Do your kids love learning about outer space? I have a fun puzzle to share with you today! This Outer Space Alphabet Puzzle is a great way to see the order of the planets as well as practice ordering the alphabet letters. This is a very easy activity to do and a great way to work on alphabetizing! Here's what you need for this outer space alphabet puzzle: printable (download at the bottom of this post) wide craft sticks glue scissors After you download the printable, print … [Read more...]
Ladybug Alphabet Matching Game
Do you know what ladybugs like to eat? They love aphids! I created a ladybug and aphid activity to help kids match uppercase letters to lowercase letters. In this game, the ladybug will eat the "aphids" marked with an alphabet letter. The child will draw an aphid card from the pile and find the matching lowercase letter on the aphid on the printable. Color or mark the aphids as you find the matches! This activity that is geared towards preschoolers and kindergarteners. Here's what you need … [Read more...]
Alphabet Activity with Train Tracks
Do you have a train lover in your family? My two younger boys (ages 5 and 2) are big fans of trains. When my middle son was younger, there were days were all we did was play trains. I really wondered if there would be a day where he wouldn't like trains?! It's safe to say that we used our wooden train tracks daily. I recently was sent a new book called Old Tracks, New Tricks. As soon as it arrived, my boys begged to read it. They were hooked! Today I'm sharing with you an alphabet activity we … [Read more...]
Valentine Beginning Sounds Match
Happy February! Valentine's day is around the corner, so hearts and love is a big theme in preschool right now. I created a Valentine beginning sounds match game to share with you all. This is a fun way to practice listening to beginning sounds, which is an important skill for beginning readers. This activity is simple. Print the printable (download at the bottom of the post), cut out the hearts, cut them in half, and then have your preschool match them up! Each letter has a … [Read more...]
Gingerbread Man Alphabet Match Game
Do you remember the squirrel alphabet match game I created a few months ago? I've had many requests to make more activities like it, so today I'm sharing with you my gingerbread man alphabet matching game! This is a great activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners to be able to practice matching uppercase letters to lowercase letters. Plus this activity makes it more fun! This game is very simple to set up. Here's what you need: gingerbread alphabet matching game board (see … [Read more...]
Halloween Alphabet Puzzle
Halloween is around the corner and I have a fun activity to share with you! This Halloween alphabet puzzle is a great way to work on learning the alphabet order. Plus it's fun to do for Halloween! Alphabetizing is an essential skill that will help students in many day-to-day tasks both at home and at school. There are so many jobs and tasks in school that rely on the person's ability to alphabetize. That is why we practice it at an early age! And doing it in a fun way is a great … [Read more...]
Squirrel Alphabet Matching Activity
I am excited to share this cute squirrel alphabet activity with you today! This activity is great for preschoolers to practice matching uppercase letters to lowercase letters. My little one really enjoyed this activity and it was an easy way to practice this skill! Identifying alphabet letters and matching the uppercase letter to the lowercase letter are skills that will help prepare your child to read. This game is simple and a fun way to practice these skills! Here's what you … [Read more...]
Alphabet Coloring Pages Packet
Now that my updated version of The Preschool Journey is out and I want to share my alphabet coloring pages packet! I'm excited to share this with you for free! This is a 29-page packet with a coloring sheet for every alphabet letter. You can use the packet however you'd like, but here are a few suggestions: Simply practice coloring with crayons or markers. Did you know that coloring helps improve motor skills and aids in learning proper pencil grip? They can also be creative with how … [Read more...]
Letter Sounds Matching Game in the Garden
Spring is here and we are so excited for the warmer temperatures and opportunities to get outside! I don't know about where you live, but where we live it is so cold during winter and we cannot wait to get outdoors when spring arrives! This year we are putting together a small garden on our front porch. (Since we don't have space for a garden in the ground, this is what we are doing this year!) While I was putting our porch garden kit together, I thought of how it would be a perfect large … [Read more...]
7 Tools for Teaching the Alphabet
Learning the alphabet is an important step in teaching children to read. Singing the ABCs and reading alphabet books is a good start for this, but there are also some great teaching tools I've used to teach my children the alphabet. Today, I'm sharing with you my favorite tools for teaching the alphabet. This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. Here are 7 Tools for Teaching the Alphabet 1. Tactile Sandpaper Letters I love using sandpaper letters to introduce … [Read more...]