Letters and Sounds Printables & Activities
Letters and sounds… simple, right? Well, for all of you parents out there who already feel overwhelmed with everything preschool, just remember, keep it simple. Have a goal in your mind for what you want your child to learn by the end of the year (or even the end of the month!) and then start taking steps to accomplish it. You do not need to do every alphabet activity, just pick a few and stick with them. There are plenty of Letters and Sounds Printables & Activities right here to get you started!
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Letters and Sounds - What should I teach?
After years of teaching letters and sounds to my kids, experience has taught me to first focus on having my child be able to:
- Identify Capital & Lowercase letters
- Say the sounds of each letter
- Put the alphabet in the correct order
- Short vowel sounds
- Know the difference between vowels and consonents
- Identify Beginning/Ending Sounds of Words
There are several ways to tackle these skills. The FREE Letters and Sounds Printables & Activities including slideshows, videos, and crafts are some of the tools we use to teach our children. As you are aware, everyone is different. Some of your students will enjoy and resonate more with the printable sets while others will prefer the video suggestions. Figure out what works best for your family and keep working toward that goal of learning! Have fun with it… life is too short.
ABC COLORING SHEETS
Looking for just the right place to start for your youngest preschooler? Toddler even? These ABC Coloring sheets are perfect for the youngest preschooler. Honestly, my kindergarten student enjoys these too. It is a great time to introduce letters and sounds. TO DOWNLOAD, GO TO FREE PRINTABLE ABC COLORING SHEETS!
PRINTABLE ABC BOOK & MORE
Slideshow- Book- Posters- Cards
The Printable ABC Book can be used in many ways. It has been uploaded as a slideshow, book, posters, and cards. This makes repetition and ease of use simple. Each page of the ABC Book features a letter with 4 picture words that start with the letter. Our Printable ABC Craft Sheets below coincide with the ABC Book. To download your own copy or to view the ABC Slideshow, go to FREE PRINTABLE ABC BOOK & MORE!
Make Play-Doh LETTERS
All my kids loved playing with Play-Doh. So, if you are looking for a hands-on and fun way to practice letter sounds and the forming of letters, try using Play-Doh as a means of play and learning!
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Alphabet Emergent Reader
Our Free Alphabet Emergent Reader is offered in PDF format and in a slideshow. This enables readers to print out a handheld booklet or view it online. This is one of my favorite Letters and Sounds Printables & Activities to do with my kids. To download your own copy, take a closer look at our Free Alphabet Emergent Reader.
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Alphabet BINGO Game
This Alphabet BINGO Game is the one I like to use first with my youngest preschoolers. Personally, I think that this version is the most accessible to the earliest learners. You can either use the lowercase letters or the pictures to practice beginning letter sounds. Games are effective at coercing kids to learn without them even realizing it! To download, go to Alphabet BINGO Game!
Beginning Sounds ABC BINGO Game
The ABC BINGO Game is one of our favorites. We love playing this game as a group and what a great way to review beginning letter sounds. Kids won’t even realize that they are learning! Go to ABC Bingo Game to download your own!
Letters and Sounds Homemade Bingo
This is a quick and easy activity to do with your early learner. Take a sheet of computer paper and fold it in half. Keep folding it into halves until you end up with 16 squares. Take a marker or pen and write a letter, blend, or digraph in each square. Now, give your child a handful of crayons and let them fill in the squares as you say the sound. This is an awesome way to practice and review those letter sounds that your early learner is still getting stuck on. You can continue until the whole sheet is filled with Bingo or stop with just one or two wins!
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ABC POSTERS & FLASHCARDS
The ABC POSTERS & FLASHCARDS are straightforward for young learners. As posters, these are a perfect addition to any preschool or kindergarten classroom. They make practical flashcards too. This set focuses on capital and lowercase letters, familiar images, and basic words. DOWNLOAD your own set at ABC POSTERS & FLASHCARDS!
ABC Cut & Paste CRAFT SHEETS
The ABC Cut & Paste Sheets are fun and effective! Even your youngest learner can complete our ABC Craft Sheets! Encourage fine motor skills and reinforce letter sounds with this easy hands-on activity. Check them out here!
Create Crafty Letters
Creating a crafty letter does not have to be hard. Take whatever it is you have and be creative. Give your child cut-up construction paper pieces so that they can build their letter. Add some stickers, magazine pictures, or more construction paper cut outs to solidify the letter sound. Try using craft sticks or real sticks to form letters with your student. Add a scripture verse to review both letter sounds and God’s word. Have fun with it!
ALPHABET FOUR SQUARES GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
The Alphabet Four Square Graphic Organizer is a set of 26 organizers that is an EXCELLENT tool for teaching letters and sounds. This is one of times when simpler is better. Each sheet features a letter of the alphabet which is showcased in the center of the page. Use the Alphabet 4-Square Graphic Organizers to teach capital and lowercase letters, the sounds of each letter, writing skills, and build valuable vocabulary. Go to Alphabet 4-Squares Graphic Organizers to DOWNLOAD your own!
ABC BIBLE SCRIPTURE POSTERS & CARDS
This set of ABC SCRIPTURE POSTERS & CARDS is a practical way to add scripture into your child’s world! We have used these for years during our Bible devotions. After a child picks out one of the letters, we read the letter, practice the letter sound, and then read the verse out loud. To see our other FREE BIBLE RESOURCES, check out BIBLE TRUTHS page. DOWNLOAD ABC BIBLE SCRIPTURE CARDS HERE.
LETTER MATCHING PRINTABLES & ACTIVITIES
One of the earliest concepts students learn is to know the difference between capital and lowercase letters. The Letter Matching Printables & Activities will help your student learn the difference between capital and lowercase letters as well as be able to match like letters. Take a look at our FREE Letter Matching Printables & Activities to see what will work for you and yours!
CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM Printables
Looking for some short, simple, and FUN activities to teach the letters and sounds? Look no further! Our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Printables and activities are the perfect sidekicks to the best-selling children’s book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin. Check out our cut & paste activity sheet, activity sheets, emergent reader, and more!
Beginning Letter Sounds Printables & Activities
Once your child has mastered letter sounds, move on to beginning letter sounds with these FREE Beginning Letter Sounds Printables & Activities!
Short Vowel Activities & Printables
As your child continues on their learning journey, consider using the FREE Short Vowel Activities & Printables here.
Letters and Sounds Videos
Preschool Prep Letter Sounds
The reason why I recommend Preschool Prep phonics videos above others is because it is the only video that I have seen that truly teaches all of the sounds a letter can make. For example, most phonics videos only offer one sound for a, the short a sound and maybe the long a sound too. But I have never seen a video present a as in apple, a as in acorn, and a as in automobile. This video does that. Check it out for free on YouTube or check it out for yourself here!
KidsTV123 YouTube
KIDSTV123 is an excellent YouTube resource for your early learners and it is free. We have used them with all of the children. I highly recommend them. The songs are memorable and catchy. They have videos for individual letters as well. Check it out! Happy learning!
Alphablocks
Alphablocks teach letter sounds, basic phonics, and the videos advance into digraphs, blends, and general word building. Great resource!
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