Fun Activities for Learning the Alphabet

Learning the alphabet, letter names, and then letter sounds is one of the skills that all kids will need at one point or the other. It doesn’t have to be boring and these fun alphabet activities for toddlers and preschoolers are a great way to introduce the alphabet and various aspects of them. So here you go fun, easy and simple activities for learning the alphabet and letters with your kids.

Learning the Alphabet

Sing the alphabet song, play some games, have the alphabet visible, and have fun learning your ABCs. The following activities focus first on learning the individual letters and recognizing them, then on how to write them.

At this early stage of Alphabet work I wouldn’t introduce lower and uppercase just try and have both available. This is just the basic letters, how they look, and how to write them.

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Why not bake some alphabet cookies a great way for a tasty treat whilst learning the alphabet.

Have fun with some art creating letters with characters like this A is for ants and B is for Bird.

Looking for more ideas for supporting your toddlers and preschoolers learn check out these fun ways to learn to read, write and spell their names and some fantastic maths games to play to learn their numbers.

Learning to Write the Alphabet

Once the concept of the alphabet is introduced the next stage is to write the alphabet. Here are some of the fun activities I did at home with my kids helping them learn to form the letters.

Create a set of sensory letter cards with our free template that your child can then use to trace the direction of the pen when writing each of the letters (also includes a cursive letter template too).

Use sand trays to copy letters out. Our dinosaur sand tray with alphabet cards is roarsome for your little dinosaur fans.

Make large letters by taking your learning outside and get creating some giant chalk letters on the driveway. Use our homemade sidewalk chalk recipe to save some money when doing chalk activities outside with your little ones.

Write with your feet in the sky! A great way to use a different part of the body to work on memorising how to write the different letters of the alphabet.

Use yarn or string to trace some letters – a really simple to set up and easy to do activity that you can bring out time and time again to practice letter formation.

Use the chalkboard and write letters that can then be erased with water with this simple draw-and-erase letter activity for preschoolers.

Useful Resources for Learning the Alphabet

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Add some of these fantastic alphabet books to your book box and read aloud together with your child.

• Alphabet cookie cutters great to use with either homemade playdough or store brought play-doh
• Magnetic letters – great for the fridge, easel or any other magnetic surface.
• Bath letters – take the learning to bath time – great for learning the ABCs with your toddlers and preschoolers, but useful for big kids learning their spellings too!