Are you wondering how to teach the alphabet to totschoolers and preschoolers? Or just looking for hands on alphabet activities? Well then you have landed on the right page!
Here at Fun with Mama we believe in tapping into your child's natural interest of language and the alphabet to learn through play! Below you will find hundreds of ideas to engage your kids through hands on exploration that will teach them the foundation of their alphabet knowledge!
What Does a Preschooler Need to Know About the Alphabet Before Kindergarten?
- Recite/Sing the Alphabet Song
- Indentify Upper Case Letters
- Indentify Lower Case Letters
- Match Uppercase Letters to Lower Case Letters
- Identify Letter Sounds
- Trace Letters
- Write Some Alphabet Letters
How to Teach Alphabet Activities
- Read, Read, and Read Some More! Reading to your child teaches them to get excited about books. This interest in books will be the perfect foundation for their pre-reading skills.
- Notice Print in the world around you. Traffic Signs, Cereal Boxes, and everywhere else - call it to your child's attention whenever you can to help them see how print is used.
- Start with the Letters in Your Child's Name. The most personalized and meaningful letters a child can learn are the ones that spell their own name.
- Play Letter by Letter Letter of the week is an easy and fantastic way to maintain structure while exploring the alphabet. If you are needing inspiration make sure to check out our Letter of the Week curriculum!
- Be Flexible Every child is going to pick up different concepts at different paces. Go at your child's pace and adapt your lesson plans as needed.
- Have Fun! Kids this age learn the best through play and you know your child the best. Pick activities that you know they will love and play!
Alphabet Printables in Our Shop
Hands On Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers
Letter O Worksheets and Activities Pack
This free Letter O worksheets and activities printables includes themed letter O worksheets, clip cards and more activities suitable for young children ages 3-7. If you haven’t
Alphabet Coloring Pages
These alphabet coloring pages are another addition to our alphabet activities for kids. The set includes a large page layout and a two page layout
Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching Clip Cards
These uppercase and lowercase letter matching cards will engage your preschooler to help the mommy uppercase alphabet letter find her matching baby lowercase letter. In
Learning Through Play Phonics Activities
My favorite way to teach my children is through play. The kids get excited that mom is ‘playing’ with them, while Mom gets excited that
Owl Babies Alphabet Matching Game
Learning the alphabet is a critical part of being a preschooler. That is why we have a whole page dedicated to alphabet activities for kids.
Printable Alphabet Letter Worksheets
These no prep printable alphabet letter worksheets are amongst our newest alphabet activities for kids. They are the perfect addition to the letter of the week curriculum and
Alphabet Letter Formation Cards
These alphabet letter formation and writing practice cards a great alternative to alphabet handwriting worksheets. This is a great activity to add to your printable
Easter Alphabet Letter Match Activity for Preschoolers
These Easter Egg Alphabet Letter Matching Puzzles are a great way to work on uppercase and lowercase letter recognition. We are always looking for fun
Alphabet Letter Sound Mats
These alphabet letter sound mats are perfect for preschool and kindergarten students. For younger kids there are alphabet sorting mats. For older kids there are
Alphabet Letters Hunt Game
This alphabet letter game hunt is a perfect activity for toddlers and preschoolers to work on their color and alphabet letter recognition. When doing alphabet
Baby Penguin Alphabet Letter Matching
These Baby Penguin Alphabet Letter Matching cards allow a child to work on matching uppercase and lowercase letters using printable alphabet letter cards. By having
Alphabet Letter Fishing
This alphabet letter fishing activity is a perfect toddler water play activity. Which kid doesn’t like to play in water? Throw some alphabets in and
Contact Paper Letter Painting
This contact paper letter painting craft activity is a perfect addition to your alphabet activities for kids. Preschoolers and toddlers will love adding paint to their learning activities.
Build An Alphabet Letter Box For Your Kids
Are you doing alphabet activities for kids at home or in your preschool? Then creating a DIY alphabet letter box using toys and items you have at
Alphabet Letter Play Dough Mats, Numbers, and Arabic Numbers
We love doing printable letter crafts here and always like to extend our alphabet activities for kids with fun and new hands on alphabet learning activities. These
Our Trays: Letter B Theme
I added these Letter B Themed Tot Trays to our printable letter crafts and activities. Tot trays are amongst our favorite toddler activities and I
Alphabet Letter Crafts
Printable Letter U Craft Unicorn
This printable letter u craft unicorn is a fun addition to our other printable alphabet letter crafts. This activity is slightly more challenging then the
Printable Letter C Craft: C is for Caterpillar
This printable letter c craft letter c is for caterpillar template ties wonderfully with butterfly crafts and themed preschool units. This free letter of the week curriculum printable activity
Printable Letter C Crafts: C is for Cat
These printable letter c crafts are perfect for your letter of the week curriculum. Your child will love cutting and pasting this lowercase letter c cat
Letter B Crafts B is for Bee
Are you looking for letter B crafts? This Printable B is for Bee Letter Craft activity is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Not only are
Printable Letter B Crafts B is for Butterfly
These printable letter B crafts for preschoolers, pre k and kindergarteners include a printable lowercase b is for butterfly and letter B is for Bee craft. My 2
Printable Letter A Crafts A for Apple
We have had fun with our printable letter a crafts for preschoolers. Our printable letter crafts are always a hit with the kids. We did
Printable Letter A Crafts A is for Alligator
These printable letter a crafts for toddlers and preschoolers are a part of our preschool letter of the week curriculum. These letter a activities work on
Printable Letter D Crafts D is for Dots
The printable letter d crafts d is for dots is a simple and easy letter of the week crafts activity. This letter d craft for preschoolers
Printable Letter D Crafts D is for Dinosaur
We did printable letter D crafts this week and it was the perfect addition to our letter of the week curriculum. This activity is the perfect addition
Letter of the Week Activities
Printable Letter C Crafts and Activities
These printable letter c crafts and activities are perfect for your toddler or preschooler’s letter of the week homeschool curriculum. We love that printable letter
Letter A Preschool Printable Pack
This free printable Letter A printable preschool pack is filled with fun worksheets, clip cards and activities that are suitable for young children ages 3-7. They
Letter B Preschool Printable Pack
I am glad you will be joining us on the letter of the week curriculum. This free Letter B preschool printable learning pack is geared
Letter C Preschool Printable Pack
This free Letter C printable pack has got the letter c covered! With adorable cupcakes, cowboys and fingerprint activities chlidren will have a weeks worth of
Free Letter D Printable Pack
This free Letter D preschool pack contains our latest letter d filled educational activities. The worksheets, clip cards and activities are suitable for young children ages 3-7. You can find all of
Free Letter E Printable Pack
This free Letter E preschool printable learning pack is another addition to our Free alphabet ABC Printable Packs. Each activity pack is filled with fun activities, worksheets, clip cards and
Free Letter F Printable Pack
Join a frog and a fairy in this fun, fantastic and free Letter F preschool printable learning pack. It is the next instalment in our Free alphabet ABC Printable Packs
Letter G Preschool Printable Pack
Looking for some letter g activities or how to teach letter g? This free Letter G Preschool Printable pack is jam-packed with fun and educational worksheets, clip cards
Letter H Activities For Preschool + Kindergarten Pack
We are up to Letter H already! This free Letter H Activities for preschool and kindergarten Pack is a great way for children to work on
Letter I Activities for Preschool + Kindergarten Pack
This free Letter I activities for preschool and Kindergarten pack is the next printable pack in our alphabet series. Don’t forget to check out the other Free
Letter J Activities for Preschool + Kindergarten Pack
This free Letter J activities for preschool and kindergarten pack is the perfect addition to use with our printable alphabet letter crafts. This printable pack is the tenth
Letter K Activities for Preschool Printable Pack
Suitable for young children in preschool, pre k and kindergarten, this free Letter K activities for preschool printable pack contains educational worksheets, clip cards and activities all focused
Letter L Activities for Preschool + Kindergarten Pack
Join a llama and a ladybug in our next Letter printable pack: the Letter L activities for preschool printable pack. It is the next installment in our Free
Letter M Activities for Letter Of the Week
What do monkey, mug and mermaid all have in common? They are all part of the next printable pack in the series, the Letter M activities
Letter N Preschool Printable Pack
The fourteenth letter of the alphabet is N, which is the theme of our next activity set in our Free alphabet ABC Printable Packs. This Letter N preschool
