It's always nice to have a great idea and all the tools to make it happen. The class can use these nursery rhyme and alphabet cards to teach each other letter recognition and letter sound correspondence. There is a full set of alphabet...

Cut, paste, and write worksheets are great for employing motor skills, kinesthetic action, and core practice. Kids cut and paste five pictures on their page, that begin with the letter D. They practice writing an upper and lower case D...

Dinosaur begins with the letter D! Kids find, cut, and paste five pictures that also begin with the letter D. After they cut and paste, they write the name of their pictures in the blanks provided. 

With attractive graphics and easy-to-read letters, this resource could be used in kindergarten to review letters and sounds. Although just a presentation with letters and pictures, it could be used in a variety of ways. Teachers could...

Combine letter recognition, sound, and pronunciation using this strategy for pre-readers. Use these letter cards or write the letter v on the board, asking scholars to identify it. Then, model the /v/ sound as you explain how you...

Navigate the letter p without leaving anything out: combine pronunciation, recognition, letter sound, and word examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /p/ sound. As you explain how this sound is made,...

There are many words that begin with the /o/ sound; scholars study this letter in multiple contexts including intial phoneme examples, pronunciation, and letter recognition. Write the letter on the board to see if learners can identify...

Learn the ins and outs of the letter j using these strategies combining pronunciation, recognition, letter sound, and word examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /j/ sound. Use these tips to explain...

Give youngsters a better grasp of the letter d by combining letter sounds, pronunciation, recognition, and word examples. Scholars examine the letter shape then listen to you make the /d/ sound and try it on their own. Kids brainstorm...

As your emerging readers are learning the alphabet, set them up for success with strategies like these that incorporate multiple contexts and learning styles. Focusing on the letter g, write it clearly on the board. Model the /g/ sound,...

The best way to get your scholars familiar with the alphabet is to expose them to each letter in multiple contexts. This strategy incorporates letter recognition, sound, word examples, and pronunciation, and emerging readers will feel...

Use these strategies to connect letter pronunciation, sound, word examples, and recognition, focusing on the letter t. Emerging readers examine the letter and listen to you say the /t/ sound. As you explain how to do it, they try...

Let your class learn about the sounds made by the letters s and t. They work to recognize each lowercase letter and match the letter to images that begin with the /t/ or /s/ sounds. They also trace each letter several times.

Little learners familiarize themselves with the letters u and v. They find objects in each of two pictures that begin with either v or u. They say the sound of each letter and then trace it several times. 

The little letter mouse makes this a very cute and kids friendly activity. In pairs, learners take turns writing and identifying letters on a white board. Learner one writes a letter, learner two finds in on the alphabet strip. If he is...

Activate those pre-reading skills with a fun activity. Kids pull word cards out of a bag, they then write the final letter sound they hear when they say the name of the image on the card. Letter cards are not included but can be found...

Matching phonemes to graphemes can be as easy as playing a game of Bingo. Little learners build a strong understanding of medial sounds, vowels, and letter sound correspondence while playing Bingo. Bingo cards and picture cards are...

A simple presentation designed for emerging readers. Learners practice saying the sounds that a variety of phonemes produce. As the slides go on, the phonemes are combined to make actual words. Good practice for the young ones!

This is just the tip of iceberg when it comes to letter recognition! This idea is simple, but there are so many directions you can take it. Make two sets of die-cut lowercase letters a-z. Take one set and glue it to individual cards....

Copy these letter circles on cardstock, laminate, and bring out any time you want to practice letter recognition in a fun way! There are two circles here, one surrounded by capital letters and one with lowercase. Using clothespins with...

A, B, C, D, E, F, and G! Get your kindergarten or pre-schoolers ready to read. As they view this presentation they will look at each letter, listen to the sound it makes, then say a word that begins with the specified letter sound. Tip:...

Get involved with phonics by recognizing one particular letter. Learners name a letter, know it by sound, decode basic CVC words and use the letter in writing. A variety of options are given to the your learners: making a letter collage,...

Students discriminate initial sounds of words and categorize words based on the initial sound. They generate ideas and topics for writing and use prewriting and drafting strategies to formulate text.

Once kindergartners have learned the letter m they are ready for this sound correspondence activity. Start with a stack of letter cards including mostly m and a few other letters they haven't learned yet. Find these letter cards here for...