet crafts using our free lower case letters printables
- Uppercase Alphabet Letter Crafts
- Alphabet Strips are a handy visual for kids
- Practice a variety of math and litearcy skills with these themed free alphabet printables
- Make a cute handprint alphabet project for each letter A – Z
- Simple Alphabet Coloring Pages
- Fun Letter Recognition Worksheets for Kids to do with do a dot markers
- Animal Themed Uppercase Letter Tracing Cards
- Alphabet Dot Marker Printables
- Animal Themed ABC Worksheets
- Cute fish Find the Letter Worksheets
- Print and Go Find the Letter Worksheets
- Free Printable Uppercase Letter Crafts
- Outrageously FUN Fruit Loop Alphabet Mats
- Looking for more free printables? We have lots of pre k worksheets, kindergarten worksheets 1st grade worksheets, and over 1 million pages of FREE worksheets for kids.
Beth Gorden
Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com
How to teach a child the alphabet with the help of games
How to quickly learn the letters of the Russian alphabet with a child? Just invite him to play! The game is the best form of learning for children, where the child is always involved in the process and quickly learns the material. We have prepared for you a selection of 7 simple games for learning letters. Your child will have fun and easily memorize the letters of the Russian alphabet.
1. Catch Game
You will need plastic bottle caps, corrector or nail polish. Write letters on the lids, let dry and you can play.
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With this game, your child will not only memorize the letters, but also practice manual dexterity and play enough with water - after all, all children love to frolic in the water.
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Pour water into any container and put the lids with the letters there. Give the child a spoon or net and let him catch the letters in turn, name and remember.
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If your child does not know a single letter yet, then call the “catch” yourself first and ask the child to repeat.
2. Letter Quest
This is a mobile and very fun game that helps develop imagination and memorize letters quickly. Here, too, there may be different options, depending on your imagination.
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You will need stickers, markers and a primer. Write letters on sticky notes and stick around the house. For example: "K" - on a chest of drawers, "L" - on a spoon, "C" - on a washing machine, etc.
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Then take the primer and show the child the letter to be found. Let him repeat after you and go in search. When the desired letter is found, ask the child to name it again, and then name the object that begins with it.
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For children who already know letters, syllables can be glued at home according to the same principle.
3. Walkers
You will need a clean sheet of paper, a ruler, colored markers and a cube with glasses. Draw a square on the sheet, draw it into 35 small squares. In the lower left corner, write "Start" and draw a line from it with a light felt-tip pen to the "Finish", which will be in the middle. Then from "Start" to "Finish" write the letters "A" to "Z" in alphabetical order.
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The game is ready. Now take turns throwing a cube with glasses with your child and walk. If the child still does not know how to count, help him, and call the letters that both of you will drop out together.
4. Puzzle letters
Collecting puzzles, children develop logic, attention, memory and imagination.
And by collecting puzzle letters, the alphabet is memorized much faster.
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You will need unused cardboard packaging from toys or any other items. Choose with your child suitable large letters on the package and cut them out. Then draw with a marker on the back of the line, so that you get the details of the puzzle and let the child cut it out. The more details you get, the more complex the puzzle will be.
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Then shuffle the pieces and have your child reassemble the letter. And when he collects it, let him loudly name it and the words that he knows with this letter.
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If there are no boxes at home, then just draw a big letter on a piece of paper, color it and also cut it into pieces - the puzzle is ready.
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You can also download our best letter learning games.
5. What letter does it begin with
This game not only helps to learn letters, but also develops logical thinking.
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You will need: any household items and letters of different colors (you can take magnetic ones) or cardboard cards with letters.
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Anything can be taken from items: dishes, fruits, vegetables, clothes, etc. Put all this in front of the child, select the letters you need and put them in a pile next to it.
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Next, pointing to the object, ask the child: “What is this?” He answers: “Bananas”, and you: “What letter do bananas begin with?” If the child answers, ask him to find his letter "B" in a pile and put it next to the bananas.
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Help the child if at first it is difficult for him to find the right letters on his own.
6. What does the letter look like
This game will help the child quickly reinforce each new letter.
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For example, you are teaching the letter “A” with your child. Ask what item it looks like. If he can’t immediately answer, fantasize about this topic together. Ask leading questions and let the child answer. For example: “The letter “A” looks like a tree? Or maybe it looks like a house? etc. Try to play association on the street, where you are surrounded by many different objects.
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If you do not live in a Russian-speaking country, then let the child look for familiar letters in his books.
7. Letters on the walk
Learn the Russian alphabet right on the street. In the fresh air in the game, any information is absorbed faster.
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Everything that is around is useful to you: sticks, pebbles, moss or shells. Write any letter on the ground or sand with a stick and ask the child to lay out the same one next to it. To begin with, you can practice laying out the letters along the drawn outline, and then try to lay them out yourself.
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Do not forget to say all the letters out loud together and move on to a new letter only after the child remembers the previous one.
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Did you like our ideas?
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And we also want to give your child a very fun and exciting RUSBUKA game right now. Simple and fun exercises will help you quickly learn all the letters of the Russian alphabet, pump your hand motor skills and develop your imagination.
The child will love it.
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Download, print and play!
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We also invite you to try our online lessons in a playful way. More than 3,000 children from the USA, Europe, Australia, and the UAE have already learned to read with us and were able to keep the Russian language abroad. Join and you.
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Let's teach your child to read and love books.
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17 alphabet games
A rare child gets acquainted with the alphabet only at school. Modern parents strive to show the letters to the baby and teach them to distinguish them as early as possible. How can I do that? Of course, in an entertaining way! Educational psychologist Samira Filatova talks about games for learning the alphabet for preschoolers.
Samira Filatova, teacher-psychologist, Academic Gymnasium, St. Petersburg State University
Acquaintance with letters
I would conditionally divide all the ways of learning the alphabet into exercises "at the desk" (they are usually given in teaching aids), outdoor games and those that are aimed not only at memorizing letters, but also at developing fine motor skills, creativity, creative abilities. And each child at a different time may come up with all these methods.
The first thing to do to get to know the letters is to hang the alphabet on the wall. Most often, you can find options with the image of objects whose names begin with the specified letter. Better yet, an alphabet with sound effects. It is desirable that not the letters of the alphabet are pronounced, but the sounds that they designate, that is, not "Ka", but [k]. It is believed that thanks to this approach, it will be easier for a child to learn to read.
So, the acquaintance with the letters has happened, now you can start memorizing them.
The game is the best for this. After all, the game is the leading activity in preschool age. Learning through play is effective and, with the right approach, will not tire the child.
At-the-Desk Exercises
You can purchase special aids, print them off the Internet, or even draw the letters yourself. What kind of assignments can you come up with?
Find the desired letter among other letters . Arrange the letters randomly on a piece of paper. Name any of them, and the task of the child is to find it. It happens that children themselves name the letter they want to find. In this case, do not refuse them.
Find the correct letter in the drawing . The task differs from the previous one in that the letters are, as it were, built into the picture. For example, a house, trees, flowers, swings are depicted. The letter "P" can be window sashes or swings; the letter "M" - grass; the letter "K" is hiding in the branches of trees.
A more difficult version of this game is to find objects in the picture that begin with the desired letter.
Find letters of the same color, size, name them. Letters of different sizes and colors are “scattered” on a sheet of paper. The child needs to find all the letters that are the same according to the given criteria and name them. A more complicated option is to change the orientation of the letter in space. Then the variant of the task may be as follows: "Find all the letters that lay on the left side."
Assemble the letter as a mosaic . Write the letter so that it occupies the entire sheet, color and cut it into squares, triangles, any shapes. You can also entrust this to the baby if he already knows how to use scissors. In this case, you need to make the markup with a dotted line to make it easier for him to cut. The task of the child is to put the letter back from these figures.
What else can you do with letters on paper? Coloring them, tracing them with a dotted line - there are many options for action.
I would also include in this group the game "Memory" , in which you need to find the same letters. You can complicate it: name not only the matching letters, but also the words that begin with them. Picture Lotto is also great for learning the alphabet.
Those who have already mastered the letters can try to start reading. It will be very useful for learning syllables "Cashier of letters and syllables" . You can buy it in the store or print it yourself from the Internet. How to play with her?
Prepare pictures of animals and objects, select cards with letters and syllables and ask the child to match them. In the future, you can complicate the task: give children syllables in the wrong order (for example, “Ka” and “Mouse”, which he must match with the image of a mouse, for this he will have to rearrange the syllables). I would mark this task as one of the most useful. Teachers recommend teaching children not only by choosing the right solution, but also by searching for inconsistencies, inconsistencies, and wrong answers.
This develops the ability to analyze, and in the future - the ability to critical thinking.
Creative games that help develop fine motor skills
Here the kid will make letters on his own : sculpt them from plasticine or dough, decorate cardboard blanks with coins, buttons and beads, make crafts from improvised means (designer, twigs, leaves, cotton swabs, sweets ).
Have the child draw letters on the sand (you can use kinetic). Working with sand is useful for the development of fine motor skills, as well as for optimizing the psycho-emotional state. Let the kid choose what he wants to draw. Show by your own example what needs to be done: start writing short words or names in the sand, you can add a beautiful ornament and write the letters themselves in a special graceful handwriting.
Children love to play with magnetic letters . Try leaving short messages to each other by posting them on a refrigerator or a magnetic board, or compete to see who can write the longest word or the most short ones.
You can combine these options: bury plastic letters in kinetic sand, and then, while digging, name them. An "advanced" option is to invent fairy tales about these letters.
Use interactive books in which the child presses on a letter and hears the corresponding sound. But before you bring such a book home, make sure that the sounds in it are pronounced correctly.
Outdoor games
Print letters on sheets of paper and stick them on furniture and walls. The task of the child is to find the letter that you name.
Use blocks with the letters , which you probably already have in your home. It is interesting to play this game with several children at once: the host rolls a die, and the players name and depict an animal or object with the letter that has fallen out.
I will share my own experience of how I played with my daughters. At first, the girls laid out large 9s in a chaotic manner on the floor.
