Fun Letter Learning Activities

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I also recommend using hand motions to teach letters and letter sounds. The motions serve as great reminders when kids struggle to recall the letter name or sound. Often, if a student can't remember the letter name or letter sound,  making the motion (or prompting them to make it) helps them remember!

You can make up your own hand motions or adapt these to fit your classroom, but these are the ones I use.

• Aa is for apple. Cup your hand to your mouth and pretend to eat an apple.
• Bb is for baby. Cross your arms in front and pretend to rock a baby.
• Cc is for cut. Open and close your fingers like scissors and pretend to cut.
• Dd is for dive. Put your palms together over your head and pretend to dive into the water.
• Ee is for elephant. Make an elephant trunk with your arm.
• Ff is for five (or fingers). Hold up five fingers.
• Gg is for guitar. Pretend to play a guitar.
• Hh is for hair (or head). Stroke or point to your hair/head.
• Ii is for itch. Softly scratch an itch on our arm. Be sure to emphasize the word softly!
• Jj is for jump. Lay one hand flat with your palm up, and use two fingers from the other hand to jump.
• Kk is for key. Pretend to use a key to open a lock on a door.
• Ll is for lollipop. Pretend to lick a lollipop.
• Mm is mmm. Rub your belly like the food is mmm good.
• Nn is for nose. Point to your nose.
• Oo is for octopus. With your palm facing down, wiggle your fingers to make an octopus.
• Pp is for pizza. Put your palm up, over your head, and pretend to toss a pizza in the air. You know, like they do in a pizza parlor.
• Qq is for quack. Open and close your hand to quack like a duck.
• Rr is for rip. Put your hands together in front of you. Move hands in opposite directions and pretend to rip a piece of paper.
• Ss is for snake. Use your hand to make a slithering motion like a snake.
• Tt is for time, tick-tock. Bend your elbow, point your arm toward the ground and move it back and forth like the tick-tock of a clock.
• Uu is for up. Use your finger to point up.
• Vv is vacuum. Use your hand to make a V with two fingers, turn your fingers towards the ground and pretend to vacuum.
• Ww is for wave. Wave to friend.
• Xx is for mix. Round your arm to make a bowl and use the other hand to mix. (Note: You could also have students cross their arms in front of their body to form an X.)
• Yy is for yawn. Cover your hand with your mouth and pretend to yawn.
• Zz is for zipper. Move your hand up and down and pretend to zip a zipper.

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Alphabet Mazes

If you've never had your students complete a maze, this is your sign to try! Students get excited about mazes are they try to make it from the start of the maze to the end. Add letters into the mix and this is the perfect letter learning activity!

Students will make their way through the capital and lowercase letter mazes, practice writing the letter below, and write beginning sounds.

Letter Singing & Dancing

Get up and move with singing and dancing! Use your Smartboard so students can see the letters while you sing about them. Have Fun Teaching has a lot of fun alphabet videos on YouTube.

If you don't have a Smartboard, use flashcards or your alphabet chart. Whatever you use, it is so important to have a visual so students can see the letters while they sing.

What student doesn't love stamps!? This stamping activity allows students to practice matching, stamping, and writing uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will stamp the missing uppercase or lowercase letter and then write both letters below on the line.

This activity is fun for students and allows them to practice important letter learning skills.

Letter Dice Game