Games to learn the alphabet

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

26. Disappearing Letters Game

Disappearing Letters  – Kids will learn to love to trace their letters as they see  the trick to making them disappear.

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.

ABC Games for Letters and Sounds

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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

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

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These playdough pre writing activities are both fun and super hands-on learning.

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.

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:

1. Color by letter – A-E
2. Color by letter worksheets – F-J
3. Coloring by letters – K-O
4. Color with letters – P-T
5. 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!

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?

10 Super Fun Alphabet Games For Kids

The best way that kids learn is through play and by having fun. This is especially true when learning the alphabet. Learning the alphabet through play and by playing fun alphabet games is a great way to help kids remember the names, shapes, and sounds of the alphabet.

On this page, we have put together a list of our top 10 fun alphabet games for kids. These alphabet games are great for teaching kids about the names of the letters, letter recognition, and the phonics sounds of the alphabet make.

Best Alphabet Games For Kids

1. Alphabet Order Game

Top of our list of fun alphabet games for kids is the alphabet order game. One of the first things that kids learn about the alphabet is the names of the letters and the order of the letters. A great way to teach this is with the alphabet order game.

To play, first prepare some alphabet flashcards. If you don’t have any alphabet flashcards, you can download these alphabet flashcards for free.

Next, mix up the flashcards and give one to each student. Depending on the size of your class, you may need to give some students more than one flashcard. Once each student has an alphabet flashcard, the game can begin.

The idea of this alphabet game is simple. Play the alphabet song, and when the students hear their letter, they must stand up, show their flashcard, and shout the letter name out loud.

It may take the students some practice, but once they can follow along with the song, they will find this activity really fun. To make it even more fun, once students have mastered this activity at normal speed, you can speed up the song and see if they can keep up.

2. Alphabet Line Bingo

This next fun alphabet game can be used to practice the names of the letters or the alphabet sounds. To play, you’ll need some small alphabet flashcards. These small alphabet flashcards are perfect for this game.

This game is best played with 6 to 8 letters at a time. For example, you may wish to first play with letters A to H. Give each student, or pair of students, a set of small alphabet flashcards and ask them to arrange them in a horizontal line in any order they wish.

Once students have made a line with their cards, the game can begin. First, call out a letter of the alphabet, or a sound if you are teaching the letter sounds. Then, the students should look at their cards and find where that letter is.

If the letter is on the left or right end of the line of cards, then the student can turn that letter over. If the letter is in the middle of the line of cards, then they cannot turn it over.

Next, call out another letter and students should again see if that letter is at either end of their line of cards. The first student to turn over all their alphabet cards is the winner. Then, to play again, ask students to mix up their cards and make a new line.

This alphabet game for kids is a lot of fun and can be played with all letters of the alphabet over a few lessons as you teach 6 – 8 letters at a time. To download more alphabet and phonics flashcards for this game, including some CVC flashcards, visit our alphabet flashcards page.

3. Alphabet Sound Game

This next game is a fun alphabet game for kids which can be used to teach the alphabet sounds, the letter names, and the alphabet order.

To play this game, simply show the above video in class. In this game, the alphabet train will go by and show 5 letters of the alphabet. As the train goes by, ask students to call out the names of the letters. Or, if you are teaching the alphabet sounds, ask students to call out the phonics word on the card.

Next, the train will go by again, but this time there will be a letter missing. The students must then tell the teach which letter / alphabet sound is missing.

This alphabet game is a lot of fun and kids really love it. Especially when they get the answer right. The above game is for teaching the alphabet letters A to Z. If you would like to play this game for CVC words, check out our phonics train game page.

4. Alphabet Whisper Game

This alphabet game requires little to no preparation and is a super fun way to practice the alphabet letter names.

To play, first write the letters of the alphabet that you are teaching on the board. Then divide the class into two teams and have them line up in front of the board. Give the student at the front of each line a board eraser and then stand at the end of the line furthest away from the board.

To begin, whisper or show a letter of the alphabet to one student from each team. Then, when the teacher says ‘Go!’ the students should whisper the letter of the alphabet to the student next in line on their team. And then that student should whisper to the next student. And so on down the line.

Once the student at the front of the line hears the letter of the alphabet, they should race to board to erase that letter before the other team does. The first team to erase the letter gets a point for their team. Next, the student at the front of the line should go to the back of the line, and then the game can start again.

5. Alphabet Sound Guessing Game

This next game is a fun activity to review the sounds of the letters of the alphabet. In this game, students will see a letter of the alphabet and then will see a drawing of an object that starts with that letter.

Students must try to guess what it is before the time runs out.

The above video is just one example of this alphabet game. This game is available for free for all letters, A to Z, on our Phonics Alphabet Games page.

These games are best played once students already have some knowledge of the alphabet and the sounds of the letters. A great way to use these activities is to play one game at the start of each lesson to review the phonics sounds they have learned previously.

6. Alphabet Memory Game

This next alphabet game idea is great for teaching the alphabet sounds and names of the letters. For this game, all you need is some alphabet flashcards.

To play this game, first show one of the alphabet flashcards to the students and drill the name and sound of that letter. Next, find something in the classroom which starts with that letter and place the card next to it. For example, with the letter b you might want to place it next to a book or a bag in the classroom.

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Once you have placed approximately 6 to 8 cards around the classroom, the game can begin. Say one of the letters of the alphabet and ask students to try to remember where the card is. As they try to remember they will be recalling the name of the letter and the sound of the letter.

Once students have found all the letters, play the game again with the next 6 to 8 cards.

7. Alphabet Relay Race Game

An fun alphabet game you can play to teach the order of the alphabet is the alphabet relay race game. For this game, all you need is some alphabet flashcards, or even better, some magnetic letters of the alphabet.

To play, first prepare 2 sets of alphabet cards/magnets and place them in two piles in front of the board. Then, divide the class into 2 teams. The aim of the game is to place the alphabet in the correct order on the board as fast as possible.

To begin, line the students up in two teams at the end of the classroom furthest from the board. You may need to clear the desks, bags, etc, for safety. Next, place the letter A on the board for both teams and ask them what the next letter of the alphabet is (b).

Then, say ‘Go!’ and one student from each team should run to their pile of letters and find the letter b and place it on the board. After placing it on the board, the student should run back to their team and tag in the next student. That student should run and try to find the letter c.

The first team to place all the letters of the alphabet on the board in the correct order is the winner.

8. Alphabet Hidden Picture Game

This next alphabet game for kids is a fun alphabet PowerPoint Game. In this game, there are pictures of objects beginning with each letter of the alphabet hidden behind some colored shapes.

Click on the colored shapes to make them disappear. As they disappear, the kids should try to guess what it is and what letter of the alphabet it represents.

This game is a great way to review the alphabet initial sounds and the names of the letters of the alphabet. Download this alphabet PowerPoint game for free. For more hidden picture PowerPoint games on other English topics, check out our Hidden Picture PowerPoint Game page.

9. Alphabet Writing Practice

Once students have learned the names and sounds of the alphabet, they need to learn how to write the alphabet.

A fun way to do this is to use this alphabet practice video. This alphabet practice video shows students how to write the alphabet in both uppercase letters and lowercase letters.

To make this more fun, ask students to stand up out of their seats and to use their finger to draw the letters in the air. As they do, ask students to call out the number of strokes (1, 2, 3) as they write the letters. Once students can do it well, speed up the video in YouTube (click on the gear icon in the bottom right hand corner of the video) and see if students can keep up.

When students are ready, you can use these alphabet tracing worksheets to practice writing the letters of the alphabet.

10. Find The Alphabet Shape Game

This last alphabet game idea for kids is a fantastic way to boost your students’ alphabet letter recognition skills.

To play, take students outside/around the school and ask students to try to find things in the playground/school which have a similar shape to letters of the alphabet. For example, students might see a clock on the wall and recognize that the clock has a similar shape to the letter O.

If possible, the best way to do this activity is to have students take pictures with a camera of all the letter shapes they find. Then after the activity they can share with the class.

How Many Letters Are In The Alphabet?

Before you teach these alphabet games, your students will likely want to know how many letters there are in the alphabet. In the modern English alphabet, there are 26 letters. These consist of 21 consonants and 5 vowels. The 26 letters of the alphabet are a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, and z.

More Alphabet Resources

Thanks for reading. I hope you found some fun alphabet game ideas for your next class. Before you go, check out our other free resources for teaching the alphabet and phonics:

• Alphabet PowerPoint Lessons
• Phonics CVC PPT
• Phonics A to Z Lesson Plan
• Alphabet Tracing Worksheets

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 of the Academic Gymnasium of St. Petersburg State University

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.

You can purchase special manuals, 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.

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 your 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.

Print letters on sheets of paper and stick them on furniture and walls. The task of the child is to find the letter , which you will name.

Use blocks with the letters that 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.0023 soft puzzles with letters . Then I called them in turn the letters on which they should stand. The one who does not make mistakes wins. This game is also interesting because the letters can be arranged as you like: on their sides, upside down. At the same time, children learn to recognize the outlines of a letter, regardless of its orientation in space.

Whatever games you choose, it is important that they are interesting for the child. If he doesn't want to play them, gets distracted, you can't insist. Look for other game options or wait for a more suitable occasion.

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How to teach your child the alphabet through games

How to quickly learn the letters of the Russian alphabet with your 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 an active 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 blank 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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