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This is a great resource for a wide variety of alphabet activities.

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Are you wondering how to teach the alphabet to preschoolers? Or just looking for ideas? You'll find hundreds of ideas for playful learning at The Measured Mom®.

My oldest had a fascination for letters before she could talk. Even though she didn't even call me Mommy until she was over two, she knew all her letters and added the sounds as soon as she could talk. Her younger brother picked them up just as quickly.

But it doesn't work that way for everyone - and when my third little one was pushing three and still knew only a handful of letters, I knew I had to try a different tactic.

In fact, my decision to start a letter of the week study at our house and keep myself accountable was the very reason I began this blog. I'd like to share some simple ways to teach the alphabet to preschoolers - and direct you to a giant set of resources that will keep it fun!

How to teach the alphabet to preschoolers

1. Read, read, and read. Read nursery rhymes, rhyming books, picture books and chapter books. Just READ.

2. Notice print in the world around you. Call attention to exit signs, the toothpaste tube, and the Cheerios box.

3. Begin letter learning by helping your child learn the letters of his name. Before I start a more organized approach to teaching the alphabet to my preschoolers, they learn to recognize the letters of their name. For many playful ideas for name learning, visit my Early Literacy Pinterest board.

4. Teach the alphabet letter by letter. Not every early childhood teacher uses the Letter of the Week approach; many children learn their alphabet without it (my oldest two did). But I've found that Letter of the Week has been a helpful structure for me when designing learning activities at home. Even if you use more of a theme or unit approach to teaching preschoolers, you'll find a huge variety of learning activities in my alphabet archives.

And when you purchase my Letter of the Week curriculum, you'll have all the activities organized in an easy to follow format!

If you take one week per letter, you'll have time to:

(And more! It's all in the ebook! )

4. Keep bringing it back to the whole alphabet. If we're doing a lot of meaningful activities, we will keep coming back to the whole alphabet.

5. Be flexible. You may find that after a few months of letter of the week, your child suddenly recognizes every letter. Awesome! Don't feel tied to this series. Pick and choose what (if any) activities you'd like to continue with. Even if you don't continue Letter of the Week, your child will still benefit from listening to the many wonderful books I recommend in my alphabet book lists. You might also enjoy choosing some crafts and process art activities to do each week. And math activities certainly don't need to be tied to a particular letter!

6. Keep it fun. One way to keep your alphabet learning enjoyable is to include music. We love listening to Heidisongs' alphabet songs for the car. Also remember that kids this age learn best through play. They don't need fancy flash cards or loads of worksheets. They need a variety of activities to stimulate their brains and to reach them the way that they learn best.

You know your children better than anyone. Choose the activities that your child needs - the ones that your child will love. I'll provide a big set of ideas for each letter - not so you'll do every one, but so that you have a lot to choose from when you pick what works best for your kids.

You can find crafts, books, math connections and more by clicking on these links. And remember, if you'd like a set of ideas clearly laid out in ebook format, you can purchase from my shop.

Looking for more alphabet resources?

Check out our two free series for playful ideas!
And don't miss our preschool curriculum!

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Are you wondering how to teach the alphabet to preschoolers? Or just looking for ideas? You'll find hundreds of ideas for playful learning at The Measured Mom®. My oldest had a fascination for letters before she could talk.

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There is a different animal letter craft for every letter of the alphabet!

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This Reading Mama has great resources available for all of the alphabet, from pocket chart sentences to fun sing-along songs. All of her curriculum is downloadable.

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What is Reading the Alphabet?

Reading the Alphabet is a FREE PreK reading curriculum designed for those Pre-Kinders who already know their letters and letter sounds, yet are not ready for a faster paced, full-blown Kindergarten curriculum. {This curriculum may also work for those younger Kindergartners who are struggling to master foundational phonics, phonological, and phonemic awareness skills.}

*This post contains affiliate links.

The Curriculum Includes Work on These Seven Areas:

1. Review and Application of Letters & Their Sounds (not in ABC order)

2. Introduction and Practice with Beginning Sight Words (such as: the, a, see, I, etc.)

3. Phonological & Phonemic Awareness (playing with sounds in words)

4. Book & Print Awareness (introducing vocabulary such as: title, word, period, etc.)

5. Fine Motor Skills (cutting, gluing, tracing, beginning handwriting-formation of letters)

6. Numbers 1-20 & Patterns

7. Reading/Matching Basic CVC Words (via word families); this starts after the first vowel (a) is introduced

Continue scrolling for all the FREE download links!

Click HERE to read more about the Bundle Pack.

Each Lesson Includes Activities Such as:

an emergent reader for each week which reviews letter sounds, applies them to real words, and introduces sight words at an appropriate pace for a Pre-K's literacy development

picture cards for each letter to apply beginning letter sounds via sound sorts and other activities

teaching of beginning sight words, introduced at a slower pace to match their development

a rhyming cut and paste activity

activities to work on syllables within words

cutting practice

making patterns activity via the letter sound of the week

a print awareness craft activity for each letter sound (similar to these)

a book/print awareness idea for each letter of the alphabet

beginning sight word puzzles & mazes

tracing/handwriting practice for each letter

activities to reinforce recognizing, counting, and one-to-one correspondence for #1-20

as the lessons progress, CVC words will also be introduced

Click HERE for more teaching supply ideas for Reading the Alphabet.

FREE Lesson Outlines, Posts, & Printables

Lesson 1: Reading Letter T {sight word- a}

Lesson 2: Reading Letter F {sight word- the}

Lesson 3: Reading Letter P {sight word- see}

Lesson 4: Reading Letter M {sight word- I}

Lesson 5: Reading Letter C {sight word- look}

Lesson 6: Reading Letter A {sight word- at}

Lesson 7: The -AT Family {review of sight words}

Lesson 8: Reading Letter D {sight word- my}

Lesson 9: Reading Letter B {sight word- can}

Lesson 10: Reading Letter R {sight word- you}

Lesson 11: Reading Letter G {sight word- it}

Lesson 12: Reading Letter L- {sight word- for}

Lesson 13: Reading Letter I- {sight word- big}

Lesson 14: IG Word Family - {sight word review}

Lesson 16: Reading Letter K {sight word- me}

Lesson 17: Reading Letter N {sight word- is}

Lesson 18: Reading Letter Z {sight word- not}

Lesson 19: Reading Letter O {sight word- up}

Lesson 20: OT Word Family {sight word review}

Lesson 21: Reading Letter Q {sight word- am}

Lesson 22: Reading Letter J {sight word- to}

Lesson 23: Reading Letter V {sight word- go}

Lesson 24: Reading Letter W {sight word- we}

Lesson 25: Reading Letter E {sight word- little}

Lesson 26: ET Word Family {sight word review}

Lesson 27: Reading Letter X {sight word- in}

Lesson 28: Reading Letter Y {sight word- that}

Lesson 29: Reading Letter S {sight word- down}

Lesson 30: Reading Letter U {sight word- he}

Lesson 31: UG Word Family {sight word review}

Find Book Lists to accompany the activities in these packs HERE.

More FREE Resources

Here are some more Reading the Alphabet Resources I've created:

There's an App for That!

Our Alphabet Sounds Learning App has FOUR LEVELS of interactive play and is a great companion to Reading the Alphabet and beyond! Kids can sort, match, find, sling, spell, and write letter sounds including beginning sounds, ending sounds, middle vowel sounds, and even blends and digraphs!

Not Ready for Reading the Alphabet, yet?

If you have a child who does not know his letters and/or letter sounds, yet, I highly recommend Learning the Alphabet. Each letter lesson includes interactive and hands-on activities for learning upper and lowercase letters PLUS their sounds.

Enjoy!

~Becky

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Reading the Alphabet: a FREE PreK Reading Curriculum

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Reading the Alphabet is a FREE PreK reading curriculum designed for those Pre-Kinders who already know their letters and letter sounds, yet are not ready for a faster paced, full-blown Kindergarten curriculum. {This curriculum may also work for those younger Kindergartners who are struggling to master foundational phonics, phonological, and phonemic awareness skills.} *This post contains affiliate links.

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This is an idea for letter collage activities involving gluing, or not gluing, items that begin with a specific letter on that letter. The ideas and letter templates are provided in this PDF file.

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Have Fun Teaching has great videos on YouTube that are both fun and interactive for the kids. They have a video for each letter that teaches kids about the sound the letter makes, along with how to write it and many words that start with that specific letter.

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Alphabet Songs By Have Fun Teaching are a fun way to teach the alphabet, letter sounds, phonics, vocabulary words and handwriting skills.

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StoryBots creates all types of videos for kids as well. Their alphabet videos are really fun, but sometimes the vocabulary is too challenging for preschool age students.