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Time Savers
ABC Center
Printable Hands-on Activities for Letter Recognition
Created By Pam Ballingall
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Table of Contents
pgs 3-6 Draw It pgs 7-9 Letter Race pgs 10-13 Letter Surprise pgs 14-17 Letter Hunt pgs 18-21 Roll & Draw pgs 22-24 Alphabet Match Up pgs 25-29 Dot-It Game pgs 30-33 Search & Find pgs 34-40 Sort It Out pgs 41-47 Stamp It Out pgs 48-50 Tic-Tac-Letter pgs 51-54 Spin & Win pgs 55-56 Little Letter Book pgs 57-74 Letter Mazes pgs 75-76 Four In a Row pgs 77-78 Clip It pgs 79-85 Bingo pgs 86-94 Search & Count pgs 95-97 The Dot Game pgs 98-99 Write It, Draw It, Glue It pgs 100-104 Peek-Thru Books pgs 105-109 Mini Letter Search pgs 110-112 Race to the Top
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Draw It
Directions: For this activity the children will use letter stamps to stamp the uppercase and lowercase letter in the boxes (they can also write the letter or cut the letter out of a magazine). Next, they add pictures of objects that begin with the letter. They could draw, use
picture stamps, stickers or magazine pictures.
This activity has three versions: 2 pictures, 4 pictures or 6 pictures. You can use the
different versions for the level of your students (for example, a student that is just beginning to understand beginning sounds can use the page with 2 pictures. A
student that is advanced in their knowledge of beginning sounds can do the page with 6
pictures. You could also use the page with 2 pictures at the
beginning of the year, 4 pictures for mid year, and 6 pictures for
end of the year.
This activity can be used with any letter at any time of the year!
Helpful Tip: keep a supply of small objects that begin with the same letter in a container. If you have students that are having difficulty
thinking of objects to draw, they could reach in the container and find an object to draw. The craft and dollar stores have little objects that
are great to keep in these containers!
Name ___________________________
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Draw It Words that begin with the letter
Name ___________________________
Words that begin with the letter
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Draw It
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Words that begin with the letter
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Draw It
Letter Race
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Directions: For this activity the children will use letter stamps to
stamp the letters in the boxes OR you can have them write the letters to practice handwriting. You will need to program a die in advance.
Print the die on cardstock. Cut out. Write the letters (or use letter stickers) that you want your students to practice on the die. You could
use the uppercase and lowercase form of a letter (such as B & b as shown below) or two different letters. Write three of each letter on the die. Now fold on the lines to make a cube. Place a little bit of glue
on the gray tabs and fold them to the inside of the cube. Put clear packing tape around the die to make it last longer.
To play this game the children will roll the die and write or stamp the letters in the spaces. The first letter to reach the flag is the winner!
This activity can be used with any letter at any time of the year!
Helpful Tip: You can use this activity to practice a letter of the week, letters in a child’s name, or letters that a child needs more practice with. Since you program it yourself you can use individualize it for each student!
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Letter Race
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Print the die on card
stock. Cut on all of the edges. Fold on the black
lines to create a cube. Fold all of the gray tabs to the inside of the cube
and stick down using a glue stick or tape runner. Add clear packing tape to
the outside to make it last longer.
Letter Surprise!
Directions: Print the letter surprise pages – there are 3 designs to choose from. Write a letter in each space using a white crayon (don’t tell the kids so they will be surprised!). Place the pages in your ABC
Center. The children will use water color paints to paint the inside of each space. The letters will magically appear because the crayon resists the paint! You can program these with any letter you are
working on or as a review of letters!
This is always a favorite!
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Letter Surprise!
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Name ___________________
Letter Surprise!
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Name ___________________
Letter Surprise!
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Name ___________________
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t Directions: Each child will need
one “Letter Hunt” sheet on a clipboard and a pencil. The
children will search the classroom for any words beginning with the
letter you program it with. It can be a letter of the week, a letter
of their choice, or the letter their name begins with. To add some fun to this center the kids can wear the “Letter Hunt” badges
AND use a real magnifying glass. (sometimes the dollar stores have
these!). The name badges fit perfectly in Lakeshore’s Safety
Nametags - just print on cardstock and slip them in!
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Letter Hunt Letter Hunt I’m looking for words with the letter I’m looking for words with the letter
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I’m looking for words with the letter
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Letter Hunt!
Letter Hunt!
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Roll and Draw
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Directions: Each child will need one “Roll and Draw” sheet and one die. (Print the die on cardstock, label with letters, and glue together). The children will roll the die, write the letter in the small box, and draw a picture that begins with that letter – or they could find a picture in a
magazine, or use stickers or stamps.
Two versions are provided. One with two pictures and one with four pictures. You can use the different
worksheets depending on the level of your students or the time of year.
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Print the die on card
stock. Cut on all of the edges. Fold on the black
lines to create a cube. Fold all of the gray tabs to the inside of the cube
and stick down using a glue stick or tape runner. Add clear packing tape to
the outside to make it last longer.
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Directions: Each child will need one “Alphabet Match Up” sheet. The children will search through magazines
to find each letter in a magazine. They will cut the letter out and glue it on the sheet.
You can also have the children cut out pictures that
begin with each letter - you can modify this by having them find 5, 10, or 12 pictures etc. OR do this over the
course of several days.
An uppercase and lowercase version are included. You could also laminate this sheet and have the children
match letter tiles to each letter.
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Dot-It game Directions: Each child will need a “Dot-It Game” sheet
and Do-A-Dot Markers (aka bingo markers). You will also need letter cards, letter tiles OR letter magnets. Place the letters in a container. The children will choose one letter, identify it, and stamp the letter on the sheet
with a Do-A-Dot marker. Play until all of the letters are covered. There is an uppercase and lowercase version of
this game. You can have the children match upper to upper, lower to lower OR upper to lower.
You can also use this game to practice beginning sounds.
Instead of placing letter cards in the container you
can place objects or picture cards in the container. One
for each letter of the alphabet. The children will pick an object, identify the beginning sound and stamp the matching letter on the sheet. Blank sheets are
available to create your own.
Do-A-Dot Markers can be purchased at most craft stores and www.discountschoolsupply.com
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Dot-It game
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Dot-It game
Name ________________
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Dot-It game
Name ________________
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Dot-It game
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Directions: Give each child a “Search & Find” worksheet. There are three versions: 1, 2, or 4
pictures. One picture is for your beginners and four is for your more advanced learners. Write the letter in the box before giving the children their pages. The
children will search the room looking for objects that begin with each sound. They will draw the pictures in
the boxes.
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Draw a picture of something you found
that begins with letter
Name _________________
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Draw pictures of two things you
found that begin with letter
Name _________________
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Draw pictures of four things you found that begin
with letter
Name _________________
Sort It Out
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Directions: Give each child a “Sort It Out” worksheet. There are six versions: Uppercase/Lowercase
Letters In My Name/Not In My Name Consonants/Vowels Letters/Numbers
Tall Letters/Short Letters and Letters with Tails/Letters with Loops
Give each child a sheet of stickers (you can also use letter stamps, photocopied letters or magazine letters to cut and paste). The children will choose a letter and
sort it according to the worksheet.
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Directions: Give each child a “Stamp It Out” worksheet. The children will identify the letters and stamp the same
letter in the space beside it on the sheet. You can do uppercase to lowercase, lowercase to uppercase OR letter
to beginning sound (use picture stamps or stickers). There is also a blank sheet so you can create your own.
Both of these stamp sets can be purchase at www.lakeshorelearning.com
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Tic-tac-letter
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Directions: This game is Tic-Tac-Toe with a twist! Instead of writing X’s and O’s, the children will use letters that you are working on. This will encourage
letter identification and handwriting skills. Have each child choose a letter (or you assign the letter) and they
will write those letters on the board when playing.
A A A G A G G
Helpful Tip: Photocopy on card stock. Laminate. Have the
children use dry erase markers or crayons and play again and again!
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
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Tic-tac-letter
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
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Spin and Win
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Directions: Print the spinners on card stock. Laminate. You can program the spinners with any letter you are
working on by placing letter stickers on the spinners or by writing them on with a dry erase marker.
There are two versions: a four letter race and a two letter race. The spinner for the four letter race will
need to have four letters written on it. You could do all different letters or the uppercase and lowercase version of two letters. The two letter race spinner could have
two letters and two blanks OR each letter written twice. Program the sheet by writing the letters in the shaded spaces. The children will spin the spinner, identify the
letter, and write it on the space on the sheet. The first letter to reach the end is the winning letter.
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This is a fun way to practice letter recognition and handwriting!
You could also use letter stamps with this
game.
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Spinners: Print the spinners on card stock. Cut out on the dark edges. Use a black Sharpie and write the letters OR use letter stickers OR stamps.
Laminate. To use the spinner, you’ll need a paper clip and a pencil. Put the paper clip down with one end over the center dot. Put the pencil point down inside the
paper clip and hold the pencil in place. Flick the paper clip. It will spin around the pencil point and point to one section on the spinner.
Little Letter Book
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Directions: This little letter book can be used for any letter of the alphabet! Simply print out the book and fold it on the lines to create a “little book”. You can program the front cover by having the children put a decorative
letter sticker in the space on the front cover. Next, they will think of two objects that begin with the letter and draw them in the spaces. On the back page they will
practice writing the letter in uppercase and lowercase. The children could also use magazine pictures or picture
stamps to complete this activity.
My Little Book of Letter
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is for _______________________
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Lowercase
Uppercase
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Letter Mazes
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Directions: There are a variety of mazes that can be used to enhance letter recognition skills. You can program them for any letter your students are working on. To program
the maze, begin writing the letter in the gray space at the top of the page. Next, make a trail of the letter until it
reaches the gray space at the bottom. Fill in the remaining spaces with any other letter. I try to add
letters that have similar curves and lines.
The children can color each letter space on the maze or use Do-A-Dot Markers and stamp each one.
Gumball Collection Follow the gumballs with the letter
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Pirate Treasure Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Dino Dash Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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To The Rescue Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Eskimo Kisses Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Buzzing Bees Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Farm Fun Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Cupid Crossing Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Patriotic Path Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Lucky’s Pot of Gold Follow the path with the letter
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Bunny Hop Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Swimming Right Along Follow the path with the letter
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Time for School Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Autumn Hay Ride Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Spooky Walk Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Let’s Give Thanks Follow the path with the letter
Name ________________
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Santa’s Sleigh Follow the path with the letter
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Four-In-A-Row Directions: There are several ways to play this game:
1. Program this game with any letters. You could use 6
letters and then program a die with the same letters. Have the children roll the die, identify the letter and cover one
space with that letter. When they have four spaces in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally – they are the winner.
2. Program this game with the entire alphabet. Laminate.
Place letter magnets in a drawstring bag. Pull one letter at a time out of the bag. Identify the letter and cover it on the
board.
Use uppercase only, lowercase only or a mix of both.
This game is great for letter recognition and game strategy!
winning 4 in a row
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Clip It! Directions: Prepare this activity by printing the Clip-It mats on card stock and laminating. Also, use a Sharpie
Marker to write the letters on wooden clothespins. Place the clothespins in a basket. The children will pick a
clothespin and clip it to the matching letter on the mat. Your kids can match uppercase to uppercase, lowercase to
lowercase or uppercase to lowercase.
Opening clothespins is a great way to strengthen fine motor muscles!
Helpful Tip: I like to store a Clip It mat and complete set of letter clips in a large Ziploc bag. This way the child
has exactly the right amount of letters.
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Directions: Playing Bingo is a fun way to practice letter recognition! You can program theses Bingo boards with any letter you are working on. Laminate. You could also
have the children write their own letters (with dry erase crayons or markers) on the board to play. Also, print the letter cards and laminate. Call one letter at a time. The children will cover the letters with a small game marker as
they are called.
This game can be played in a small or large group. It is a great activity to
have a parent helper assist with.
I like using seasonal mini erasers from www.OrientalTrading.com for
my bingo markers.
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Search & Count Directions: This activity can be used for any letter of the alphabet. Print out the page. Program the worksheet (at the bottom of the page) with a letter that you have been
working on. Have the children use a crayon or colored pencil to circle the letter on the page. Next, they will count the amount of times the letter is on the page and
write it on the line at the bottom.
Helpful Tips: Photocopy the
uppercase version on one side of a worksheet
and lowercase on the other. Have the
children search for uppercase A and
lowercase a.
Add some fun to this center by using Smencils (scented pencils). You can find them at most
craft stores.
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F G C F B F G E
F C E C D C F A
G A D A G D E B
F D F C B E C E
C E D G B F B B
G A D A E C D A
B D F A A B B G
E C G B D A C A
Search & Count
Search for letter ___. Count how many ___.
Name _________
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b e f a f c d g
f b c e g e a d
d g a d a b e f
c b f e a g c b
a e b c f e a g
d g f d e b d c
g b a c d e f a
b f g f c g b e
Search & Count
Search for letter ___. Count how many ___.
Name _________
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I K N J H L H M
M L H L I N J N
N I L J K H M J
J K M I L N K M
L H K M J K I N
K J I N L H M J
M N H K I M J L
H L M J N I K H
Search & Count
Search for letter ___. Count how many ___.
Name _________
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k m i j n l i m
h n m n k i k j
l i j h l n h m
m h k l k i j k
j l j n h k m i
i n m j k n h l
k h n i m j l j
m l h k l h m i
Search & Count
Search for letter ___. Count how many ___.
Name _________
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Q S T P O T R P
P T O R S Q U T
U R S Q P T O U
R O U S T R S P
S Q P U O T R Q
O R T Q S U O T
R S O U P Q U R
U P T Q R O Q S
Search & Count
Search for letter ___. Count how many ___.
Name _________
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r p s o q t q u
s o r t u p u t
q t p s r t o q
o s u t o p r u
q t o q s r u p
p s r u q s o u
s o p r t o s t
p s r q o r u p
Search & Count
Search for letter ___. Count how many ___.
Name _________
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X Y W V W Y Z V
Y V Z X Z V Y X
Z W X V Y X Z Y
V Z Y W X Z W Z
Y X W Z Y V X Y
W V X V Z X Z W
X V Z Y W Z V Y
W X W V Z W Y X
Search & Count
Search for letter ___. Count how many ___.
Name _________
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w x v y w z v x
v y z w y v z w
z w y v z w x v
y v x z x v z y
v z w x y x y v
z x v y v z w x
y v z w z x y z
x w x z y w x v
Search & Count
Search for letter ___. Count how many ___.
Name _________
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The Dot Game Directions: This is a worksheet for everyone’s favorite
“Dot Game”! Print the game on card stock and laminate OR photocopy. This game is played with a partner. To play this game, each child will choose a letter. On each turn,
the children will draw a line to connect one dot to another. When a child completes a square, they will write their
letter in the square and draw another line. At the end of the game, count up the letters to see who made the most
squares! This is a great way to practice letter writing AND to create a strategy for winning! There are two
versions of this game.
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The Dot Game
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The Dot Game
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Write It, Draw It, Glue It Directions: Use this activity for any letter of the
alphabet. Photocopy the worksheet. The children will write the uppercase letter in one box, the lowercase in the
next box, draw a picture of something that begins with the letter in the next, and finally they will find a picture from a magazine that begins with the letter and glue it in
the box.
H h
Helpful Tips: Make a request for parents to donate unwanted magazines to your classroom.
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Peek-Thru Books Directions: The Peek-Thru Books are available for 6 letters, 5 letters, 4 letters and 3 letters. Have the
children fold the page in half on the long line. Next, they will carefully cut on the dashed lines, stopping at the fold, creating a flap. Now, they will write one letter on each
flap – this can be letters that you tell them to write, random letters, or letters from their name. Next, the children will lift up the flap and draw a picture of an
object that begins with the letter.
These two flaps are lifted. The letter D is written on the top of
the first flap and a dog is drawn. The letter A is written on the second flap. An apple is
revealed when it is lifted.
These three flaps have not been lifted yet.
V I S
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Mini Letter Search Directions: Photocopy the worksheets. Cut. Place the worksheets and magnifying glasses in a basket in the
center. The children will use the magnifying glasses to find the mini letters on each page. Next they will circle the letters that they find on the bottom of the page.
Daniel
Uppercase and lowercase versions are included.
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J A T X C S R N H K
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Mini Letter Search
Circle the mini letters that you found.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mini Letter Search
D Z F M B U V G L Q
Circle the mini letters that you found.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Name ___________________ Name ___________________
E I O K P W Y D S F
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Mini Letter Search
Circle the mini letters that you found.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mini Letter Search
P B K A L Y M I D H
Circle the mini letters that you found.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Name ___________________ Name ___________________
g c z r p u f v k h
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Mini Letter Search
Circle the mini letters that you found.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Mini Letter Search
y l d t a n w e m i
Circle the mini letters that you found.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Name ___________________ Name ___________________
b j q s x o b f m u
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Mini Letter Search
Circle the mini letters that you found.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Mini Letter Search
c h l n r t v y a d
Circle the mini letters that you found.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Name ___________________ Name ___________________
Race to the Top
Directions: This is a fun activity to practice letter recognition and handwriting. Print a die and program it with two different letters you are working on OR the
uppercase and lowercase form of a letter. The children will roll the die, identify the letter and write it in the
space (starting at the bottom). The first letter to reach the star is the winning letter!
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Race To The Top
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Print the die on card
stock. Cut on all of the edges. Fold on the black
lines to create a cube. Fold all of the gray tabs to the inside of the cube
and stick down using a glue stick or tape runner. Add clear packing tape to
the outside to make it last longer.
Supplies for your ABC Centers
A wide variety of materials will keep your ABC Center inviting for your students. I like to rotate materials in and out of the center to keep the children interested
and excited.
Here are some items to use in your ABC Center:
colored pencils colored markers – all sizes and tips
crayons – all kinds! letter stamps
letter tiles letter dice (from old Boggle games)
Do-A-Dot Markers magnetic letters letter punches
placemats with the alphabet alphabet puzzles
Wikki Stiks playdough flashcards
alphabet stickers mini letter books
Smencils
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