| Looking for some great preschool alphabet activities? | | | | letters in the water in all types of different ways. Be |
| One of the very first things we need to do when | | | | creative in your own right. You can spell out words |
| learning as children is to learn our alphabet so that we | | | | together, name the letter, play hangman on the wall; |
| can read. Without understanding your letters, in | | | | the list could be endless. Who said preschool alphabet |
| whatever language you may have as your native | | | | activities can't be fun? |
| tongue, you will not be able to excel in other subjects. | | | | Treasure Hunts - |
| Here are a some super cool ways to help your | | | | Again, you can go through old magazines and |
| preschoolers learn the alphabet through fun and | | | | newspapers cutting out different pictures and pasting |
| games. | | | | them onto a piece of paper. Next, go for a walk in the |
| Scrapbooking - | | | | neighborhood and cross off each item as you find |
| One of the growing areas in arts and crafts is that of | | | | them. |
| scrapbooking. | | | | Memory - |
| With your children, what you can do is put together a | | | | Make duplicate flashcards for all the letters of the |
| scrapbook that has one page per letter of the | | | | alphabet. Using about six sets at a time, place them |
| alphabet. Cut out letters and pictures from old | | | | upside down and have your preschoolers flip them |
| magazines, newspapers or junk mail and have the kids | | | | over one at a time until the find the match. Flip wrong |
| paste them onto the appropriate pages. Preschool | | | | answers back around and keep the sets. |
| alphabet activities are really easy , if you look hard | | | | Bingo - |
| enough. | | | | Make some bingo cards with letters instead of |
| Label House Hold Items - | | | | numbers and colors at the top instead of the word |
| Write the name or draw a picture of things around the | | | | Bingo. Play as normal ("Green "B"" and so forth). |
| house and tape them to those objects. Another option: | | | | Flashlight Letters - |
| have the kids tell you what they are called, and show | | | | When camping or just a nice night at home, turn off all |
| them how to spell it letter by letter. Repeat often as | | | | the lights and use a flashlight to form letters in the air |
| you pass by these labeled objects so the children can | | | | and have the kids name them off. |
| memorize them. | | | | Letter Search - |
| Play and jump around - | | | | Performed like word search, you will go through a |
| Preschoolers love to play, let's face it. They love | | | | page in the newspaper, and have your child name off |
| games like "Simon Says" and "Follow the Leader". Well, | | | | a letter and circle it. Then see how many they can find |
| let's be real fun about the alphabet and have them do | | | | on the page. |
| some active learning. For example: "A" is airplane, have | | | | Hopscotch - |
| them pretend they are an airplane. "B" is for Ball, you | | | | Using cardboard letters, space them out on the floor or |
| can play with a ball. "C" is for clap, and you can clap. | | | | in the yard. Have you preschool hop from one to |
| This type of game would go through all of your | | | | another. Either tell the child the letter or have them tell |
| alphabet letters, using whatever activity you can think | | | | you. Then, have them do an activity that starts with |
| of that starts with the letter you are on. | | | | the letter. For example: "L" is for laugh, and they would |
| Bath Time - | | | | laugh. |
| During bath time, you can play around with foam | | | | Now, head on out there and have some fun! |