Winter Alphabet Cards for Preschoolers

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These FREE Winter Alphabet Cards will help your preschoolers start to understand the letter names and the sounds that each of those letters makes by engaging them in using their auditory and visual learning skills. The cards will also have the children work on other skills, such as listening and memory, and connect letter sounds to develop their phonemic awareness. These cards are also a fun way to begin teaching your children the letters in their names.

This alphabet pack includes thirteen pages with two cards each, including all the letters of the alphabet. Each card includes one letter in uppercase and lowercase. You can get it at the end of this post.

Importance of Recognizing Letters

When children learn how to identify and name the letters and their sounds, they are developing the necessary pre-reading and pre-writing skills to learn how to read and write later on in Kindergarten. That way, they will be able to put the letters’ sounds together to make syllables, then words, and finally words together to form phrases.

That is why it’s essential to work on both letter recognition and phonics when you are teaching the letters to help the children:

Differentiate between each letter.
Match uppercase and lowercase letters.
Name each letter and write it on paper.

How to Use The Winter Alphabet Cards

To prepare the activity, you just need to print the pages using white cardstock, cut out the cards, and laminate all the pieces. After that, you could use these cards in large group and small group activities, always considering that the activities should be fun and meaningful to the children.

Some of the activities you can do with these cards are:

Use them during Circle Time or Small Group to start teaching your kids the letters that have meaning, like the letters from their names, to help them connect and remember them more easily.

Having them trace the letters is a hands-on way for kids to learn the individual shape of each letter. They can use dry-erase markers to trace on top or copy them in sand, shaving cream, or white paper using pencils, markers, or crayons.

Invite them to match each letter in both uppercase and lowercase versions with magnetic, foam, or wooden letters so they have another option.

Divide the cards and have them match the uppercase portion with the lowercase portion, saying the name and sound of each letter they match.

Use them as a folder game. Cut them out, separating the uppercase and lowercase letters, and paste one part on a manila folder. Laminate the other parts and place them in an envelope or a Ziploc bag to keep them safe.

Have them identify a letter and find a word that starts with it.

Invite the children to place the letters in alphabetical order.

Have them go on an alphabet scavenger hunt. To do this, you show them a card and then ask them to find an object that begins with the letter on the card.

Spread some or all the cards on the floor. Then, invite one child at a time to stand on top of the letter you call out.

Have each child select a card and say the name of the letter and as many words starting with that letter as they can think of. Make a graph writing down each child’s letters and the words he or she said. Then, you can use this list to teach words, beginning sounds, etc.

Alphabet Books

Including alphabet books in your library and different centers will allow your preschoolers to learn the letters and sounds better, learn new vocabulary, and connect them with science, math, and other domains, which is ideal for a comprehensive learning process.

These are some of the alphabet books I like. You can find them at your local library, used books store, or Amazon. To get them faster and add them to your collection, just click on the pictures, and my affiliate links will take you directly to the Amazon page.

Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! Using his classic, colorful characters, Dr. Seuss makes letters come alive, starting with the most basic building blocks of language.

Eating the Alphabet by Louis Ehlert uses fruits and vegetables from around the world to teach preschoolers upper- and lowercase letters. At the end, interesting facts about each food are provided.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. uses lively alphabet rhyme, as all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree, and invites children to recite the familiar words of this beloved alphabet chant joyfully.

AlphaOops: The Day Z Went First by Alethea Kontis is filled with visually humorous and colorful illustrations about the comic confusion that comes when the letters of the alphabet step out of order and show that each one has a mind of its own.

Sammy Chases the Alphabet by Jeanna Kinne uses upbeat, rhyming phrases to capture preschoolers’ attention and entice them to learn the alphabet.

Alphabet by Scholastic Teacher Resources makes learning the alphabet fun and helps children recognize their letters and letter-sound relationships, practice writing letters, and associate letters with sounds.

The Alphabet Book by P.D. Eastman invites kids to explore the alphabet.

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 when you need it, pin this to your Literacy or Winter board on Pinterest for later.

Then check out my other activities for Winter at the end of this post. They are educational, and fun, and come with FREE printables for you to enjoy and add to your collection.

Don’t forget to download your FREE Winter Alphabet Cards. You only have to type your information on the link below, for an immediate download.

Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.

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