Activities for Phonics

alphabet letter activities for preschool shows the letter a being made out of shapes and small cards to find the object that starts with the letter mAre you looking for fun phonics activities to help your child or student learn and practice their letter sounds? Then you have come to the right place! In this post, I will share some of my favorite activities that are both enjoyable and educational. So read on to learn more! Make sure to download these no prep free letter a activities too!

Teaching phonics is challenging and so fun at the same time. It is essential that we make letter activities for preschool fun and engaging. Reading is active, not passive. Therefore, activities for phonics need to be very hands-on. We like to use a multi-sensory approach when teaching preschool-age learners phonics.    

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No Prep Worksheets and Letter Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

hands on phonics for preschool shows examples of letter a being colored and made out of pom-pomsPractice letter tracing through hands-on no prep activities! This letter tracing resource includes 12 different no-prep activities for each letter! Each letter activity can be used for literacy centers, fine motor practice, and letter tracing. These hands-on activities can be used year-round to review handwriting and letter recognition. Not only can these be used for centers, but you can also create busy binders with these letter mats! These will save you valuable time and make your literacy centers highly engaging while enhancing fine motor abilities!

This Letter Writing Alphabet Practice Pack includes:

  • Play-dough letter mats mats
  • Trace, color, and find it activities
  • A coloring page with each letter and everything that starts with that particular letter
  • Build the letter with popsicle sticks
  • Make the letter with – manipulatives such as mini erasers, also great for the dot markers, and garage sale stickers (use these multiple ways)
  • Build the letter with pom-poms. 
  • Build the letter with shapes
  • Build the letter with snap cubes

This alphabet practice activity contains 12 pages of hands-on fine motor activities that are low prep and no prep that focuses on capital and lowercase letters for every letter A-Z! Snag these no-prep letter activities and worksheets here!

Fine Motor Activities for Phonics

phonics activities and beginning sounds shows three pictures and one starts with the letter mTry these beginning letter sounds with these phonics task cards. Students will identify the picture that begins with the letter given for letters A-Z. These fun beginning sound task cards include over 200 student activities. You need these beginning phonics task cards because they incorporate body, making them hands-on, fun, and worksheet-free! Prep once and use these beginning letter sound task cards all year round!

Beginning Letter Phonics Task Card Directions

First, print out the task cards. Each page has nine beginning sound cards on it. Next, circle the correct answer on the back, laminate, then cut out each card. You can easily split up the cards based on the letter you are working on and letters your child or student already knows.

Then, use this as a phonics center for phonics practice. Finally, students will thread a straw, stir stick, pipe cleaner through the hole punch and check if they got the correct answer by looking at the back of each card. Grab these 200 beginning sound task cards here.

Then, use this as a phonics center for phonics practice. Finally, students will thread a straw, stir stick, pipe cleaner through the hole punch and check if they got the correct answer by looking at the back of each card. Grab these 200 beginning sound task cards here.

Tracing Letter Activities

Also, these hands-on alphabet letter tracing cards are perfect for learning letters, and motor skills cards are versatile and included in the bundle. You can use mini erasers, wikki sticks, play-dough, and more to trace and build each letter. There are a total of 124 different cards.

Included in the Alphabet Letter Tracing Cards Pack

  • Two-letter tracing cards for each capital letter
  • Two lowercase tracing cards for each letter
  • extra long and short vowel tracing cards to practice different vowel sounds

Beginning Sound Phonics Activities for Sensory Bins

alphabet practice letter mats shows a large paper with the letter a and a picture or an arm, apple, and astronaut to go with the letter a paperAre you looking for hands-on alphabet cards and beginning sound centers and activities for your little learners? Check out these alphabet mats for letters A-Z. Each letter contains a mat with 9 picture cards that start with that letter. Also, each picture card is labeled to help your students recognize the letter. Easily use these with sensory bins, small group instruction, and literacy centers. Want these beginning sound phonics activities for sensory bins? Click here

  

We hope you enjoy these phonics activities as much as we do. If you are looking for more ways to help your students learn their letter sounds, be sure to download our activities packet, which includes all of the hands-on activities and printables mentioned in this post click here. And if you want even more ideas, check out our other posts on teaching phonics. We have a lot of fun ideas that will help your students become confident readers. Thanks for reading, and happy learning!

alphabet letter activities for preschool shows the letter a being made out of shapes and small cards to find the object that starts with the letter m

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