Felt Letter Sort- cut out felt letters (2 or 3 of each ...



Felt Letter Sort- cut out felt letters (2 or 3 of each letter) and have children match on felt board. Idea: cut letters on Ellison Machine with felt

Letter Boxes- make several boxes and index cards with letters on them. Label the boxes with letters and have the children match a letter to it’s box. Idea: cut the letters from the Ellison Machine and cut upper and lowercase letters.

Letter Search- use magazines and newspapers. Give the children highlighters and have them find a specific letter by highlighting it in the magazine or newspaper.

Letter Magnets- write three letter words or names on index cards and have children pick a card and spell that word with magnetic letters on board or filing cabinet.

Letter Wheel- divide a 9-inch paper plate into 8 sections and write a letter on each. Then write the same letters on clothespins. The children clip the clothespin on the corresponding letter.

Letter Match-ups- Type capital letters down the left side of the paper and corresponding lowercase on the right side (mixed up order). Put inside a page protector and have the children use a dry erase marker to match the uppercase to the lowercase letter.

Nailing Letters- Use Styrofoam squares and golf tees. The children use a hammer and “nail” the tees into the Styrofoam in the shape of a letter. You can pre-write a letter on the Styrofoam with a permanent marker if you want to.

Letter Basket- Collect books beginning with the same letter you are studying and put them into a basket labeled with that letter. Remind the students of you letter book baskets.

Bumpy Letters- Use plastic canvas cut into the shape of upper and lowercase letters and let children rub over them with crayons on top of a piece of paper.

Play Dough Letters- write upper and lower case letters on a vinyl tablecloth and let children cover them with play dough snakes.

Wikki Stix Letter – write letters on a vinyl tablecloth and let children cover them with Wikki Stix.

Letter Tickets- Label each chair with a letter on and index card and give each child a corresponding card. Have the children find the chair that matches their card.

Letter Memory- make a set up uppercase letter on cards and a set of lowercase cards. The children turn the cards over and play memory with them, matching the uppercase card to the lowercase card.

Food Cards- Find clip art of food and glue it on index cards. Hold up a card for the children and ask them to tell you what the beginning sound is of the food they see on the card.

Same Sounds- show the children several objects, two of which start with the same letter sound. Ask the children to show you which objects start with the same sounds.

Nursery Rhyme Sounds- say a nursery rhyme out-loud and when you get to the end of a sentence, only say the beginning sound of the word you would

like the children to say.

Bag It!- glue a picture to the front of a paper bag. Put some objects inside that start with the same letter as the picture on the front of the bag and some that do not. Ask one child at a time to pull out an object and tell you whether or not it begins with the same sound as the picture on the front of the bag.

My Name Begins With…- Cut out pictures from magazines that start with the same letter as your first name and glue them on a piece of paper.

Guess My Word- think of a word. Give the children clues like, “ It starts with /m/, it comes from a cow, you drink it.”

Shopping Sounds- Use large grocery bags and several empty food containers. Write a letter on the outside of the bag. The children match the food containers with the correct bag (beginning sounds or ending sounds)

Letter Graphs- Make a 3 column graph on a 8 ½ by 11 piece of paper.

Collect a small amount of pictures (boardmaker or picture it) and write a corresponding letter at the bottom of each of the columns. The children sort the pictures into the correct column. Idea: You can make cards with upper and lowercase versions of 3 different letters and have the children sort them into the correct column.

Letters In the Mail- Get a real mailbox. Each week, put a die cut version of the letter you are studying. The next day, add a package with a letter related surprise inside. Add more packages and encourage children to check during literacy time.

Letter Match-ups- Use two jumbo craft sticks. Place them together so two of the long sides are touching and draw a capital and lowercase letter (1/2 of the letter on each stick). Draw a simple picture of something that begins with that letter. The children match the two halves together.

Letter Bracelets- Cut 1” x 6” strips of paper and put in basket with tape, crayons and markers. Invite the children to write the letter of their choice on the strip of paper and then use the tape to fasten it around his/her wrist.

Monthly Sound Letter Albums- Use ½ inch binder with a protective sleeve on the front. For each month, make a new cover like “J is for January”. Let the children create pictures for the inside of the book (C is for Coat, M is for Mittens, etc.). Place these books in your reading area.

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