Alphabet Learning Activities
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Hands-on Activities for Learning the Letters of the Alphabet
By offering a wide variety of materials around the room in different centers, children can choose the activity or material that intrigues them most at the moment the skill being taught.
Come explore hands-on, learning alphabet activities that make the alphabet as easy as ABC...
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The Pretzel Alphabet
Forming Letters with Pretzel Sticks and Circles
Photo Credit: Eating Snack
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Of course you have heard of Alphabet Soup as well as Alpha-Bits Cereal but have you heard of Pretzel Alphabets?
Now you can learn the alphabet, practice spelling and vocabulary words or play a multitude of other letter games at snack time.
One day I set out a bowl of Pretzel Alphabet Letters on a table to see what the kids would come up with for a center time activity. A couple of kids choose that table and started to see what words they could make. They decided that they could only eat the pretzels if they could form them into a word.
Each time they made a word they ate the word as if they were hungry monsters gobbling up the language.
The Pretzel Alphabet is now a favorite center time activity enjoyed by hungry language eating monsters.
Sunflower Food and Spice Co, Pretzel Letters, 4-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 36)
Amazon Price: $60.00 (as of 05/27/2012)
Product Discription
ABCs Taste great! A tasty way to reward a child, occupy time, learn the ABCs, spell-or just plain enjoy crunching. We hear that Santa and the Easter Bunny really like this treat And remember, Pretzel Letters are fat-free and also make a letter perfect gift for adult snackers.
Pretzel Alphabet Letters
Forming Letters with Pretzel Sticks and Circles
Photo Credit: Pretzels on Flickr, Creative Commons.
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If you are writing in print rather than cursive, you can write all of the letters of the alphabet with pretzel circles and sticks.
One of our favorite ways of learning the letters is by using pretzel sticks and balls to form the letters in print. We write our names, high frequency words or spelling words and then gobble them up.
Talking Alphabet Puzzle
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Alphabet puzzles are always a hit but when I ran across this ABC puzzle that also says the sound as well as a word that begins with that letter, I couldn't resist adding it to the collection of Alphabet Activities.
Because it does make noise, and you do not want to disturb others in a classroom setting, I suggest that you include it in a Take Home Literacy Bag rather than using it in a center.
Be sure to look for other Melissa and Doug wooden alphabet puzzles to use in your centers. I like to use wooden puzzles because they feel good and last a long time.
Note: Coding each of the puzzle pieces on the back makes it easier to sort them if they get mixed up.
Melissa & Doug Alphabet Sound Puzzle
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 05/27/2012)
Product Description
Make learning the ABC's easier with this wooden puzzle. Place each piece of the alphabet on the puzzle board, and when a match is made, your child will hear the sound of each letter and a word beginning with that letter. It's a fun and unique way to reinforce cause-and-effect, and early vocabulary and matching skills.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
is one of our favorite alphabet books. The rhythm of the words just invite children to get up and dance. They are fascinated with all the bandages and bruises the letters receive from falling out of the tree but in the end, all the mammas and pappas, uncles and aunts reassuringly come to pick them up and take care of them.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Amazon Price: $8.09 (as of 05/27/2012)
Product Description
A told B,
and B told C,
I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree
In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no -- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!
The well-known authors of Barn Dance and Knots on a Counting Rope have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun. Lois Elhert's rainbow of bright, bold, and cheerful colors makes the merry parade of letters unforgettable.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alphabet Activities
Photo Credit: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Handmade Felt Tree
on examiner.com.
Here are some alphabet activities to accompany the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
- Alphabet activities: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
- See the photo album for information on this handmade felt tree craft. If there is one universally-loved ABC book, it is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault... Tattered copies of the funky, rhythmic ABC story ...
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Crafts, Activities and Ideas! - CafeMom
- Chicka chicka boom boom, will there be enough room? My
kids and I have been doing lots of fun activities with this funky, - Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
- This bright and colorful book uses rhythm and simple words in a way that will have your child excited by the book, participating in its reading, and perhaps even reciting its chant when the book is out of sight. This is a classic and a must-have for any little one.'A told B, and B told C, 'I'll meet
Coloring the Alphabet
Printable Alphabet Coloring Pages
ABC Alphabet Book Cover
Available at AllPosters.com
Challenging Coloring Pages of Alphabet Letters to Print
These pages would also be great if you are homeschooling children of different ages. The older kids can work on these more difficult coloring pages and you can use the completed pages to teach the younger children.1 point
Printable Alphabet Coloring Pages
Alphabet coloring pages are one of the first art and learning activities for many preschoolers. Alphabet coloring pages and bubble letter sheets are also a great source for artists and crafters looking for unique monograms or basic stencils for their alphabet-based arts and crafts projects.Adult col...1 point
Cartoon Animal Alphabet - Free Coloring Pages, Flashcards
The Alphabetimals are cartoon animals shaped like letters. On the site is an interactive book with sounds, an ABC song video, and links to downloadable coloring pages, flashcards and a poster.1 point
Teaching the letters of the Alphabet
What are the best ways to teach the letters of the Alphabet?
Melissa & Doug Magnetic Wooden Alphabet
The wooden pieces to the Melissa & Doug Magnetic Wooden Alphabet
feel great and the primary colors invite children to move the letters around in order to discover combinations that form words. My children always loved to push three letters together and ask me to pronounce them. They would laugh and be silly but when a real word was formed we all jumped around and did a dance.Please tell us about your favorite materials and any games or activities you use to teach your children the letters of the alphabet.
What activities have you found most helpful for teaching the letters of the alphabet?
Coloring pages and worksheets. Please add links to downloadable sites.
Toys, games or other manipulatives for learning the alphabet.
lemonsqueezy says:
I know that you probably don't want me to advocate TV watching... but Leap Frog's Letter Factory taught my son his letters and sounds with no effort. It was amazing!
groovyoldlady says:
We had 2 sets of colorful magnetic letters - both uppercase and lowercase - and we used them ALL the time. We'd practice the letter sounds and letter names. We'd play "Here's an M, Can you find MORE M's?" etc. Now my girls are proficient readers and the grandkids play with the letters.
Creative Alphabets
What activities could you do with the alphabet?
Art Nouveau Alphabet, 1903
by E. Mulier
Available on Allposters
What could you do with interesting alphabets? You can match the letters to pictures or small toys that begin with those letters. With two copies of the alphabet you could play Go Fish or Memory. Match one alphabet to another. Match capital letters with lower case letters. Hang the letters in ABC order on a clothesline stretched across the room. What other ways could you play with the alphabet?
ReubenMiller : 22 of the World's Most Creative Alphabets
There are so many crazy ways to write the ABC's. It's a great creative exercise - it would do me well to try my own when I hit a creative slump. I'm amazed at the ingenuity of some of these....1 point
Alphabet tiles
Art on Tiles - Handmade and Hand Painted Tiles Hand painted tiles including delft tiles, tile murals, bespoke ceramic tiles to order1 point
Frog Alphabet by Ben Lueders
Each letter is actually a frog.1 point
Alphabet Books
Old Black Fly buzzes around the Alphabet
An Alphabet of Food
Vintage Alphabet Books
Beautifrul Vintage Alphabet Books online
Photo Credit: Q is for Queen
in the Public Domain
Read these beautifully illustrated books online for free. They are all in the public domain.
Alphabet Books :: Free Readers ~ Public Domain Books for Children.
ABC books at Free Readers. This page shows the sites most popular alphabet books, the newest alphabet books added and all the ABC books listed in A-Z order.1 point
Alphabits Center Time Activities
Learning the Alphabet in your Cereal
Photo Credit: Scrabble Alphabet Soup Game
Available on Amazon
This alphabet game is fun for children. Scoop out letters and match them to the letters of words on cards.
For some alphabet breakfast fun, just pour out some Alpha-Bits cereal and look for words, match the letters etc. More alphabet activities can be found here...
Laundry Time ABC Order
Hang up the T-Shirts in Alphabetical Order
Clean and Fresh
Van Dijk,...
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You can encourage energy savings, recycling and prevention of Global Warming with this fun Literacy Center.
Most parents have t-shirts left over from when their children were babies. Ask them to donate them to your class for the following Literacy Center. You will need 26 infant-sized plain white cotton t-shirts.
Fabric Markers to write one letter of the alphabet on each T-Shirt.
Hang a clothesline long enough to hang all 26 T-Shirts. Hang the T-shirts in alphabetical order.
Each day, remove 5 T-Shirts for letters that you have been working on and place them in a wicker laundry basket with 10 clothespins.
More Activities for Teaching the Alphabet
Add your Squidoo Alphabet Lenses
Photo Credit: Alphabet Soup: Language Arts Enrichment Activities
Available on Amazon
Here are some more alphabet activities. Buzz though the alphabet with the Old Black Fly as he lands on an alphabet of food in the kitchen.
Alphabet activity articles
Teach your children about the alphabet with ideas for encouraging literacy. Watch for updates to this page as new alphabet and reading ...1 point
Old Black Fly Unit Study
Old Black Fly's been buzzing around and lands on an alphabet's worth of spilled drips and drops of food. This poem is fun to read aloud with it's lilting rhyme has makes you want to dance.Use Old Black Fly to start a unit on insects that will inspire reading, writing and scientific experimentation.1 point
Alphabet Handwriting Practice
Practice Writing the Alphabet
Photo Credit: Cursive Alphabet Bulletin Board Set
Available on Amazon
Penmanship: The Art of Teaching Handwriting will show you which order to teach the letters. It also has many fun activities for practicing the cursive alphabet. When you are ready for worksheets, I recommend the letters worksheets that you can find as free printables on Jan Brett's site.
- Blinky Bill Alphabet Copybook - Downunder Literature | CurrClick
- Blinky Bill Alphabet Copybook - This free resource has been developed to provide a language-arts resource that helps a young child develop the pre-writi
- Penmanship: The Art of Teaching Handwriting
- As a child I remember Mrs. Thompson, my first grade teacher, gently putting her hand over mine and guiding me in forming the letters. We wrote on green lined paper with dotted lines down the middle. After we had practice for a whole week we were allowed to use the white paper to prove how beautiful
- Jan Brett Alphabet Coloring Tracers Main Page
- Practice handwriting in manuscript or cursive on pages highlighting Jan Brett's adorable animals.
Talk about Alphabet Activities:
How do YOU teach the Letters of the Alphabet?
The ABC Cook Book, Children with Big Blocks
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MareeT
Dec 22, 2011 @ 5:09 pm | delete
- Very good tips here that I can use with my grandkids!
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teachingtools
Nov 19, 2010 @ 12:46 am | delete
- Great lens and ideas! Don't forget you can use free certificate templates to reward your students for their successes!
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CreativeArtist Sep 1, 2010 @ 12:22 pm | delete
- Great ideas Evelyn. I've lensrolled it to Literacy and Phonetics.
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DanSuciu
Aug 20, 2010 @ 4:31 am | delete
- People tend to forget about the importance of learn spelling games and how decisive is the appeal factor in a kid's learning process.
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Pastiche
Dec 8, 2009 @ 8:38 am | delete
- Yet another wonderful fun and teaching lens from Evelyn. A nice addition to my Alphabet Coloring and Alphabet Printables lensrolls.
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Evelyn_Saenz
Dec 8, 2009 @ 8:46 am | delete
- Thank you so much. Lensrolled you right back.
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JoyfulPamela
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- You always come up with fantastic ideas ~ thank you so much for sharing them. :)
Pamela
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