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May 8, 2012 | 30 Comments

25 Alphabet Activities For Kids

We love the alphabet and we love creating and playing with letters. These 25 alphabet activities for kids teach all different aspects of the alphabet including letter recognition, letter sounds, letter shapes and are just plain fun! These letter activities are dynamic and are meant not just to teach the alphabet but to make learning letters a memorable and engaging experience. If you love these alphabet activities for preschoolers you will love our lesson plans for preschool. Check out our whole library here!

alphabet activities for 3 year olds

 

Letter Fishing This is a classic alphabet activity and for good reason, children adore catching letters and identifying them.

Alphabet Sensory Bin Dig and play with letters with this fun sensory bin.

Letter Matching With Stickers  Work on fine motor development as well as letter knowledge with this simple activity.

Letter Pizza How fun is an alphabet activity that is also a pizza?

Alphabet Playdough Play This alphabet activity is a staple in my literacy center.

alphabet activities for 3 year olds
Rainbow Alphabet Alphabet activities for kids don’t get much simpler than this.

Magic Letters We love this letter activity.

Alphabet Pumpkin Patch Perfect fall activity.

Alphabet Bottle and Match Game  My 2 and 3-year-olds love this.

Recycled Alphabet  Earth friendly and educational.


Letter Dominoes  Kids love this activity and it’s a cinch to make.

Glue Tracing Alphabet  This activity is wonderful for hand strength development as well.

Letter Rainbowing  Great for your writing center.

Monogrammed Napkin Rings Children love making things with “THEIR” letter, so let them!

Letter Hunt Get moving and learning with this gross motor alphabet activity for kids.


Alphabet Peg Dolls My daughter still loves these.

Texture Letters Let children see and feel letters as they are learning.

Sensory Alphabet Activities Squish, feel, and smell as you learn letters.

Play Dough Letters Make letters as you squish into play dough.

Alphabet  Bead Match Game Fine motor skills will be getting a serious work out with this letter matching activity.


Learning Letters On The Go This is one of my favorite gross motor alphabet activities for kids.

Alphabet Cookies Um yum!

Alphabet Wall Mural Cooperative alphabet activities are a wonderful way to use peer scaffolding in your classroom.

Alphabet Book You can do this at home or in a class.

Jar Lid Alphabet Match Game  I made these in 2008 and my students are still using them more than 10 years later!

 

Need more alphabet activities? Check out our list of independent alphabet activities for 3-year-olds here! 

 

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30 Comments

  1. Miss Trayers says

    May 8, 2012 at 5:33 am

    Great ideas! Love the clothespins! Always looking for creative ways to do alphabet. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Miss Trayers says

    May 8, 2012 at 5:33 am

    Great ideas! Love the clothespins! Always looking for creative ways to do alphabet. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Mud Hut Mama says

    May 8, 2012 at 11:49 am

    Your timing couldn’t have been more perfect! We are just starting to work with letters. Thanks so much for putting all of these in one place. I especially love the glue tracing alphabet and the dominoes.

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  4. Heidi Kay says

    May 9, 2012 at 7:02 am

    I sure hope you get a lot of new subscriptions from this post. We pinned it to our Pinterest site and got about 378 repins in less than 24 hours.

    I would love to collaborate in other ways to promote your blog. You can email me at heidi at pediastaff dot com

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  5. Celeste says

    May 11, 2012 at 6:54 pm

    Where do you start w/ teaching the alphabet? how many letters do you focus on in a week? Do you start w/ the letters in their name?

    How old do you feel is appropriate to start?

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    • admin says

      May 11, 2012 at 7:25 pm

      I personally like to start with alphabet books but then move into easy simple activities – we have a series called Alphabet For Starters that is a perfect place to start. https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/alphabet-for-starters I would start pointing out the words in their names and I wouldn’t single out letters very much. Even when I did Letter of The Week we’d do one main craft that week of one letter but still have a whole alphabet approach. Letters work together so being taught together simply makes sense.

      I don’t think there is an appropriate age to start, instead I think that watching the child and seeing if they start showing interest in letters and then jumping on board. The tricky thing is you need to expose them ( not force- just expose) to letters from an early age so they have the chance to get interested. I hope that helps!

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  6. Maro says

    May 28, 2012 at 6:45 am

    Thanks for sharing all these great ideas!!!

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  7. Karyn says

    September 9, 2012 at 3:14 am

    Love it! I stay home with my toddler and am always looking for new fun activities!
    Thanks so much,
    Karyn

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    • Lois says

      August 16, 2021 at 8:02 pm

      Thanks for sharing. The activities are really helpful.

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  8. Pooja Jain says

    September 29, 2012 at 5:25 am

    Lovely and practical ideas! thanks for sharing such simple ways to make learning fun and meaningful.

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  9. Jessica says

    December 2, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    So helpful for my autistic son! Love the sensory letters!

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  10. Harriett says

    April 1, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    I bought these for my son and he loves them. Ryan didn’t have any interest in learning his ABC’s until he had these flash cards in his hands. http://www.he-is-all-boy.com

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  11. Shaunna @ Fantastic Fun and Learning says

    June 6, 2013 at 10:01 am

    You have so many wonderful alphabet posts here. I hope you don’t mind that I linked to this post and some of your other ABC posts in my Top 10 Ways to Remember the ABCs post today.

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  12. Teacher Help For Parents says

    August 1, 2013 at 6:29 pm

    This is great. I’m off to pin.

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  13. Thekidsworkbook says

    October 19, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    Hi.
    great new site for kids. Alphabet, Numbers, coloring pages and more.
    We are updating the site continuously.
    http://www.thekidsworkbook.com

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  14. Joan says

    November 22, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    Wow… These are all great ideas and great resources. I’d also like to add the following to your list: http://www.letterheadsplayground.com Go to their download page to download free PDF coloring pages. I really like the unique characters. It adds personality to the learning process.

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