Alphabet Teaching Resources
Introduce the alphabet this school year with printable worksheets, engaging ABC activities and reading center games to teach students how to recognize and correctly write each letter.
This collection of curriculum-aligned resources was created by teachers for teachers just like you. Each printable and digital activity has been carefully reviewed by a member of our teaching team to ensure it's ready to be used by a student in your classroom, and many resources are already differentiated for you!
Explore ideas for teaching the entire A to Z alphabet, including ways to teach alphabetical order and letter recognition!
New to teaching the alphabet? Or maybe you're just looking for fresh ideas to get students excited about their ABCs? Read on for a primer from our teacher team, including a way to explain what the alphabet is to kids and what order you should follow when teaching the letters from A to Z.
What Is the Alphabet? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Of course, you know what an alphabet is, but how do you explain the meaning of the alphabet to young students who are just beginning their journey into letter recognition? Here's a kid-friendly definition that primary-grade students can understand:
The alphabet is a special set of letters that we use to write and read words. They are the building blocks of words and sentences and books!
How Many Letters Are in the Alphabet?
We often refer to the alphabet as the ABCs, but of course, there are many more than three letters! The modern Latin alphabet has 26 letters, including five vowels and 21 consonants.
In What Order Should the Alphabet Be Taught?
Most of us remember singing the alphabet song in school from A to Z, but most phonics experts suggest starting to teach the alphabet with specific groups of letters rather than starting at A and moving on to B, C and so on.
These days it is common practice to teach a group of letters at a time in the following order:
- s,a,t,p, i,n
- c,k,e,h,r
- m,d,g,o
- l,f,b,q,u
- j,z,w
- v,y,x
After learning the first group of letters, students should be able to write and read a collection of very simple word families:
- at
- an
- it
- ip
- ap
- in
Allow a basic introduction to sounding out words and practicing writing those letters before you move on to the next group of letters and corresponding alphabet activities!
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Alphabet Interactive - Letter L
Bring technology into your guided reading lessons, and learn the sounds of L with a Google Interactive activity.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter J
Add digital activities to your kindergarten literacy centers to aid students in learning the letter J.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter H
Add hands-on literacy activites to your reading centers to help students identify, write, and learning the sound of letter H.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter G
Add hands-on literacy activites to your Halloween reading centers to help students identify, write, and learning the sound of the “ghostly” letter G.
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Constitution Day Worksheet - ABC Order
Support your students in reviewing the vocabulary and concepts surrounding Constitution Day with this worksheet.
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Memorial Day ABC Sort
Review terms surrounding Memorial Day with an alphabetical order worksheet.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter F
Use a Google Slides Interactive Activity to aid students in learning the letter F.
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Alphabet Google Interactive – Letter E
Build letter recognition skills and phonemic awareness with a Letter E Google Slides Interactive Activity.
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Alphabet Google Interactive — Letter D
Dive into learning the letter D with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Alphabet Google Interactive — Letter C
Identify, build, and learn the sounds of the letter C with a Google Slides Interactive Activity.
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Alphabet Google Interactive — Letter B
Use a Google Slides Interactive Activity to aid students in learning the letter B.
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Alphabet Google Interactive — Letter A
Engage learners with an innovative approach to learning the Letter A with a Google Slides Interactive Activity.
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Alphabetical Order Task Cards (Grades 1-2)
Give your students some practice putting words in alphabetical order with a set of 20 task cards.
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Alphabetical Order Task Cards - Set 3
A set of 11 task cards alphabetizing a series of words to the third letter.
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Alphabetical Order Task Cards - Set 2
A set of 11 task cards alphabetizing a series of words to the first and second letters.
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Alphabetical Order Task Cards - Set 1
A set of 11 task cards alphabetizing a series of words to the first letter.
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Letter Craft Activity - 'G' is For Goldfish
An activity to assist young students with letter recognition, phonological awareness, and fine motor development.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Zz'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Yy'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Ww'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Vv'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Uu'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Ss'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Hh'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Bb'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Little Alphabet Book Worksheets (A-Z)
A set of 26 worksheets to assist younger students with letter recognition and formation.
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Dot-to-Dot Drawing - Alphabet - Monkey
Join the dots in alphabetical order to make a picture.
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Caterpillar Alphabet Line - Editable
Display the alphabet in your classroom using a Caterpillar Alphabet Line!
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Christmas Game for Kindergarten - Upper and Lowercase Letter Memory
Build letter recognition skills and add Christmas spirit to your literacy centers with a Printable Letter Matching Christmas Game for Kindergarten.
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Christmas Memory - Beginning Letter Sound Games
Have fun matching Christmas words with their beginning sounds using printable Christmas Letter Sound Games.
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Alphabet Coloring Pages - A to Z
Print a set of alphabet coloring pages to boost letter recognition skills.