10 Fun Alphabet Games for Your Students

7/27/2019 10 Fun Alphabet Games for Your Students

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Give your students a set of simple pictures (think clip art style)

that begin with different letters of the alphabet. Have students

work with a partner and a set of Scrabble tiles to match a tile to each

picture. This tile should have the same initial letter as the word for

each of the pictures. (You can find Scrabble sets on sale around theholidays. If you purchase one game for every two or three students

in your classroom, you can use the games and its pieces for several

language learning activities throughout the year.)

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Initial Sound Bingo

Give your students an empty bingo board, and have them filleach of the 25 squares with a small picture. Using clip art or

drawing skills (even if its only stick figures), each student should

put a picture in each square that begins with a different letter of the

alphabet. You can then write the letters of the alphabet on ping pong

balls or small slips of paper. Pull a letter and have students mark any

picture that begins with that letter. When someone gets five in a row,

he calls Bingo! If you want to challenge their phonic skills,

announce the sound of the letter rather than the letter itself and play

for a winner.

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Bean Bag Shower

Do you want to get your students moving while you review

letters of the alphabet? Write the 26 letters of the alphabet in

random order on a plain shower curtain. Then give each student a

turn tossing a bean bag on to the curtain. Whatever letter herbeanbag lands nearest, she must name and give a word that starts

with that letter. If a student gets stuck, let her classmates suggest

answers.

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Writing Practice

To give your students practice writing out the letters in theEnglish language, set up a writing center in your classroom. Use


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a shallow box (a cereal box with one large side removed is perfect,

but any box will work) and fill it with about an inch of salt, sand or a

similar item. Then make a set of cards that show each letter in detail.

When students are at the center, they can use a stick or the back of a

paintbrush to practice writing letters in the sand tray using the cardas a reference. After finishing one letter, students can smooth out the

surface of the sand and practice another.

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Letter Pounding

Recycle that old floral foam with this fun exercise. After

collecting or purchasing a sheet of foam for each of your students,write the letters of the alphabet in random places on the foam. (You

can include both capital and lowercase letters.) Give each student his

foam sheet, a small mallet, stick or other pounding instrument and

several wooden golf tees. To review the letters, announce a letter, its

initial sound or a word that begins with that letter. Students should

find the correct letter on their foam and pound a golf tee into the

foam to cover it. Your students will have fun making a physical

connection as you review the English alphabet in an unusual and

creative way.

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Alphabet Hop Scotch

Get a foam alphabet puzzle and assemble it in a large space in

your classroom. Put letters in random order, but limit the layout of

the puzzle to four across. Students then take turns hopping through

the alphabet board. Have students either name the letter, its sound ora word that begins with that letter before hopping on to a given

square. Students can choose which squares they step on, but their

goal is to work from one end of the puzzle to the other end. Give

each student at least one turn hopping through the alphabet.

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Beach Ball Alphabet


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Using a simple inflatable beach ball, make a fun game for your

students to play anytime you have a few minutes to fill during

class. Write the letters of the alphabet in random places on the beach

ball. Arrange your students in a circle. One student tosses the ball to

a classmate, and that person catches it. Whatever letter is closest tohis right thumb she must name. If you like, have her name a word

that starts with that letter as well. Play until everyone has at least one

turn.

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Straw Letters

Turn arts and craft time into an opportunity to review Englishletters. Have students cut colorful drinking straws into one inch

segments. Then give each person a ball of play dough. Students

should flatten the play dough on their desks and then poke the straws

into the play dough. They should arrange the straw segments so they

look like a letter when viewed from above. You can announce the

letters you want students to make, have them make the letters of

their name or have students assign letters to each other. Once a letter

is complete, students remove the straws, smooth out the play dough

and then make another letter.

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10 Fun Alphabet Games for Your Students