Learning your alphabet

Learning the Alphabet: Printable ABC Packs

I’m so excited to share an alphabet series that my two year old has been using behind the scenes for the last few weeks!

It’s called Learning the Alphabet and is designed to help kids learn letters (upper and lowercase) and their sounds. It’s a “prequel” to Reading the Alphabet and contains the same kinds of hands-on activities.

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Teaching Young Children the ABC’s

Before I share the specifics, I want to remind all of us that every child is different. The activities included each week were designed to make learning the alphabet hands-on, playful and interactive. Very few of the alphabet activities are “print and go” like you’d find in a workbook.

With that being said, please feel free to adapt the pages as you see fit for your child/students. Follow the lead and interests of your child. This is KEY, especially when teaching young children.

Although the packs are shared for free in ABC order, I actually recommend NOT teaching the alphabet in ABC order. For one, I like to start with the letters in this child’s name to make it more meaningful. This is especially important for reluctant learners.

You can read more of our tips for teaching letters and sounds here.

Learning the Alphabet Activities & Printables

**Please note that the activities share in this post are the activities in the FREE ABC packs. The Bundle Pack has been updated and expanded since this post, so it is more comprehensive. You can read about about the updated activities HERE.**

Today, I’m going to walk you through all the activities included in each of the free printable ABC packs There’s a lot of information here, but I’m hopeful it will be a helpful resource as you use these printables with your child/students.

Read about these supplies for Learning the Alphabet HERE.

1. Simple Alphabet Books

Each pack contains a little book that has a simple image and word below it. Six images are included for each letter. The books can be printed in color or in black and white. NSis really loves coloring, so the black and white is what she prefers.

The books can be read over and over and are a fantastic way to build vocabulary with young children. By the 3rd or 4th time through, kids can even “read” it with you!

2. Alphabet Tracing Page

These are exactly like the ones you’ll find in our Handwriting Practice Pack, except they match with the clip art from Learning the Alphabet. NSis enjoys these, but we don’t spend a ton of time doing them. I placed all of them in plastic sleeve protectors and created a Handwriting Notebook for her. I let her pull out her notebook when she’d like to “play” with writing.

3. Alphabet Lacing Cards

In both upper and lower case letters, these cards include the six images from the Alphabet Books.  I recommend printing these onto cardstock, laminating and hole punching along the edges to make alphabet lacing cards.

These cards are great for letter recognition, letter sounds, and hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. If your child is very young, be prepared to help her thread the lacing card.

4. Cut & Paste a Letter Sound

This activity features several different skills at the same time, namely cutting, gluing, letter recognition and letter sounds. The large block upper and lowercase letters can be adapted many other ways as well.

If you follow the directions on the printable, first the child cuts the picture strips for the letter. This is similar to the Cut & Pattern activities with Reading the Alphabet, our Pre-K/K Packs, and our Cut it Out! Packs {level 1} except the strips are a bit smaller for smaller hands. Our absolute FAVORITE pair of scissors for young learners is the Maped Koopy Spring Scissors. Seriously amazing because they eliminate a lot of the frustration for young learners.

NSis is still perfecting her scissors skills, but she loves to try. {Notice my fingers are also in the photograph above. She still needs quite a bit of help.} I helps tremendously to print these strips onto cardstock so that the paper isn’t so flimsy.

Once cut out, the images are glued down around the letter. As you glue them down, name each picture together.

You can also take these blank letter pages and adapt them for what your child likes to do. NSis loves our alphabet stamps, so we stamped n‘s in the capital N.

5. Roll and Race!

Instead of your basic upper and lowercase sort, do a little rolling and racing as you climb the letter ladder. Such a simple yet fun game for teaching letter recognition.

Instead of using the letter cards pictured above, you could also use letter stamps, letter stickers or have your child write the upper and lowercase letters in the rungs of each ladder {for those who are ready}.

6. Letter Puzzles

These are simple letter puzzles containing the alphabet pictures with words. The cards can be cut by the child or cut ahead of time.

Mix up all the pieces {12 pieces total} and let your child rematch them. They can also be reworked and glued down the next day. And if you want to make it a little more challenging, also cut the cards vertically to make it four pieces.

7. Roll and Match a Letter Sound

Rolling letter sounds has been a favorite of NSis. She LOVES our Photo Stacking Blocks and asks to play with the all.the.time. I knew these packs wouldn’t be complete without rolling activities. This one is also  very simple, yet is a great way to teach vocabulary.

For her, I print off the letter picture inserts twice. We take turns rolling {really, she throws and/or kicks them} and trying to match the pictures, like alligator/alligator.

To use the blocks for more letters, print off the images you need and insert the same number of images from each letter in each block. For example, if you wanted to compare three letter sounds, insert 2 letter images for each letter each of the blocks.

In the bonus material from the Bundle Pack, you’ll find letter inserts, so you can roll and match letters and pictures. More bonus material is shared at the end of this post.

8. Alphabet Coloring Pages

Yes, I did include an upper and lowercase coloring page for each letter simply because NSis loves to color.

Feel free to use it any way you’d like, such as letting your child paint the pages.

9. Alphabet Do-a-Dot Pages

My advice is to wait to use the Do-a-Dot paint markers with these because you can get multiple uses out of these pages if you

use counters or pom-poms with them

or Power Magnets {she worked this one 5 times in one sitting using the different colors of magnets, all of her own accord}.

You can also use circle stickers.

And, of course, Do-a-Dot Paint Markers. In this pack, you’ll find four different versions of these Alphabet Do-a-Dot pages. Simple ones like those seen above and harder ones featuring both upper and lower case letters.

10. Letter 10-Grid

We love grid games. They cover so many literacy and math objectives. You can read more about with our Alphabet Grid Games.

These are for younger children and feature numbers 1-10. You can re-label a smaller die or print off the 1-3 die template {seen in the image above} found in the bonus material of the Bundle Pack.

11. Alphabet Playdough Mats

These playdough mats are interactive, similar to our Alphabet Playdough Mats Pack, but also get kids to work on recognizing numbers 1-10 and one-to-one correspondence.

I always slip these into plastic sleeve protectors first. Draw a number card and add that many objects to the page with playdough, based on the directions. In the example above, the child is to add bubbles to the fish page.

12. Numbers Pages for 1-10

These number pages are also great for Do-a-Dot Paint Markers, Power Magnets, counters, stickers, or pom-poms. These are similar to the ones in Reading the Alphabet or our Pre-K/K packs, except they are for numbers 1-10.

Place all the number cards in a pile. These are the same number cards used for the playdough mat. I HIGHLY recommend laminating them, as you’ll use them in every pack A to Z.

13. Number Cards 1-10

Included with each letter are number cards 1-10, which can be played with in many ways.

Read the number and practice one-to-one correspondence by adding that many objects to the card. Lay them on the floor and jump to the numbers.

Place them in order 1 through 10. More ideas are included on the Number Card pages.

So there you have it! Whew. I hope that helps to explain what exactly you’ll find in every free letter pack of Learning the Alphabet.  Remember you can grab the UPDATED BUNDLE PACK!

There’s an App for Learning Alphabet Sounds!

Alphabet Sounds Learning App has FOUR levels of interactive play designed to extend your child’s understanding of letters and their sounds. It will definitely grow with your little one!

Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

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Learning the Alphabet: Best Activities for the ABCs

PLAY. OF COURSE! As much as we might think adults need to have a big hand and push into kids learning the alphabet, that’s just not always the case: Kids learn the alphabet when they play with it.

No stressing needed in the early years.

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By letting them play with it. Kids need exposure to it – the same way they have exposure to animals, dolls, cars, trucks, numbers, and blocks.

The truth is: memorizing letter names is just that, memorizing. While it may seem super fancy, memorizing letter names is no different than memorizing dinosaur names, color words, princesses, and Paw Patrol characters.

It’s memorizing the name of a symbol.

The difference is, parents have been told that memorizing the ABCs is the key to learning success. That’s just not true.

Learning in the early years shouldn’t be relegated to just memorizing. The early years is for learning to problem solve, communicate, critical think, to ask question, to take risks, to develop life long skills… and they develop all these through PLAY.

It all comes back to PLAY.

Our children see animals everywhere, and we encourage them to learn names and sounds as they do.

“That’s a cow. It says mooooo.”

Letters are no different. We are asking a child to memorize the name and the sound it makes.

“That’s an M. It says mmmmm.”

We don’t build up animal names. We don’t worry about animal names. We don’t buy flashcards to help memorize names and sounds faster.

But we do with letters.

We don’t need to.

Just like we don’t push animals, or construction trucks, or dinosaur names on little kids if they aren’t interested… follow the same rule with letters.

But if you DO HAVE A CHILD INTERESTED IN LETTERS, play with them. Answer questions. Be casual. Be cool. It’ll happen.

Remember, kids are expected to learn the alphabet IN KINDERGARTEN (that’s what the Common Core State Standards say).

Here’s some of our greatest hits from through the years that helped my kids learn their letters bit by bit.

Nothing fancy. Just play and fun, light and breezy.

A combination literacy + sensory + life skills activity that can’t be beat. A good set of alphabet magnets (like the ones here) are a must!

Identifying capital letters and their small letter counterparts is a big deal… but it’s also similar to kids recognizing several breeds of bears or that Great Danes and Poodles are both dogs.

It’s another skill that grows over time.

A little art + letter recognition here, and this activity uses alphabet magnets too. They’re an important toy/supply to keep on hand!

The tag line is right here: all these supplies came from the Dollar Store! The Dollar Store is a GREAT place to find activity supplies.

I spy alphabet magnets again!!! This is a FUN activity for littles – because it’s a color sorting activity that uses alphabet pieces as the materials. My son (in this photo) didn’t know his ABCs yet, but he had a ball playing with them.

Always a favorite! This is a MATCHING activity – and my daughter had a ball trying to put her letters back in alphabetical order.

Grab your toilet tube collection and your dot stickers. This is a great (and portable!) activity for kids.

A classic here. This has been on repeat since 2016 and we play it ALL THE TIME. It’s part letters, part gross motor, and one of the greatest “sittervising” activities of my life.

An activity that focuses on “tricky letters.” This activity is for all those letters that look different in capital vs lower case form. Ss and Cc are easy letters. Ee and Gg? Tricky letters.

Hello to one of my favorite activities and favorite TRICKS. Yes, that sharpie really does come off. And everyone say hi to my alphabet magnets yet again…

I can still remember the first time we did this! Feels like yesterday so you know that makes me feel OLD. It’s a classic for a reason… and the reason I got so many dinners made with 3 under 4.

Look at this cutie unwrapping his puzzle pieces. What kid doesn’t love opening a present? 26 alphabet puzzle pieces is one mighty fine way to play with the ABCs.

Featuring one of my favorite alphabet toys: the foam bath letters. Not just for the bath, and totally awesome to play with. We still have a set of these!

You don’t need to drill the alphabet.

You don’t need to stress about the alphabet.

Have some alphabet toys and have some fun… and keep remember: they learned their animal names and sounds just fine. This will happen too.

Learning the alphabet: methods, exercises and games for children

The alphabet is the foundation of reading. Therefore, before you start reading and writing, teach your children the letters.

Children can start learning to read as early as preschool age. Parents and teachers need to teach their child how to pronounce sounds correctly in their native language. These are important prerequisites for learning letters and learning to read successfully. The educational process of preschool children is based on visual, acoustic and tactile exercises. The use of various channels of perception in the educational process increases its effectiveness and stimulates long-term memorization of letters. nine0003

Learning the alphabet: introducing the child to the alphabet.

To master reading, a child must learn and recognize not only the graphic form of letters, but also be able to compare them with their corresponding sounds. This means that the child must be able to write letters and pronounce them. When the child learns to correctly pronounce all the sounds in his native language and distinguish letters by visual form, go directly to reading. As a rule, at the age of 5-6 years, most children no longer experience difficulties in this. nine0003

See also: Reading and bilingualism. Bilingualism in children

From the age of 5 to 6, children begin to understand that there is a lot of information encoded in language using letters. Thus, they are interested in learning to read by then, as they are naturally curious.

Of course, babies can learn and memorize individual letters quite early. However, their interest, mostly spontaneous, is directed to individual words and letters. Here it is important to gently motivate the child by encouraging him to learn through games and a comfortable environment. However, too much pressure can lead to stress, causing little ones to lose any motivation to learn letters. nine0003

Alphabet learning games

The first rule of learning the alphabet: learn the letters one by one!

Don't forget, each letter is made up of visually similar elements. If you try to teach a child several letters at a time, he may become confused. Learn the letters one by one. One lesson - one letter.

Second rule of learning the alphabet: take your time!

Give your child enough time for each letter. Plan 1-2 lessons for each new letter. Organize the lesson in a form that is interesting for the child with the help of games. nine0003

Tactile method: from studying letters to reading

The child sees something abstract in a letter. Chains of associations will help in learning letters. Associating each letter with something specific or familiar helps the child fix it in his memory.

Let's memorize what a letter looks like and develop fine motor skills.

We will need: plasticine (should be elastic), modeling board and a disposable plastic knife. nine0003

Together with your child, roll out 8 approximately identical sausages from plasticine. 2 - divide in half, 2 - divide into 3 parts. From the remaining 4, make rings by blinding their edges and cut 2 of them in half, creating semicircles. Thus, you should get a set of elements to compose any letters of the alphabet. Show the child a couple of examples and ask them to repeat, collecting previously passed letters.

Let's memorize letters, learn how to make letters from sticks, learn how to transform letters. nine0003

We need: a set of counting sticks. If not, you can replace with matches or toothpicks.

The easiest way is to lay out letters from sticks according to a pattern or without a pattern (according to the idea). When the child learns to lay out all the letters, you can complicate the task by laying out objects familiar to the child from them, and then ask them to change them, for example, make a figure resembling a door out of sticks, and then ask the child to remove 2 sticks to make the letter P.

3. Tactile letters

Memorize letters and develop fine motor skills

We will need: sandpaper, velvet paper, scissors.

Cut out letters from sandpaper or velvet paper. The child will have to close his eyes to identify the letter by touch.

Memorize letters, develop fine motor skills

We will need: bright dish tray, semolina

Pour sand or semolina in a thin layer on the tray. Set an example for your child, show how to write letters on the croup with a finger or a stick. Ask him to write next to the letter, the same as you wrote, to write a letter more or less than yours, to add an unfinished letter, or to erase the extra detail of the "wrong" letter. Children will like this game, just shake the tray a little, and the mistake or inaccuracy made disappears! nine0003

Memorize letters and train attention

We will need: cardboard, pencil and scissors

Prepare identical cards cards, 2 pieces for each letter. Write 1 letter on each card. Write the letters in mirror image and correctly. Lay out cards with the same letter in front of the child and offer to choose the correct one.

Train memory

We will need: scissors, cardboard and a pencil

The game "Memory Test" will challenge even older children. Write each capital letter on one card and lowercase letter on the other card. Turn over all the cards and place them on the table. Ask your child to match uppercase and lowercase letters. You can complicate and add a dictionary element. Have the children match the letter of the alphabet with the picture that starts with that letter.

Memory training

We will need: a bag of beans or other bulk material, a tablecloth or a large piece of paper.

If you want to warm up a bit while you study the letters, play a game of Beanbag. Write the alphabet randomly on a large piece of paper. Give the children a bean bag and ask them to put it on paper. The child must name a word that begins with the letter on which the bag fell. If a student is stuck, help him.

Ask the child to check the chosen letter with letters from the alphabet. Be sure to ask the name of the letter. The exercise will help children learn to distinguish visually similar letters and avoid mistakes when writing them in the future. nine0003

Drawing, coloring, cutting letters out of paper and gluing them together develop fine motor skills in children. Self-made flash cards with letters facilitate memory and associative thinking, creating the basis for tactile games. You can make postcards alone or with your child. Letters can be cut out of paper of various textures and pasted onto cards made of cardboard or paper. Then you can ask the child to pick up letters from 2-3 cards with their eyes closed.

Literacy begins with learning the letters of the alphabet. Combine different perceptual styles. The alphabet learning games described above help children to learn letters at different levels. Moreover, fine motor skills play a crucial role in the formation of systematic connections in the mind of the child and create the basis for the development of reading and writing. nine0003

How to learn the alphabet with a child. Learning letters together

Letters are all around us. Signs, announcements, books and magazines - all this the child sees from a very young age. But it does not immediately become clear that these “squiggles” are not just incomprehensible meaningless icons, but a way to convey information in the form of text. Therefore, with the study of the alphabet, a completely new world opens up for the baby, in which letters are folded into syllables, and syllables into words that can be read and later written. In our article, we will tell you when to start learning the alphabet, how to make the process interesting for a child, and what methods are best for children of different ages. nine0003

Why learn the alphabet?

It seems that the answer to this question is quite obvious - that the child could read. However, it's worth digging a little deeper. Often, parents do not fully realize what caused their desire for the child to quickly master the letters. If the kid is already 5-6 years old and the first grade is just around the corner, then the desire to learn the basics so that further study is easier, understandable and logical. Or maybe your child is only three years old, but you want him to show off his knowledge at a family evening? Or do all the acquaintances vying with each other say that their children have not only learned the alphabet, but also read freely? Answer these questions honestly and consider whether it is necessary to postpone training until a more appropriate moment. nine0003

The most important thing is whether your child is ready. Curiosity, interest in new things, the ability to memorize previously unknown information - all these are signs that you can start learning the alphabet. But you should always remember that there is no point in teaching against the child’s desire, and all classes should be held in an unobtrusive playful way. Questions “how to read?”, “What kind of letter?” Are pouring in on you, the baby is interested in not only pictures in books, but also captions to them, or are you going to school soon? Well, then feel free to start your acquaintance with the alphabet. nine0003

Key recommendations

An alphabet is not just a specific sequence of letters. This is the foundation from which the child's learning to read begins. Therefore, it is important to understand that it is possible to simply learn the alphabet as a rhyme or a counting rhyme, but it is practically useless if there is no practical application of the information received. If you do not start trying to teach your child to read immediately, but after a long break, there is a high probability that your baby will simply forget the letters by this point, and you will have to start all over again. nine0003

There are some general rules to follow when your child is just starting to learn the alphabet:

1. Learn sounds, not letters means may not match. For a small child, on the contrary, such a concept may be too complicated. Do not confuse the baby: over time, he will learn that the letters are called “be”, “el” or even “and short”, better demonstrate which sounds are indicated by the corresponding signs - “b”, “l”, “y”, give examples of words with these sounds. So the child with less effort will be able to understand how syllables are read, and later whole words. nine0003

2. Do not learn the alphabet in order

Memorizing a clear sequence is, of course, useful for the development of a child's memory, but it does not make it obvious to him what he actually learned and why. If, however, the alphabet is disassembled gradually, according to a clear and logical system, there will be much more benefit, since knowledge will not be superficial, but based on a deeper understanding of the structure of the language.

3. Do not mix vowels and consonants

Learning letters mixed up is the same mistake as memorizing the alphabet strictly in order. Vowels and consonants must be studied separately, otherwise the child will be completely confused. Always remember that things that seem clear and simple to us, small children learn for the first time, so even the main sign by which sounds are divided (vowel-consonant) is not immediately comprehended. The situation when the studied letters do not have any common feature is confusing and slows down the assimilation of the material. nine0003

4. First - vowels

There are only 10 vowels in the Russian alphabet, so the child will have to memorize a little at first. In addition, for vowels, only a drawn-out “singing” and slight changes in the articulation of the lips are required - neither the tongue nor the teeth need to be connected, so it will be easier for the baby to understand how the written sign correlates with the sound being pronounced. When all the vowels are firmly learned, it will be possible to add consonants.

5. Don't force learning

Of course, you really want your child to learn all the letters and start reading as soon as possible, but you still shouldn't rush. Learn one or two letters, repeat what you have learned more often, do not move on to a new one without waiting for the consolidation of what has already been studied. Start with very simple and clear things. Show the young student the letter “a”, tell how it is pronounced, what it looks like, what words begin with it. Fold it together with the baby from sticks, draw or mold it from plasticine - tactile sensations will help the child better remember the image of the letter and associate it with sound. Apply theory to practice, for example, ask while walking to look for the letter "a" on signs, in advertisements, and so on. Only when the child has learned the letter and the corresponding sound, proceed to the next, all the same one at a time, methodically and slowly. nine0003

Age-appropriate alphabet learning

3-4 years old

If you think your child is ready to learn letters at 3 years old, then here are some tips and tricks to help you achieve great results.

First of all, in no case do not force or coerce the child into classes, they should take place exclusively at the request of the child, in a fun way, and end as soon as you see signs of fatigue and weakening of concentration. The optimal lesson time for a three-year-old is 5-7 minutes. nine0003

Do not set a goal to learn the entire alphabet in a short time, it is at best pointless, and in some cases it can even be harmful - up to a certain point the child's brain may simply not be ready for this or that knowledge. Don't try to outsmart nature: if your child is three years old, then your task is more to interest and captivate him by showing him the basics.

Do not overload your child with a lot of information - let your "lessons" take place no more than twice a week, and take the rest of the time to consolidate and repeat the studied material. At the same time, the regularity of classes is very important, conducting them from time to time is not the best idea, the child will get confused and forget what you went through with him. nine0003

Start with vowels. Move on to consonants only when you are sure that the child has firmly learned all 10 vowels and brought the skill to automatism. Vowels are best taught in pairs: A - Z, O - E, U - Yu, E - E, S - I. So it will be easier for the baby to remember. Later, this will also help with the assimilation of the principle of hardness-softness of consonants.

Use books with bright, large pictures. Closer to the age of four, the child will also be interested in blocks with letters, coloring books and stickers, posters with and without voice acting; but be careful with posters - remember that we need to learn the sounds, not the names of the letters, so look for posters that sound exactly the sounds. Magnetic letters will also help - they can be placed on a magnetic board or simply on the refrigerator. You can learn rhymes and songs with the mention of the sounds that you are studying, play with letters cut out of paper. nine0003

Let the child represent the letter in different ways - by drawing, modeling with plasticine, folding with sticks or drawing lines in the sand or grits. Such activities are also useful for fine motor skills, and this is a very important skill for the baby, which affects, among other things, the development of speech.

There are more consonants in Russian, so it will take a longer time to study them, and if you consider that most consonants have both hard and soft variants, the task becomes more complicated. But with the right approach, there should not be any particular difficulties. If the child has already mastered all the vowels and understands the difference between, for example, “A” and “I”, then it will not be difficult for him with your help to figure out how “ma” and “me” differ. You can make a table where such pairs of syllables will be shown clearly. The main thing is to always pronounce the sound clearly and achieve the same pronunciation in the child. Correct articulation is the key to both good diction and correct reading in the future. nine0003

5-6 years old

For all our passion for early development, many experts agree that the optimal age for learning the alphabet is 5-6 years old. The child will soon go to school, which means that his brain is already quite ready to memorize all the letters and gradually learn to read. At this age, it is especially important that your preschooler speaks clearly and correctly, so pay maximum attention to his speech, whether all sounds are pronounced without problems, whether some of them need to be corrected independently or with the help of a speech therapist. nine0003

If at three years the emphasis is on the play component of classes, then by the age of 5-6 it can be slightly shifted towards the child's consciousness. Tell us about how great it will be to read books yourself, how knowledge of the alphabet will come in handy at school. Keep the elements of the game, use the same methods that are suitable for four-year-olds, but increase the lesson time, introduce more printed materials. You will need special recipes for preschoolers, books and manuals with creative tasks, various sets of cards. nine0003

Introduce your child to syllables. Use single letter flashcards to show how a syllable is built - for example, say that a consonant and a vowel run or are attracted to each other and demonstrate their convergence by saying the syllable at the same time. Later, use cards with a ready-made printed or hand-drawn syllable in the lessons. Do not forget about the regularity of classes and the constant repetition of the material covered.

ABC training

By the age of six, a good primer will be clear and easy to learn. For example, the “Primer” by N. Zhukova is considered one of the best, although for younger children it may seem boring - it focuses on learning without providing entertainment materials. But in this primer much attention is paid to speech therapy moments.

“My ABC Book: A Book for Teaching Preschoolers to Read” by NV Nishcheva is also a manual with a speech therapy bias, but the author adheres to his own method of studying letters and sounds. The path from simple sounds to complex ones will help the child develop both reading skills and good articulation. nine0003

In order for a child to develop a love for reading from a very early age, VV Shakirova's “Journey to Soundbook” is a good choice. There is more entertainment material here that will interest and captivate the child. In addition, Shakirova paid a lot of attention to the development of motivation, and this will definitely come in handy in the process of further study.

Alphabet Learning Games

In this section, we will give examples of games that will make learning more interesting and effective at the same time. Entertaining elements will not only diversify classes, but also provide a fairly wide field for applying the acquired knowledge in practice. nine0003

"Find the letter" . On a sheet of paper, arrange different letters in a random order. Let them be bright and large. You name the letter, and the child must find it and show it. A mobile version of this game is to hang sheets with large letters around the room, let the child find and tear off the desired sheet.

Memo . Prepare a set of cards where each letter will be represented in duplicate to get a certain number of pairs. Cards are laid out in several rows face down. Have the child turn over one card and name the sound that the letter on it represents. Then you need to find a pair for her by opening other cards. It didn’t work the first time - the cards are turned back face down, and you have to look again. A pair is found - the player takes both cards for himself. And so on until all the cards run out. nine0003

“What letter does it begin with?” . Arrange several animals in a row - these can be drawings on paper, cards or small toys. Select the letters that begin with their names, and give them to the child in a mixed order. The task is to correlate which letter refers to whom, and put it next to the desired animal.

Collect the letter . Draw a letter the size of the entire sheet of paper. Cut it into several parts - let the kid assemble the resulting puzzle and name which letter is depicted on it. nine0003

Dice game . Surely you have cubes with letters, and if not, they are easy to make yourself out of paper. You roll a die and see which letter comes up on top. The child needs to remember an animal (or even an object) whose name begins with this letter and show it. For example, if the letter “B” fell out, then you can depict a crow - wave your hands like wings and croak.

Edible letters . The alphabet is not only useful, but also delicious! Your child will have even more fun learning if he can not only name the letter, but also eat it. You can buy ready-made cookies in the form of letters, or bake them yourself - it will even be more interesting for the baby, especially if you decorate the finished cookies together.

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