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1. Cut out pictures from magazines or newspapers beginning with the letter.
2. Draw pictures of items beginning with the letter.
3. Cut out words beginning with the letter from magazines, newspapers, food cans, boxes, etc.
4. Find items in the grocery or department store that begin with the letter.
5. Read books beginning with the letter or that have the letter in the title.
6. Read alphabet books with all of the letters and words beginning with each letter.
7. Watch alphabet learning videos (or make your own).
8. Find street signs beginning with the letter.
9. Play "I spy . . ." with items beginning with the letter.
10. Make food beginning with the letter (for example, soup, sandwich).
11. Do art/craft projects beginning with the letter.
12.
Write the letter and try to form it into something that begins with the
letter. For example, draw a butterfly using two capital B's back to back
attaching antennae.
13. Make the letter and things that begin with the letter with clay.
14. Make lists of names, animals, fruits, vegetables, toys, etc. that begin with the letter.
15. Learn songs or Nursery songs beginning with the letter.
16. Make up and say tongue twisters beginning with the letter.
17. Make "Fish" or "Concentration" card games where any 2 pictures that begin the same are matches.
18. Make a book in the shape of the letter and fill it with words or pictures beginning with the letter.
19. Glue tactile materials on letter shapes.
20. Make a "treasure hunt" where you hunt for only things that begin with the letter.
21.
Go on a scavenger hunt for items beginning with the letter. You can give
the child a bag with the letter on it and see if he/she can find items.
22. Make up matching games where the child matches a letter with a picture that begins with that letter.
23.
Make a beginning game where the child must say a word beginning with the
letter his/her beanbag lands on in order to get the points.
24. Write
the child's name (or names of family members) across the top of a piece of
paper and draw underneath each letter an object corresponding to each letter
in the name.
25. Take a snapshot of something beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Use the snapshots to make your own alphabet book. |
