We’ve made it! Since we finished our Letter of the Week curriculum To review all of the letters we learned as we went through , I made some alphabet fun games!
If you didn’t already download them, here are the A-Z collage worksheets, they come with collage ideas for each letter. Here’s a sample of the letter M with marshmallows glued to them.
- A-Z Collage Sheets (Capital)
- a-z Collage Sheets (Lowercase)
Clothespin Match Up: Write upper or lowercase letters on small clothes pins and clip them to the corresponding uppercase letters, lowercase letters or picture! (The download includes all 3 games.)
A-Z Letter Match Cards: These cards actually go from A-Z and 1-10. We’re using our plastic magnetic letters to match to each card. We matched upper and lowercase letters to each box.
A-Z Beginning Sounds Game: This download includes letter disks. Your child then matches the correct letter disk to each picture, for example the “A” goes next to the “Ant” picture. If they need a little help, the letter colors match the dots next to their picture as well.
A-Z Spoon Match Up: I found this fun idea on Tot Play! You’ll need 2 sets of different colored spoons, one color for uppercase, and one for lowercase. On one set of spoons write the uppercase letters using a sharpie. On the other set of spoons write the lowercase letter. Cut the printout and attach each row of letters so they are one long line. Then have your child match up the upper and lowercase spoons to each card. Variation: You could also use small objects and put them on each card based on the letter they start with, like a “cotton ball” on the letter “C”.
Alphabet Fun Game: You’ll need 1 die and any object for your playing piece. Roll the die, move your piece that many spots and then say the name of the letter you land on, the sound it makes and something that starts with that letter! Whoever reaches the end first wins! Play again! (You may notice in the below pic that Y and Z are mixed up, as of 5/3 this download has been fixed!)
Learn My Vowels! Now that we know all of our letters, let’s learn which ones are vowels! Using any letter manipulatives you have, sort the vowels onto the sheet provided. We used magnetic letters.
When you’re finished sorting, sing the vowel song: {To the tune of London Bridges} “I know the names of my vowels, of my vowels, of my vowels, I know the names of my vowels: A-E-I-O -U!”
Learn My Name: Using any alphabet manipulatives you have, practice spelling your name! {Note: I wrote my daughter’s name on her sheet, then she matched the letters to it.} Variation: Laminate this and use it as a play-doh mat and make their name with play-doh.
A-Z and 123 Tracing Worksheets: You can either laminate this, or just use it with pencil/marker/crayon to practice letters and numbers. The download contains letters A-Z and numbers 1-9.
Magnetic Alphabet Builders: These aren’t new, but we are using them to review all of our letters! Click here to see more about making them into magnets. Variation: Cut the shapes out of foam!
Alphabet Puzzle: Cut along the lines for an A-Z Puzzle! Variation: If this puzzle is too difficult, print 2 copies, leave one as a game board then cut up the other one so you have a matching game instead. We did it both ways.
A-Z Large Floor Mats: Use these like the Large Floor Numbers from the Letter of the Week curriculum. Spread them out all over the floor then:
- Call out a letter and have your child hop to it
- Call out a letter’s sound and have your child hop to it
- Have them hop to the letters in ABC order
- Say a letter, have them toss a bean bag onto that letter’s card.
Alphabet Puzzles: This wooden alphabet puzzle came from Target. They also have a numbers puzzle. I’m not sure why, but it remains a favorite!
Assessment Tests: I use these with bingo markers or do-a-dot markers. The download includes A-Z, a-z, 1-20 assessment sheets. I call out a letter/number and she marks it. This is an excellent way to assess what your preschooler has learned from this year, and what you still need to work on!
Review our Alphabet Tree! Of course after all that work we reviewed our alphabet tree, she pointed to each letter & said their name and the sound they make.
Upper/Lowercase Match Up: I’m pleased to report after completing our Letter of the Week curriculum, she got an A+ on her lowercase letters!
Family Fun Night! Congratulations you’ve completed the A-Z Letter of the Week! Have an Alphabet party! Eat alphabet soup and watch Leapfrog Letter Factory!
Here is a list of our favorite books that we use for our A-Z Review!
- Eric Carle’s ABC’s by Eric Carle
- Alphabet Art by Judy Press
- Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
- Chicka Chicka 123 by Bill Martin Jr.
- I spy Little Letters by Jean Marzollo
- How to Build an A by Sara Midda
- My ABC Bible Verses by Susan Hunt
Thank you for your resources. They are invaluable! I'm curious, will you be starting kindergarten with your now-preschooler? I have a preschooler who knows so much preschool stuff that I'm not sure doing another year of preschool with him would be advantageous. I asked him his opinion and his response: "I'll start with kindergarten and if it's too hard, will do preschool again!" At least he's self-aware! 🙂
Thank you so much for the downloads…what great ideas!
ANGELA O: I'm going to re-do the prek stuff with my 4 yr old next year simply because I don't want to kick her up into Kindergarten yet. Even if she could handle the work, once you get to 1st and 2nd grade it really kicks up a notch and I rushed my first daughter, and am now regretting it.My prek has most of the concepts down as well, and I do plan on doing some more difficult things with her next year as well, but not quite kindergarten level. I just don't see any reason to rush her, I look at this year as a solid start!
So cute! I downloaded a few of them but I'm having trouble with 4shared. After the download, I double clicked to open the files and then it prompted me to install 4shared. Is that normal? So I installed it and it took over my computer by appearing everywhere. 🙂 And I still couldn't open the docs. I'm sure I did something wrong. Then hubby (Mr. Tech Guy) came home, saw the 4shared invasion and uninstalled it. And I still couldn't open/print your cutie pie printables. *sigh* Did I do something wrong?
This is all so amazing! You are so dedicated and talented to not only put all this together, but post it for all of us!!!Thank you thank you.
CATHERINE: Yes, I think you must've clicked on somethign wrong. When you click on one of my files it will take you to a download page.Click on the large BLUE button that says "Download Now" then it starts a little count down clock that says 'your download link will be available in 8 second". Just wait until that clock is done, then you'll get another link that says "Click here to download this file" and click on that. Then the file should download to your hard drive.It might as you to 'save' or 'open'. Make sure to click 'save' then find a spot on your hard drive to save it to. Once it's done downloading you can open the file and print it.
Oh! I am such a spaz. I really am. 🙂 Can I use the preggo brain excuse?I just tried it again and it worked perfectly. Instead of clicking on the very large and obvious blue button, I was clicking on the green button to install 4shared desktop.Ha! How embarrassing. :)~Catherine
Do the alphabet fun game and alphabet puzzle and other activities listed on this page come with the download that I am purchasing?
TERRY: Yes, the review games and also numbers/shapes/colors review that hasn't posted yet is now included in the download as well.
I'm excited to see alphabet review ideas now! I hope to use some of them with Mia and Little Nephi.