21 Best Alphabet Games & Resources for Letter Learning

Engage your preschool or kindergarten aged child in hands-on learning about letters with this fun collection of the best alphabet games and resources.

21 alphabet games and resources

Pair your picks of these great alphabet board and card games with our printable pack of Hands-On Alphabet Games & Activities for hours of fun and engaging alphabet learning with your young children.

Best Alphabet Games for Letter Learning

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Letter puzzle

Wooden Alphabet Puzzle: The chunky, wooden letter shapes of this alphabet puzzle make it a great, first hands-on alphabet game.

Alphabet floor puzzle

Jumbo Alphabet Floor Puzzle: A super sized alphabet puzzle challenge!

Alphabet Fishing Game

Magnetic Wooden Alphabet Fishing Game: The most fun you can have learning about letters might just be this colorful magnetic fishing game!

Alphabet Letter Construction Puzzles

Alphabet Letter Construction Puzzles: This set of self-correcting puzzles includes one puzzle with a series of picture clues for each letter of the alphabet.

Magnetic alphabet mazeMagnetic Alphabet Maze Board: This clever maze game includes four different bases to insert, developing four levels of alphabet recognition skills – including recognizing upper- and lowercase letters and initial sounds.

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Alphabet Marks the Spot GameAlphabet Marks the Spot Game: Such a fun way to learn all about letters and sounds, this fun game can be used for letter recognition, initial sound recognition, matching a picture to a letter with the same beginning sound and matching upper case to lower case.
Sequence Letters GameSequence Letters Fun From A to Z Game: In this fun version of classic Sequence, players match the letter on a card to the beginning sound of a picture on the board and place a chip there – the first with 5 in a row wins.
ABC Spot Me GameABC Spot Me Game: Be the first to spot the picture matching the overturned letter card and keep the token. The player with the most tokens at the end of the game wins.
ABC cookies gameABCs Cookies Game: Work on letter recognition, beginning sounds, CVC word building, and early vocabulary with four fun, hands-on games in one.

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Alphabet Bingo gameAlphabet Bingo Game: This bright and colorful alphabet version of a classic Bingo game is great for letter recognition.
Alphabet Island GameAlphabet Island Game: Players race to match upper- and lowercase letters or beginning sounds with corresponding pictures, with the winner who collects the most letter discs the winner. 
Alphabet Slap Jack card game for kidsAlphabet Slap Jack Card Game: These fun slap jack game cards can be used to play four different alphabet games for some fast-paced letter learning.
Alphabet Go Fish card gameAlphabet Go Fish Card Game: An updated version of the classic game of Go Fish, players fish for pairs of alphabet letters with these colorful oversized cards featuring capital and lowercase letters with corresponding artwork and words.
Alphabet Splat card gameAlphabet Splat Card Game:  A great extension for children who are confidently identifying alphabet letter shapes and initial sounds, the Alphabet Splat game includes three levels of play.

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Best Alphabet Learning Resources

Alphabet cookie cuttersAlphabet Cookie Cutters: Easy for children to use, these plastic alphabet cookie cutters are great for use with cookie dough or playdough, or check out how we use them to make a delicious alphabet matching game snack!
Alphabet beadsAlphabet Beads: Threading beads is a great fine motor activity and these alphabet beads add a wonderful alphabet learning addition. As your child learns to read they can use the beads to form CVC words and sight words.
Magnetic alphabet construction set

Magnetic Letter Construction Set: A great hands-on tool for building the letters of the alphabet. Make it a race to make your name, a sight word or the entire alphabet!

Alphabet stamps lowercase

Alphabet Stamps – Lowercase: Kids love stamping and there are lots of different ways to use alphabet stamps for letter learning. Add Alphabet Stamps – Uppercase to your collection too.

Foam Alphabet StickersFoam Alphabet Stickers: A great addition to your class or home writing area.
Foam lettersFoam Alphabet Letters: Make bath or shower time time for alphabet learning with these fun foam letter shapes.
Alphabet bean bagsAlphabet Bean Bags: These brightly colored, washable felt bean bags are great for playing active games with letters.

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