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Magnetic letters are a helpful tool to teach students how to distinguish between upper case and lower case, their sounds, beginning, middle and ending sounds and blending words together. This is a great activity to have students practice putting letters in the correct order on a cookie sheet.

Source: http://www.classroomfreebiestoo.com/2012/03/cookie-sheet-challenge.html

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Students each get a 'letter wand' and explore the room for items that start with that letter.

Source:http://keenonkindergarten.blogspot.ca/2012/09/fun-new-pointers.html

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During Halloween, I adapted this activity to have students pull an alphabet letter out of a witches cauldron and practice printing their letter printing. We discussed the letter name, sound and possible words that start with the letter. To make it more engaging, I had students sing a short song while stirring the cauldron. “Bibbity, boppity, boo/Let's make an alphabet stew./Take a letter from the pot and let's see what we got!”

Source: https://thelettersofliteracy.com/letter-recognition-grab-bag/

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Hole Punch Letter Matching: Upper case/Lower Case

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Hole Punch Letter Matching: Upper case/Lower Case

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Great for fine motor development and identifying letters.Keeping hands and brains busy! A Kindergarten colleague suggested different shape cutters as an easier option for little hands to build muscle strength.

Source: https://thelettersofliteracy.com/upper-lowercase-letter-matching-hole-punch-activity/

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This activity is geared towards tactile learners who enjoy building. Materials can be lego, playdough, wooden blocks, paper cut outs and so much more!

Source: http://www.apinchofkinder.com/2017/09/weekly-round-up-september-15.html

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Students can work in partners or on their own to build various rhyming words. This is a great way for students to recognize a pattern when rhyming or building word families.

Source: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-i-rhyming-roll-game-2103817

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Spinner games are a popular way to engage students and challenge them on their word family knowledge.

Source: http://missgiraffesclass.blogspot.ca/2015/09/short-activities-and-resources.html

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Great way to engage visual learners. This activity can be in a whole class, small group setting or individual literacy centre. Students can record their findings or use their oral language skills with a partner.

Source: http://www.youclevermonkey.com/2016/09/word-family-i-spy-mats.html

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Perfect for tactile learners who like to build lego with their hands! Students can work together or individually to create word families or identify rhyming words.

Source: https://thisreadingmama.com/lego-word-family-sorting/

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Visual aids support ELL students when learning about rhyming words. This can be a great small group activity with teacher support or independent centre.

Source: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/try-free-rhyming-game/

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Sorting the number of syllables can be done with props, picture cards and student names. Students can recognize the number of syllables or beats in a word using clapping, snapping, chin drops, etc..

Source: http://youngkindergarten.blogspot.ca/2012/09/fall-in-tennessee.html

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While teaching a letter of the week, I often hide vocabulary words that begin with that letter around the room during recess and students are eager to grab a clip board and explore their classroom. This activity can be adapted to sight words or content vocabulary words. This is a great activity for emergent writers who are just getting comfortable with copying words around the room and students are excited to share their findings with the whole class when we make an anchor chart for that alphabet letter.

Source: http://www.walkingbytheway.com/blog/were-going-on-a-word-hunt-printable-power/

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Another opportunity to use magnetic letters and practice blending new words together.

Source: http://www.inmyworld.com.au/sight-words-word-families/

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Students can practice CVC words, sight words, names and alphabet order.

Source: https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/09/spelling-with-playdough.html

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Students can practice spelling words using a variety of techniques.

Source: http://purposefulplayink.blogspot.ca/2012/11/phonemic-awareness-fun.html

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Students find the feature letter and count how many they found. These sheets are laminated and use dry erase markers.

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This literacy centre can be done a variety of ways. Matching letter for letter or big/small letters. Once students get really good they love to race their partner.

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In this activity students pick a letter card and build anything using Wiki sticks that starts with that letter. This student built herself "Amarea"

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Students match up the rhymes

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Students match a card that rhyme to a picture on their sheet

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Students must put a clothes pin on the rhyming picture to the main picture

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Matching big and little letters to each other.

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Students must sound out and write the word on the card in the sand

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1) Students pick a word on a block
2) using the single letters, the students must build the word
3) They write it

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Using pipe cleaners and the lacing letters students build words and eventually sentences

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There is many different games to use at literacy centres such as the one pictured below: Sunken Treasures.
You can also use:
Frida’s Fruit Fiesta Game
Itian Match and Spell Board Game For Children And Preschoolers Family Fun Developmental Puzzle Games Alphabet Letter Word Spelling Games

Spot it
Word Families Board Game
Teacher Created Resources Word Shark:Chunks Game

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Picture-Puzzles-1585350

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Alphabet-I-Spy-2117193

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Sight Word Snap Block Centers are the STEM way to practice letters, sight words, and counting! Students will create the words, record their blocks, count how many blocks it took, and write the word.

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Printable Syllable Sorting Mats - print your own numbered syllable sorting mats and have students sort objects according to their number of syllables

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Use dollar store trash cans to sort words by feeding them into the slots