Fun Ideas for Learning The ABCs

Need some fun games and activities for learning the alphabet and letter sounds? 

Try some of these:

NO PREP Letter of the Week Packets Plus a Freebie!

One of my best selling packs is my NO PREP Letter of the Week A-Z Bundle.  It offers a year's worth of lessons on letter naming, letter identification, and letter-sound correspondence while also building vocabulary, handwriting skills, and word building skills.  




Until recently, I've kept this pack as a year-long bundle.  However, I've had several requests for it to be broken up by letter, so without further ado, here are the NO PREP Letter of the Week packets:

• NO PREP Letter of the Week A 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week B 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week C 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week D 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week E 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week F 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week G 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week H 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week I 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week J 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week K 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week L 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week M 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week N
• NO PREP Letter of the Week O 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week P
• NO PREP Letter of the Week Q 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week R 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week S 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week T
• NO PREP Letter of the Week U 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week V 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week W 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week X 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week Y 
• NO PREP Letter of the Week Z

 

Each packet includes 12 activities plus a bonus take-home BINGO game to help build the school-home connection and extend learning at home in fun ways.  I use these packets with grade-level and below-grade level kindergartners as well as an RTI intervention with 1st graders.  

Also, I am offering the NO PREP Letter of the Week T Packet for free!  You can download the whole packet for free here:  Free Letter of the Week Packet.

FREE!

If you like it, check out all of the other Letter of the Week Packs or the Year-Long Bundle for 20% off!

Happy Teaching!

Great YouTube Channel for Phonics, Sight Words, and More!

If you are looking for fun songs to help teach your students the alphabet, letter names, letter sounds, and even sight words, check out Have Fun Teaching.

I have several students who just start singing in class.  They are in kindergarten or first grade, and while they are still mastering letter sounds, they are able to sing out lines of text like, "Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep..."  While I'm sure they have little idea of what the lyrics from pop songs mean, imagine if that type of automaticity could be achieved for letter names, letter sounds, and even for spelling sight words!

Here are just a few of Have Fun Teaching's videos:

What Do the Letters Say? (What Does the Fox Say Parody)



Alphabet Song



Letter F Song



The "Are" Song

Resource Round-Up: Letter Recognition

Recognizing letters is a foundation skill that all learners need.  True, you don't need to know the name of a letter in order to read: knowing the names of c, a, and t won't help you read the word cat. 

Nevertheless, knowing letter names is important.  If you ask, "How do you spell cat?"  The answer you'll hear is, "C. A. T." 

While many kids learn the names of letters quickly, others struggle.  Here are some resources that will help those who struggle catch up:

1) 10 Ways to Build Letter Recognition from Moms of Dyslexics {And Struggling Readers}

2) Alphabet Activities for Every Season from No Time for Flash Cards

3) Letter Identification Activities from PreKinders

4) Letter Recognition: Kindergarten and 1st Grade RTI from my TPT store

 

  

What are your favorite letter recognition activities?