Easter Alphabet Train for Preschoolers
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Suppose you are looking for an alphabet activity for your preschoolers during Easter week. In that case, this fun and pretty hands-on Easter Alphabet Train activity will allow your preschoolers to strengthen their concentration, alphabet knowledge, letter recognition, phonological awareness, and set-making skills.
This printable has five pages and includes a train engine and 26 different cabooses, each with one letter of the alphabet. It is located at the end of this post.
Importance of Recognizing Letters
If a child doesn’t identify and name the letters and their sounds, the necessary foundation for the child to start reading will not be created.
When a child can recognize and name the letters of the alphabet, that child can distinguish between upper-case and lower-case letters. After that, that child will start to be able to say the letter sounds, then put sounds together to make syllables, later words, and words together to form phrases.
Easter Alphabet Train
This hands-on Easter Alphabet Train can be used in many ways, such as:
- Small group activity.
- Writing center option.
- Take home game.
- Quiet area option.
It is easy to prep with just a handful of materials, which are:
- Free Easter Alphabet Train printable (found at the end of this post).
- Printer
- White cardstock
- Laminator and Laminating sheets
- Scissors
- Small basket or Ziploc bag
Print each page using white cardstock, then cut out and laminate the engine and the cabooses to make them last longer. Place them in a small basket or a Ziploc bag to protect them.
How To Use The Easter Alphabet Train
This activity can be used individually or with a partner. The child or children will place the engine on the table. Then, they will look for the caboose with the letter A on it and say the name of A before placing it next to the engine.
Next, they will look for the letter B and do the same, and so on, until they complete the entire alphabet in the correct order.
If your kids are beginning to learn the names of the letters, let them start with the first few letters and add some more as they progress.
When your kiddos know all the letter names, have them say each letter’s sound as they complete the train.
Other Ideas:
You can have the children:
- Match the letter with magnetic, wooden, or foam letters.
- Trace the letters using dry-erase markers.
- Copy the letters using pencils, crayons, or markers on paper.
- Glue the parts on a construction paper.
- Find words that start with some or all the letters.
Using this and my other FREE Easter activities, you can also prepare different centers. You can find them below.
- Bunny Carrots Counting.
- Easter Basket Letter Match.
- Easter Beginning Sounds Clip Cards.
- Easter Count and Clip Cards.
- Easter Math Puzzles.
- Easter Memory Game.
- Easter Pattern Activities.
- Easter Pre-Writing Activities.
- Easter Trace the Shapes.
- Easter Word Wall Cards.
Enhance Their Learning by Reading Books
Never forget to read books to your preschoolers. It is an essential activity that will help them develop multiple skills. Below are some suggestions for Easter-related books. You can find them at your local library, used bookstore, or on Amazon. The titles have my Amazon affiliate links to help you find them in seconds.
- The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story by Mike Berenstain. This book helps young readers understand the real meaning behind Easter.
- A Very Happy Easter by Tim Thornborough. This book is a great way to make story time interactive and explain Easter to young children in a way that connects emotionally and builds empathy.
- 5-Minute Easter Stories by Disney Books. This book brings stories about spring-time fun or Easter Egg hunts. Every story is a delight, perfect before bedtime, storytime, or anytime!
- The Story of the Easter Bunny by Katherine Tegen. With gorgeous and peaceful art, this fresh, innovative story describes how one little rabbit became a legend.
- Turkey’s Eggcellent Easter by Wendi Silvano is a cute book about a turkey trying to win the extra-special Easter egg hunt! It is a fun book that will encourage your children’s imagination.
- Good News! It’s Easter! By Glenys Nellist. The Easter season is an exciting time of growth and reflection as nature, and our human hearts anticipate the hope of new beginnings. This author introduces children to the gift of salvation through playful natural illustrations.
- It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny by Marilyn Sadler encourages children to read independently, using simple words and illustrations. It’s perfect for practicing readers ages 3-7 and lucky parents, too!
- Pete the Cat: Five Little Bunnies by James Dean. Sing with Pete the Cat in his fun adaptation of “Five Little Monkeys.” Fans of Pete the Cat will love rocking out to this classic tune with a groovy Easter twist in this hardcover picture book.
Pin It For Later
If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin it to your literacy or Easter board on Pinterest.
I hope you find this Easter Alphabet Train helpful in making your job a little easier during this Easter month. Don’t forget to get your printable! You have to click on the bottom below to download and use it.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
P.S. Please let me know if this activity works for you, and if you would like to see an article or a printable about how to make something specific, please let me know, and I will try my best to create it for you.
