Curated OER
Finding Patterns with Frogs
Students create patterns. In this math instructional activity, students complete and create patterns using pattern blocks or disks. Students analyze the patterns they see.
Curated OER
Celebrating Diversity
Students gain a better understanding about cultures. They find similarities and differences between cultures. Various resources ranging from web sites to trade books to email addresses of people are provided. This instructional activity...
Curated OER
Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Sahara, Vanishing Cultures
Students read Sahara, Vanishing Cultures by Jan Reynolds. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study nomadic cultures. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Teaching Letter Recognition
How can you teach your students letter recognition? This site offers insight into this necessary pre-reading skill set. Come and explore this informative resource.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Connect the Dots (Number Sequencing and Letter Recognition Games)
Make pictures by counting by ones, by fives, and by counting backwards or by putting letters of the alphabet in the correct order.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alpha Pig's Paint by Letter
A paint-by-letter interactive game where students match the letter on a color palette to the letter on a picture in order to paint the picture. Three levels of difficulty allow students to match capital letters, lower-case letters, or a...
Arcademics
Arcademics: Puppy Hop Letter Recognition
Identify the letter and click on the correct tennis ball.
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Fun With Letters
This interesting site has a variety of activities and games to use in the classroom or at home to teach letter recognition, phonics, and beginning writing skills. Learn about individual letters at the Alphabet Soup Cafe, create an...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Guess What I'm Thinking?: Initial Sound Accuracy
A version of the "20 Questions" game. The instructor tells the class he is thinking of something that starts with, for example, /b/. The students have to come up with what the teacher is thinking of.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Missing Letter
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. A letter is removed from each word and students must put it back. Includes 'Spelling Test' and 'Teach Me' features.
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TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Games: Animal Who? [Learn the Alphabet]
A simple activity that connects letters of the alphabet to simple words, specifically names of animals. Typing any letter on the keyboard reveals an illustration of a common animal, its name, and the sound that animal makes.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Alphabet Fishing (Lesson Plan)
This site has a cute game young students will enjoy playing to review letter recognition. Students "go fishing" for letters. For each letter they "catch" they must tell what the letter is and a sound it makes.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Post a Letter
Students listen to the number announced and place the letter in the matching number's door.
Other
Lil' Fingers: Games: A B C Match Up
This memory, match-up game has children match pairs of upper case letters by clicking on blocks and remembering the location. They need to match them all to win. Java is required
ABCya
Ab Cya: Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Matching
Play a game by dragging the lowercase letters to their matching upper case letters in order to get all the colors back in the picture.
Primary Games
Primary Games: Circus Abc
In this game children pick a letter of the alphabet and then click on the animal that begins with that letter.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Letter Lifter
This game challenges students' knowledge and understanding of beginning consonant sounds.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Word World: Dog's Letter Pit
Play a game with Dog by clicking on his to help him jump into a letter pit and then clicking on the letters that make up each sound of a spoken word.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go
Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Word Form Recognition Activities
A wonderful site full of tips for teaching Word-form recognition activities. This site has a plethora of links that provide an excellent way to practice and memorize the essential skills of recognizing words without sounding out each...
Other
Up to Ten: Color the Letters a to Z
Color the letters - A to Z. Learn the alphabet while having fun coloring online.
Other
Seussville: Fishin' for Ab Cs
In this game, children select the fish with the correct letters to make the word at the top of the screen.
Phonics Guide
Papa Jan: What Is Phonics?
How can you define phonics? Take this opportunity to learn a little more about phonics and its relationship to letters and sounds.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Super Why: Super Why Saves the Day
Collect letters in order to create words, and then use those words to change a sad story into a happy one.