Students are given flash cards with pictures. The teacher calls out a particular sound and if they have the sound, they put their card into a chart.

Students reinforce knowledge of the alphabet essential to beginning reading by pulling random letters out of a hat and identifying the letter's sound.

Practice with uppercase and lowercase letters using this matching instructional activity. There are several letters here and scholars match the ones that make the same sound. The trick is that the matching pairs are between capitals and...

Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students produce sounds associated with given letters and identify pictures that begin with given letters using "Kid's Pix Deluxe 3".

In this alphabet handwriting practice learning exercise, students trace and print each letter in the alphabet. Students write 26 letters.

Students recognize the capital letters of the alphabet.

There are so many fun activities for alphabet learners! Use nursery rhymes, letter hunts, and the name sort to have learners interact with the letter of the day. Your learners will never get bored with the variety of activities provided...

One of the best parts about teaching the littlest learners is that you can create thematic lessons that use one topic to address every subject. Here is a nice set of thematic teaching ideas that uses turtles and tortoises to teach...

Improve your kindergartners' math and science vocabulary with flash cards and word walls. Based on the vocabulary in the Common Core standards, the cards use illustrations to show the meanings of many math terms and descriptions.

Learners explore the alphabet by completing a computer activity. In this letter identification lesson plan, students utilize Kid Pix to create artwork based upon each letter of the alphabet. Learners utilize drawings, type and...

Students identify the upper case alphabet letter. They study the lower case letters. They complete worksheets on which they match the upper and lower case letters. They review the letters by matching the beginning letters with the item...

Students brainstorm words about giving/kindness that begin with each letter of the alphabet. In this alphabet giving instructional activity, students bend into the shape of the letters and act out their giving words. Suggested words are...

Students find the beginning letters of words. In this alphabet lesson plan, students sound out words to find the beginning sound and the beginning letter. They play a game to mark these letters on a card. 

Students identify capital and lowercase letters. In this writing lesson, students work independently to write lowercase letters and capital letters and practice writing the alphabet in order.

Students explore phonetics by participating in a class game. In this alphabet sounds lesson, students collaborate in a ABC's activity where they identify a random letter, the sound it makes, and place it in it's correct spot on a mat....

Learners explore letters and their sounds.  In this beginning phonics literacy instructional activity, students bring objects from home that begin with an assigned letter.  Learners show their object/s and the teacher takes a...

Students research different websites to obtain information about the alphabet. In this Internet lesson plan, students use their knowledge of the alphabet to navigate certain websites.

Students practice the alphabet using a variety of songs, books and activities.

In this writing worksheet, students trace upper case letters of the alphabet. Letters are pre-printed in a grey dashed line format.

Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. In this beginning sounds lesson plan, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the...

Students engage in a physical activity that helps them to distinguish the difference between numbers and letters.

Students demonstrate the ability to draw vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, recognize the difference between inside and outside, and create a picture of themselves.

Students participate in an ABC game based on recycling. In this recycling activity, students sort objects into bins based on the first letter of each object. Students discuss the community and how to improve recycling.

Listen to the sound of children's fingers flying across their keyboards as they perform these fun typing lessons. From creating alphabet books and multimedia presentations to researching presidents and writing class...