Letters recognition games


Alphabet Letter Identification Activities - PreKinders

Here are 15 fun, active, hands-on alphabet letter identification activities for Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten.

You can find many more Alphabet Activities here.

Letter Basketball

This is one of my prekinders favorite letter identification activities every year. To prepare this game, I cut copy paper or newsprint paper in half, and write letters on several pieces. I make enough papers for each child, plus one or two extra. I make a line with masking tape on the floor and place the trash can about 4 feet away. As each child has a turn, I tell them which letter to find. They pick up the letter, crumble the paper into a ball, and stand on the tape to toss it into the trash can. If they miss, they get as many chances as needed to get the “ball” in the basket and can move closer if needed. We always cheer when they make it in the basket! This game could also be played with alphabet bean bags if you have them.

Candy Letter Match

Write pairs of letters on sticker dots and place them on the bottom of several Hershey’s Kisses. For my Pre-K kids, I usually put out about 5-10 pairs of letters at a time. Children take turns lifting two Kisses at a time. If the letters match, they keep those Kisses. If they do not match, they have to put them back. At the end of the game, all of the Kisses are put in the middle of the table, and children can choose about 3 pieces to eat. We use this game to practice matching uppercase to uppercase letters, lowercase to lowercase, or uppercase to lowercase, depending on what we are working on.

Alpha-Band

Label each rhythm instrument with a letter. An easy way to make instruments is to put rice inside a plastic Easter egg, and hot glue it closed. We sing the traditional Alphabet Song, or another alphabet song, such as Dr. Jean’s “The Alphabet’s in My Mouth” or “Who Let the Letters Out”, or Jack Hartmann’s “Animal Alphabet Cheer”. Children shake their letter shakers only when they hear their letter called out in the song.

Letter Hunt

Children choose any 10 letters from the letter manipulatives (use foam letters, magnetic letters, letter tiles or other letter manipulatives). Go through a stack of shuffled letter cards, calling out each letter to the children. As the letters are called out, children look to see if they have that letter, and if they do, the letter is put back in the letter basket. We see who is first to clear all of their letters. It’s very similar to a bingo game. In Pre-K, we play until everyone has cleared all of their letters because our goal is learning letters, not competition with the little ones.
*To teach letter sounds: Call out a word and have children identify the first letter of the word.

ABC Sorting Tray

I found this divided tray in a kitchen store. I labeled each section by writing a letter on a sticker dot and placing the matching foam letters in each section of the tray. I placed the letters in a bowl and children sorted and matched the letters into the sections of the tray. When I want to change out the letters in the tray, I just remove the sticker dots and add new ones. I usually try to use letters that are similar, so that children are challenged and use visual discrimination skills to find the differences in the letters. For example, I might use Q, O, D, C, and G since those letters are similar in shape, or I, T, J, or W, V, U.

ABC Sorting Box

Label a craft storage box with letter stickers. Children sort letter manipulatives into the sections of the box. These are magnetic letter tiles in the picture.

Letter Matching Uppercase to Uppercase

For this activity, each child chooses a colored letter box. Children work in pairs to match the letters that are the same. These letters came from a set of foam letters that are sadly no longer available from Lakeshore (bring them back, Lakeshore!) However, you could do the same activity by using handmade cards with the letters written in two different colors. You might also consider using paint chips (paint sample cards) in two different colors and making A-Z sets in the two different colors by writing on the cards with a black marker.

Letter Matching Uppercase to Lowercase

Children work in pairs to match the uppercase and lowercase foam or magnetic letters that are the same. You could also use purchased or handmade letter tiles.

Stamping Game

Write about ten letters on a piece of paper for each child. Put the same ten letters in a bowl or bag, and pass it around the table. Each child has a turn to pull a letter out of the bowl or bag, and announce the letter to the group. Children find the letter on their paper and stamp it out with a rubber stamp.
Other ways we play this game:

  • I put every letter of the alphabet in the bowl or bag and children determine if the letter is on their paper or not.
  • I place small objects in the bowl and children identify the beginning letter (e.g. B for ball).

Alphabet Bingo

Each child looks for the letter the teacher calls out on their bingo card. If they have it, they cover it. Play until a card is full.

Alphabet Soup

Children take turns scooping up a letter from a bowl with a spoon or soup ladle. The child identifies the letter, and walks around the room searching for the letter somewhere in the classroom.
*To teach letter sounds: Children search for an object in the room that begins with that letter.

Letter Clips

Children squeeze the clothespins and clip them to the sides of the box. I wrote letters on dot stickers and placed the dot stickers around the sides of the boxes. I wrote letters on the clothespins so the children would match the letters on the clothespins to the letters on the boxes. This is similar to activities where children clip clothespins to a paper plate or cardstock circle; however, in my experience, those were flimsy and awkward to use, which is why I like the box better. Any sturdy box could be used (shoe box, postal box). The boxes in this picture were stacking gift boxes that held chocolate covered nuts (a Christmas gift), and they worked out perfectly. (By the way, Sam’s Club has these chocolate covered nuts in the same stacking boxes every year, and they are awesome!)

Memory Game

Place about three letter manipulatives on a tray, cover them with a cloth, and take one away. When the letters are uncovered, children guess which letter is missing. Children find the letter that is missing among their own set of letter manipulatives. If the children are very interested in writing, they can write the letter that is missing on a dry erase lap board. To increase the difficulty of this game, try using 4 or 5 letters. Another options is to place three letters on the tray, cover them, and ask the children to recall all three letters that were on the tray.

Alphabet Path Games

I made these path games using stickers bought in a craft store (scrapbooking section), and I made individual mats with about 10 letters on them. Each child gets a mat, a game piece, and some plastic chips to cover the letters on their mat. They roll the dice and count out the spaces to move their game piece. If their game piece lands on a letter that is on the mat, they cover that letter with a chip. Play continues until they have covered every letter.
Other ways we use the path games:

  • Children identify the letter they land on, then find that letter somewhere in the classroom.
  • Children find an object in the classroom that begins with that letter’s sound.

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Letter Recognition Games

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Are you teaching letter recognition to your preschoolers and kindergarteners? Make it fun with these Letter Recognition Games!

These board and card games are an entertaining way for your kids to practice identifying letters by their names and shapes, matching capital and lowercase letters, and much more! 

Not only will these alphabet games help your children learn and review the letters of the alphabet and other reading skills.

But, they will also work on developing their fine motor skills as they spin the spinner, roll the dice, pick up cards, and move their piece around the board.

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Why Are Play Games Important For Kids?

While playing these games, your preschoolers and kindergarteners will practice the letter recognition concepts that you are teaching them.

Working on these concepts will help your kids become confident with their letter knowledge and other pre-reading skills.

Through play, your young learners will also work on many different development skills that will help them as they learn to read and write.

Playing games is also a great way for your children to learn skills such as cooperation, taking turns, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and much more! 

How Can These Alphabet Games Be Used?

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If you are a preschool or kindergarten teacher, you can add these alphabet games to your morning tubs or literacy centers.

First, teach your students how to play the game during whole-class instruction or in small groups.

Depending on the games, your kids can then play them independently or with a partner.

If you are a homeschooler or a gameschooler, you can add these games to your lesson plans as a way to teach your children the letters of the alphabet.

You can pair many of them with books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle or H Is for Hook: A Fishing Alphabet by Judy Young.

These Letter Recognition Games are a fun way for your preschoolers and kindergarteners to learn and review the letters of the alphabet and much more!

More Letter Recognition Games:

If you are looking for more letter recognition activities for your kids, try these engaging and entertaining games!

Fly Swatter Alphabet Game

10 Fun Games with ABC Pretzels from Books and Giggles

Apple Alphabet Game

Dump Truck Alphabet Game from Homeschool Preschool

ABC Bingo Game

You May Also Like This Letter Recognition Activity:

These Find The Letter: Alphabet Recognition Worksheets are a fun, hands-on way for children to practice recognizing lowercase and capital letters.

These spot and dot printables will also help your children work on visual discrimination and fine motor skills too. Click on the link or picture to learn more!

What is your favorite letter recognition game to play with your preschoolers and kindergarteners?

ALPHABET LETTERS GAMES - alphabet games

Knowing the letters of the alphabet will allow your child to quickly and easily learn to read. The ability to recognize letters in a word plays a major role in learning to read. Alphabetical songs, tasks for matching objects and letters with which their names begin, as well as all kinds of games with letters and sounds will help the child realize that the letters of the alphabet represent speech sounds, and learn to read more quickly.

UNUSUAL LETTERS

SUPPORTS CREATIVITY

1. Cut out large capital letters from heavy card stock.

2. Have the children pick up objects whose names begin with the chosen letter and stick them on the corresponding letters. For example, the letter "P" can be pasted over with buttons, and the letter "C" with seeds.

3. When the glue dries, kids can play with the letters, guess them by touch, trace them.

LETTERS AROUND

DEVELOPS PHONEMATIC AND WRITING SKILLS

1. You will need cardboard cards, pencils, sticky tape and writing paper.

2. Help your child write a capital letter of the alphabet on each card.

3. Walk with the child around the room, naming objects that come into view, for example: a table, an armchair, a flower, an aquarium, and so on.

4. Going to the chair, ask the child to find the card with the letter "C" and stick it on the chair. If you come across several objects with the letter "C", make a card for each of them. nine0007

LETTERS ON THE DRAWING

TEACHING TO PERFORM TASKS

1. Draw a house with a chimney, windows and a door, and flowers and trees nearby.

2. Name all the elements of the picture together with the child so that he knows where everything is.

3. Have your child write the letter "M" on a window or door. Do the same with other elements of the picture.

4. Choose another letter of the alphabet and repeat the game.

5. If it is difficult for a child to write a letter on his own, help him. nine0007

WRITE AND SAY

DEVELOPS THINKING

1. There are many simple and interesting exercises designed to help your child learn to write letters of the alphabet.

2. Select a letter.

3. Have your child write it with their finger in the air, in the sand (toe or toe), on your back or head, on a piece of paper.

4. Say out loud the sound the letter represents.

5. Write all the letters that make up the child's name in this way.

LETTERS - CARDS

TEACHING THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET

1. Take 33 cardboard cards of the same size

2. Help the child write the letters of the alphabet on the cards.

3. Shuffle the cards and ask your child to choose one.

4. Have the child name the letter and, if he can, the word that begins with it.

5. Now it's your turn - take a card, name a letter and a word.

6. Do not play more than 10 cards at a time - it will be difficult for the baby to absorb so much information. nine0007

BINGO

TEACHING TO COMPLETE TASKS

1. Teach your child this simple song:

In Spain a long time ago

There lived a nice boy Gringo,

He had a dog Bingo 9007!

B-I-N-G-O!

B-I-N-G-O!

B-I-N-G-O!

The dog's name was Bingo!

In Spain a long time ago

There lived a nice boy Gringo,

He had a dog,

The dog's name was Bingo!

(clap) - I-N-G-O!

(clap)-I-N-G-Oh!

(clap) - I-N-G-O!

The dog's name was Bingo!

Continue by clapping one letter in each new column until the dog's name is all clapping.

1. Help your child write letters on a piece of paper.

2. Together with your child, draw a boy and a dog on a piece of paper, and write the letters "B", "I", "N", "G", "O" at the bottom.

3. Sing the song again (each time saying the letters "B", "I", "N", "G", "O", point to them). nine0007

RAINBOW LETTERS

TEACHING COLORS

1. Write a big letter on a piece of paper.

2. Invite your child to trace the letter around the outline with different colored crayons or felt-tip pens. It will turn out a very beautiful rainbow letter.

3. Repeat the exercise several times, then write the child's name in capital letters, then in small letters. Let the kid turn all the letters into rainbow ones.

FRAGRANT LETTERS

DEVELOPS FINE MOTOR SKILLS

1. This simple exercise will help your child to get acquainted with the letters of the alphabet.

2. Write the letters on a piece of paper with glue.

3. Without waiting for the glue to dry, sprinkle each letter with jelly powder.

4. When the letters are dry, they can be smelled and traced.

BLIND LETTERS

DEVELOPS FINE MOTOR SKILLS

1. Drawing with eyes closed requires concentration.

2. You will need a sheet of paper and pencils. Ask the child to take a pencil in one hand, and put the other on a piece of paper where you will write

3. Now have the baby close his eyes (you can use a bandage) and write the first letter of his name on paper. It may not work the first time, you have to work hard. The meaning of the exercise is to clearly imagine the letter and compare hand movements with the image.

4. When the child masters the first letter, ask him to write the next one, and then the whole word.

ALPHABET GAME

DEVELOPS OBSERVATION

1. Prepare alphabet cards and place them in a box. nine0007

2. The child must pull the card out of the box and find a toy or object whose name begins with the selected letter.

3. You can play differently. The kid takes a card from the box and looks in magazines for 5 pictures with images of objects whose names begin with the selected letter.

ALPHABET DRAWINGS

ENHANCES VOCABULARY

Group Play

1. Get your crayons and markers ready and place the alphabet cards in a box. nine0007

2. Shuffle the cards.

3. Each participant takes a card at random. You can look at the letter only after all players have chosen cards.

4. Have the children draw a picture or write a word that starts with the chosen letter.

5. Give the children a few minutes to complete the task and then ask them to show each other their work.

CROSS OUT A LETTER

TEACH YOUR ALPHABET LETTERS

1. You will need colored pencils, paper, and letter cards. nine0007

2. Have your child write their name on a piece of paper.

3. Pull out a card with a letter at random and name it.

4. If the letter that appears on the card is in the child's name, it must be crossed out.

5. When the baby crosses out all the letters of his name, give him a sticker.

6. Instead of a name, you can write simple words familiar to the child on the sheet.

TOUCH LETTERS

DEVELOP YOUR SENSE

1. Cut out the initial letters of the names of family members and pets from heavy card stock. nine0007

2. Place the letters in a large cardboard box.

3. Have your child close their eyes or use a blindfold.

4. Have the child take a letter from the box and guess by touch what the letter is.

WHERE IS THE LETTER?

PROMOTES CREATIVITY

1. Prepare alphabet cards or use the ones you made earlier.

2. Ask the child to choose any letter, name it and draw an object whose name begins with that letter. nine0007

3. When the drawing is complete, have the child write a letter on it.

4. This exercise will help your child learn to match a letter with the sound it represents.

POSTMAN

ENRICHES VOCABULARY

Group Game

1. Take 33 sheets of paper and write the letters of the alphabet on them (one on each).

2. Place each sheet in a separate envelope and fold the envelopes into the large box.

3. Say: "The postman brought the mail!" nine0007

4. Give each child an envelope.

5. Have the children take turns opening the envelopes and saying the letters on the sheets.

6. Ask the children to look around the room for objects whose names begin with these letters (or which have such letters in their names).

7. Warn the children to say each word loudly and clearly, and write these words on the board or paper.

MISSING LETTERS

DEVELOPS OBSERVATION

1. Write several letters of the alphabet in a row, skipping one, for example: A_VGD or JZIK_MNOP.

2. Read the chain aloud, pausing at the missing letter.

3. Ask the child to name the missing letter.

WHERE IS THE ACE

DEVELOPS OBSERVATION

1. Give the child a deck of playing cards.

2. Show the baby an ace, note that this card has a large "T" written on it. Shuffle the cards.

3. Have the child turn over the cards and you say "no" until you see an ace. nine0007

4. When an ace hits, shout "Hurrah! Ace found!"

5. Change roles and start the game over. Now you turn over the cards, and let the kid look for an ace.

KINGDOM OF CARDS

DEVELOPS OBSERVATION

1. Children love to play with cards. There are many games to help them get familiar with letters and numbers.

2. Draw all jacks, queens, kings and aces from the deck.

3. Explain to the child that each card has its first name written on it. nine0007

4. Shuffle jacks, queens, kings and aces and have your child turn over the cards one at a time.

5. Look for the ace, saying: "Where is the ace? Where is the ace?" When you finally find it, shout: "Look, there's an ace!"

6. Then look for the jack:! Where is the jack? Where is the jack? Look, here's a jack!" Then the lady: "Where is the lady? Where is the lady? Look, there's a lady!" Then the king: "Where is the king? Where is the king? Look, here is the king!"

7. Turning over a new card, draw the child's attention to the letter written on it and say the sound that it stands for.

ALPHABETIC PHONE

DEVELOPS THINKING

1. In this game, you and your child will pretend to talk on the phone using letters of the alphabet instead of words. For example, you start: "AAAA", and the baby continues: "BBBB".

2. First explain to the child that any letter can be pronounced with different intonation, louder or quieter.

3. You can agree that each word will consist of several letters at once, for example "AABBV" or "YGD".

4. This game helps to remember the letters of the alphabet and is very popular with children. nine0007

Alphabetical Song

Develops memory

1. Sprinkle with the child alphabet:

Abvgdezozhz

Iiklmnoprst

UFHCHSHSH

Kommersant

2. Now pass several letters and stop. Let the baby sing the next letter himself, for example: "ABVG_".

3. If the child has correctly named the letter, continue the song and stop somewhere else.

4. If the child could not remember the correct letter, start the song from the beginning, sing the letter and stop, for example: "ABCD_". nine0007

5 This exercise develops abstract thinking and helps memorize letters in alphabetical order.

LETTERS IN THE NAME

HELPS TO REMEMBER THE LETTERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

We will sing this song with you.

If "G", "D", "E" is in your name,

You and I will wave our hands together.

If "E", "F", "Z" is in your name,

You and I will nod our heads together.

If "I", "Y", "K" is in your name,

You and I will blink our eyes together.

If "L", "M", "N" is in your name,

You and I will shake our hands together.

If "O", "P", "R" is in your name,

You and I will step aside together.

If "C", "T", "U" is in your name,

You and I will wave our legs together.

If "F", "X", "C" is in your name,

You and I will turn left together.

If "H", "Sh", "Sh" is in your name,

You and I will turn right together.

If there is a solid sign ("Ъ") in your name,

You and I will wave our right leg.

If the letter "y" is in your name,

Then you and I will wink at each other.

If there is a soft sign ("b") in your name,

You and I will wave our right leg.

If "E", "Yu", "I" is in your name,

We will blow a kiss to everyone.

2. You can sing not three, but one letter:

If the letter "A" is in your name,

You and I will sing a song together.

ALPHABETIC PHOTOS

LEARNING TO USE A CAMERA

1. Take pictures of objects whose names begin with the letters "A", "B", "C" and so on. Take several shots for each letter and arrange the photos in alphabetical order.

2. Have your child help you find things to photograph. nine0007

3. Show your child how to use the camera.

4. Make a separate page for each letter in the photo album and arrange the pictures accordingly.

ALPHABETIC ACTIVITIES

TEACHING THE BEGINNING LETTERS OF WORDS

1. This exercise can be done every day with different letters.

2. Write the tasks below on a blackboard or piece of paper and hang them in a prominent place.

Give me your address

Find a picture of a pineapple. nine0007

Write the first letter of your name.

Draw a squirrel.

Ride a bike.

Ask three questions.

Scream like a goose.

Draw a caterpillar.

Count the trees in the yard.

Hug a friend.

Find a spruce branch.

Find the raccoon in the picture.

Draw a hedgehog.

Tell us about your favorite animal.

Take a yellow pencil.

Guess the riddle.

Count the stars in the sky. nine0007

Play a game.

Eat toffee.

Find iodine.

Eat yogurt.

Read a book.

Open the door with the key.

Jump like a frog.

Try writing with your left hand.

Play ball.

Drink some milk.

Touch your nose.

Write zero.

Count to eleven.

Draw an oval.

Wash the dishes.

Crawl like a spider.

Draw a rainbow. nine0007

Wave your hand.

Stomp like an elephant.

Bark like a dog.

Do the dance.

Talk on the phone.

Quack like a duck.

Smile at a friend.

Take a purple pencil.

Watch a children's film.

Feed the pigeons bread.

Be good.

Walk on tiptoe.

Draw a flower.

Jump fourteen times.

Find the clock in the room. nine0007

Whisper.

Play school.

Touch your cheek.

Brush your shoes.

Eat an orange.

Chew on the cheese.

Play "cat and mouse"

Say "eniki-beniki".

Draw an excavator.

Spin around like a top.

Show me where the south is.

Wash the apple.

Crawl like a lizard.

3. If you wish, you can come up with alphabetic tasks with your child.

WHAT I SEE OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

DEVELOPS OBSERVATION

1. Look out the window and say: "I see something with the letter "A" outside the window. It's a bus."

2. List the objects you see in alphabetical order: "bus, log, bicycle, slide, tree..."

3. There are other ways to play. Write the child's name and think of a word for each letter. For example, if the baby's name is Misha, the words "car", "needle", "highway" and "watermelon" will do.

NAME THE LETTER

TEACHING THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET

Group game

1. Write the letters of the alphabet in different colors on a piece of paper.

2. Attach the sheet, for example, to a door with adhesive tape.

3. Have the children take it in turns to go to the paper, close their eyes, and point a finger at random at any letter.

4. The dropped letter must be called.

5. Older children can be offered to name not only the letters that have fallen out, but also the words that begin with them.

CIRCLE THE LETTER

DEVELOPS FINE MOTOR

1. Write 5 different letters on a piece of paper. The letters should be large and spaced quite far apart.

2. Say a letter and ask your child to circle it.

3. Continue until the child has circled all the letters on the sheet. Then write 5 more letters and repeat the task.

4. Try to play the opposite way - let the kid write and name the letters, and you circle them.

ERASE THE LETTER

DEVELOPS THINKING

Group game

1. Write 5 to 10 letters on the blackboard with chalk.

2. Say a letter and ask one of the participants to come to the blackboard and erase it.

3. Repeat the task, let the kids come to the board in turn and erase the named letters.

4. When the letters run out, invite the children to repeat the game.

5. Instead of letters, you can write on the board words familiar to the kids.

HOMEMADE "A"

PROMOTES CREATIVITY

1. You will need wooden sticks, glue and cotton balls. nine0007

2. Show the child how to make the letter "A". You need to glue 2 sticks with a hut, and then stick 3 sticks across.

3. Ask your child to pick up homemade letters "A" and sing along with you this song:

I have the letter "A",

I sing: "Ah-ah-ah!"

4. Have the child walk around the room and touch the letter "A" to each object whose name begins with this letter. nine0007

LETTERS-DOPPLES

PROMOTES CREATIVITY

1. Write a large letter "A" on a sheet of thick paper.

2. Have your child draw an "A" with eyes, a nose, and a mouth with black marker.

3. Cut out the letter and attach a wooden stick to the back with glue or tape.

4. The result is a letter-doll that can sing a song or talk about itself, for example: "Hi, I'm the letter" A ". I stand at the beginning of the words" watermelon "," bus "," stork "," apricot ", orange

5. Repeat this task with other letters of the alphabet.

LETTERS ON THE FLOOR

OUTDOOR PLAY

1. Lay out on the floor with masking tape the letter your child has just learned.

2. Have your child walk, march, jump, run, and crawl.

3. You can complete the task by singing a song:

I follow the letter "O"!

Step march on the letter "O"!

I'm jumping on the letter "O"!

Running on the letter "O"! nine0007

Crawling on the letter "O"!

4. Repeat the game with other letters of the alphabet.

LIVING ALPHABET

DEVELOPS THINKING

Group game

1. Invite the children to draw the letters of the alphabet. You can start, for example, with the letter "K".

2. Have the toddlers lie on the floor with their left arm and left leg extended to the side at an angle. It turned out the letter "K".

3. Now try to draw the letter "I". You need to lie on your side and bend your knees.

4. Draw the letter "T". Let the guys lie on their backs and stretch their arms out to the sides at shoulder level.

5. If there are three or more children in the group, you can draw the word "whale".

6. Kids love this game very much and play it with pleasure. She teaches to think creatively.

PARADE OF LETTERS

DEVELOPS THINKING AND MOVEMENT COORDINATION

1. Invite the child to march around the room while you recite a poem.

ABC SONG

Thirty-two sisters,

Written beauties,

They live on the same page,

And they are famous everywhere!

They are in a hurry to see you,

Glorious sisters, -

We ask all the guys

Make friends with them!

A, B, C, D, E, F, F

Rolled on a hedgehog!

Z,I,K,L,M,N,O

Together we climbed out the window!

П,Р,С,Т,У,Ф,Х

They saddled a rooster, -

С,Ч,Ш,Ш,Э,У,Я -

That's all they are, friends! nine0007

Get to know them, kids!

Here they are, standing side by side.

It is very bad to live in the world

For those who are not familiar with them!

Boris Zakhoder

10 WAYS TO TELL THE ALPHABET

DEVELOPS THINKING AND MOVEMENT COORDINATION

1. Information is remembered better and faster if it is accompanied by some actions. Use this rule when learning the alphabet.

2. Ask the children to tell the alphabet:

to three different people; nine0007

--twice slow and twice fast;

- bouncing on the spot;

- in a thin voice very softly;

- very loud;

--very slow;

-- very, very fast;

--with a cotton after each letter;

- marching around the room;

- standing on one leg.

ALPHABETIC BOX

TEACHING TO SHARE

Group Play

1. Decorate an empty coffee tin with stickers.

2. Write the names of the children on strips of paper, roll them up and put them in a separate box.

3. Pull a piece of paper out of the box at random and read the name aloud.

4. The child whose name has been spoken must find and put in the box an object whose name begins with the same letter as his name.

5. The children can take it in turns to take the jar home and put in it objects whose names begin with the same letter as their names.

FIND YOUR LETTERS

DEVELOPS THINKING

1. Write the child's name on a piece of paper.

2. Give the sheet to the child and ask him to find objects in the room that begin with the letters of his name.

3. To make it easier for the child to complete the task, the name of Yan, for example, can be written like this: "I am an apple, H is a thread, A is a watercolor."

LETTERS IN POEMS

INTRODUCING CHILDREN'S ROEMS

", "Bunny", "Horse", "Elephant", "Airplane", "Cat". nine0007

2. Show the child the text of the poem in the book.

3. Read or recite the rhyme several times, then help your child find the letters of his name that appear in the text.

4. Children really like this game. They are happy to look for the letters of their names in poetry.

LETTERS ON THE WINDOW

PROMOTES CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

1. It is good to play this game on a cloudy day, because the room immediately becomes brighter and more cheerful from the colorful letters painted on the window glass. nine0007

2. Have your child draw letters on the glass with finger paint or tempera.

3. First have him write the letters of his own name, then the letters of the names of family members.

4. If the window is large enough, invite the child to draw different objects, and next to write the letters with which their names begin. For example, you can draw the sun, next to the letter "C".

LETTER DETECTIVE

DEVELOPS ATTENTION

1. Put old magazines and newspapers, bright markers and magnifiers in a box or basket. Explain to the child that this is the workplace of a letter detective. nine0007

2. Give the child a task to find a certain letter or several letters in the text and highlight them with a marker.

3. Invite the child to look for the letters of his name, letters from the name of the day of the week or month.

4. Children love to play detectives. They really like to look for letters with a magnifying glass.

FUN LETTERS

PROMOTES CREATIVITY

1. Explain to your child what symmetry is. Explain that many things in nature are symmetrical, such as butterfly wings. nine0007

2. Many letters of the alphabet are also symmetrical. Write on a piece of paper the letters A, B, D, E, E, F, Z, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, C, T, F, X, W, E, Y.

3. Use a mirror to check all letters for vertical or horizontal symmetry. To do this, place the mirror in the middle of the letter vertically or horizontally. From the parts written on the sheet and reflected in the mirror, a whole letter should be formed.

3. Find and name together with the child all the letters that consist only of straight lines (for example, A, D, E, P), and then those that consist only of curves (for example, Z, C, O). nine0007

4. This exercise teaches the child to analyze, to think in a new way and thus contributes to the development of thinking.

ROBIN BOBIN BARABEK

ENHANCES VOCABULARY

1. Cut out as many food photos as you can from magazines. Go through them with your baby and name each product.

2. Read with your child a poem by K.I. Chukovsky "Barabek":

BARABEK

(how to tease a glutton)

Robin Bobin Barabek

Ate forty people,

Both a cow and a bull,

And a crooked butcher.

Both cart and arc;

Both a broom and a poker.

I ate the church, I ate the house

And the forge with the blacksmith,

And then he says:

"My stomach hurts."

3. Fantasize about the theme of the poem. Assume that Ba

rabek ate peas and ask the child to choose foods that start with the same letter.

4. After the child has found the food pictures and named them correctly, choose a new letter and continue the game. nine0007

LETTER BUFFET

DEVELOPS THINKING

Group game

1. Explain to the children that you want to organize a letter buffet. Ask everyone to suggest buffet items that begin with the first letter of their name.

2. Help the children find the right foods. For example, let Vika bring grapes, and Masha - carrots. And so on.

3. You can designate a day for the letter buffet. Children love to try different treats. nine0007

LETTERS ON THE PALM

PROMOTES CREATIVITY

1. Use a non-toxic felt-tip pen to write a letter on the child's palm

2. Tell the child: "Let me read what is written on your palm."

3. Take the child's hand in yours and describe the letter, for example: "I see a very interesting letter on your palm. It consists of two sticks - a long one and a short one. The short one is located at the end of the long one. This is the letter "T".

4 .Say a few words beginning with the letter T.

5. Ask your child to think of words that start with the letter "T".

6. The more you describe the letter and the more words you choose, the more interesting the game will be.

7. Invite your child to play this game with friends and family members.

FIND THE LETTER

DEVELOPS THINKING

Group game

1. This game promotes the development of phonemic skills and teaches children to identify the initial sounds of words by ear.

2. Put small items in the box: felt-tip pens, toys, coins, pieces of paper, cubes, pencils, brushes, and so on. nine0007

3. Ask the children to sit in a circle. Place the box outside the circle.

4. Sing this song:

We are looking for the letter "A",

We are looking for the letter "A",

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah,

We are looking for the letter "A".

5. Have the children find an object in the box whose name starts with "A" and put it in the center of the circle.

6. Repeat the task with other letters until all objects are in the center of the circle.

CAPITAL LETTERS

DEVELOPS INTEREST IN READING

1. Knowing the letters is the key to learning to read successfully. The process of learning the letters of the alphabet can be made interesting and fun.

2. You will need picture magazines, large cardboard cards, a card box, scissors, glue, and a felt-tip pen.

3. Ask your child to cut out pictures of objects with different letters of the alphabet from magazines. Try. keep the words short and simple. For example, for the letter "M" a photograph of a car or a carton of milk is suitable. nine0007

4. Stick the picture on the card and write the corresponding capital letter on top.

5. Put the cards in the box and put it in plain sight so that the baby can play with the cards on his own.

SMALL LETTERS

HELPS FORMING PHONEMATIC PRONUNCIATION

1. Prepare cards as described above (see "Capital Letters"), but write lowercase letters instead of capital letters.

2. Arrange the cards in order - upper case next to lower case. nine0007

3. When the child learns to put the cards in order, invite him to play in a new way. Point to a letter and ask them to find a picture of an object whose name begins with that letter.

4. Games "Capital Letters" and "Lower Letters" help the child learn the necessary information for further learning to read.

LETTERS IN PAIRS

DEVELOPS OBSERVATION

1. This game is based on the game "Letters-Cards", so play this game first. Write the letters on the cards, name the letters and the words they begin with. nine0007

2. Add cards with lowercase letters, shuffle them and ask your child to sort the letters into pairs - uppercase and lowercase.

3. This game also helps you learn to recognize letters.

Alphabetical singing

Teaching their voice

1. Children love to tell the alphabet and sing "Alphabetical Song":

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Eyya 9000 9000 voices, quickly and slowly, loudly and quietly, while paying attention to how the letters sound. nine0007

3. The most important thing here is to help the children what sound this or that letter conveys.

SUN LETTERS

DEVELOPS FINE MOTOR SKILLS

1. This is an exercise for a sunny, fine day.

2. Take a sheet of blue or black construction paper and have the children write letters on it using pieces of string.

3. Place the leaf in the sun. After a few hours, remove the ropes - prints of letters remained on the paper.

JOY BELL

DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS

Group game

1. You will need a bell for this game.

2. Children sit in a circle. A card with a letter written on it is passed around the circle. When the bell rings, the player who has a card in his hand at that moment must name the letter written on it.

3. Make a new call each time: slowly, quickly, rhythmically, loudly, softly.

4. This game also helps your child learn to recognize letters. nine0007

MUSIC LETTERS

SOCIALIZATION SKILLS

Group play

1. Distribute letter cards to children.

2. Explain that music is about to play, to which the letters will circle around the room.

3. When the music stops, each participant should join hands with the person next to them.

4. Turn on the music again, have the guys dance in pairs.

5. Stop the music and ask each pair of children to make a sentence starting with the letters on the cards. nine0007

5. After each pair has spoken the completed sentence, continue the game.

CREAM LETTERS

PROMOTES CREATIVE EXPRESSION

1. Squeeze shaving cream onto the table.

2. The child will be happy to write letters with a finger dipped in cream.

3. The work can be photographed.

SANDY LETTERS

DEVELOP THE TOUCH

Group Play

1. Cut out all the letters of the alphabet from the sandpaper. nine0007

2. Give each child two letters. You need to touch them, run your fingers along the contours and name them.

3. Blindfold the children, give one of the letters. with which they worked, and ask them to determine by touch what kind of letter it is.

4. Cardboard, glue and salt can be used instead of sandpaper. Cut out letters from cardboard, spread with glue, sprinkle with salt. Wait for the glue to dry

LETTERS IN THE POCKET

DEVELOP YOUR THINKING

1. Glue the pocket from two strips of paper. nine0007

2. Prepare the alphabet cards and place them in the box.

3. Invite the child to take a card at random, name a letter and words that begin with it, and then put the card in a pocket.

4. Show your child which cards to take and how to put them in order to get, for example, the word "cat".

5. Ask your child to name a letter, a sound, and a word, for example: "The letter 'K', the sound 'k', and the word 'cat'."

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


Acquaintance with letters

I would conditionally divide all 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. nine0007

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. nine0007


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. nine0007

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. nine0007

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 Memory game , 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. nine0007


Creative games that help develop fine motor skills

Here the kid will have to 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. nine0007

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. nine0007


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 the 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.1069 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.


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