Alphabet Letters and Sounds Activities for Beginning Readers

Learning the Alphabet Letters and Sounds

Learning all the letter names and the sounds they make is a primary skill usually taught early in the school year in Kindergarten (although sometimes introduced in a Pre-K or Transitional Kindergarten class). With only 26 letters to learn this should be a pretty easy task. Thankfully about half of the letter are fairly easy to memorize because their “sound” is closely related to their letter name. Examples are T (tuh), M (mmm), and P(puh)! Then there are those outrageous ones like H (huh) and W (wuh) and of course the C which says (kuh) and the G…not (Juh) but (GUH)….well, mostly in the CVC words that Kinders typically learn to decode first. Kind of confusing for a few of our kiddos!!

How do we go about teaching these 26 letters so they are memorized quickly without taking 26 weeks (think Letter of the Week) and the process of actually using the letters and sounds can begin? 26 weeks is almost the whole school year where there are about 30 weeks of school in most districts! Here is one product we created to help speed up this learning. Many different components reinforce the letter names and their sounds. Consistent ANCHOR pictures goes with each letter. These same pictures are used throughout all the activities so there is little confusion! 5 different types of interactive printables are included to provide lots of practice with the letters. Large teaching cards and anchor charts are also provided. This is a valuable resource that can supplement a district adopted reading curriculum easily. Find it HERE at our TPT store.

Need another ALPHABET song besides the traditional ABC song?

Are you tired of the oh so familiar ABC song? Well we were also….. sooooo we created this new song. It both introduces the letter name AND associates it with an anchor picture that clearly starts with that sound. The tune is Mary Had a Little Lamb and is so easy to learn. There are colorful pictures to go with every letter and interactive printables in 2 layouts. Students can personlize their papers with the letter starting their name or the letter of a favorite family member, toy, food, etc. Find I LIke Letters here.

Popular Center Activities for you to try

Our best selling products are a hit with many students. Included are interactive mats and cards to use in a learning center, Interactive handwriting and matching worksheets and a path game. ABC Race Cars will have your students will racing the lower case letter cars to the finish line that has the matching CAPITAL letter. Kids LOVE this one!

Comments from some teachers about these products!

“Such a cute way to help them learn the skill so that they are having fun at the same time.”

“Another fabulous unit!!! These will be perfect to use in my Kindergarten! This one is so cool to motivate learning the alphabet! Thank you!!!”

ABC Outer Space has students flying space monsters to match their spaceships. Again interactive printables and a path game are included.

Fly your lower case letter airplane to the matching UPPER case runway in this engaging center. Like the two other products above there are loads of supportive activities and path game. Click ABC Flyers.