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Printable Alphabet Matching Puzzle: Great for Pre-K

This printable alphabet matching puzzle is a fun tool for helping children to identify the initial or beginning sound of a word corresponding with each letter of the alphabet, and to them match it to it’s corresponding letter, an important phonemic awareness skill for pre- and early readers.

Alphabet matching puzzles

For more information about phonemic awareness, be sure to check out the explanation accompanying our phonics matching game.

Free alphabet matching puzzles

This puzzle can be played with in (at least!) two ways;

Playing Alphabet Match with the Puzzle Pieces

First decide how many of the letters your child will start with. The complete set of 26 letter and picture cards may be too many, depending upon the age and development of your child. You could start with the game cards that correspond to the letters of your child’s name, or choose just five to ten letters to explore each time you play. To play, mix up the pieces, displaying them face up on the table top – I like to line up the letter cards in alphabetical order and then mix up the picture cards.

Invite your child to choose one picture card to begin. Ask them to tell you the name of the object shown on the card. Ask them to tell you the beginning letter sound they can hear at the start of the word for the picture. Then invited them to find the corresponding letter card and match them together.

Alphabet matching puzzle

Continue matching the picture cards with the letter cards until they all have matches.

Alphabet matching

Playing Memory Match/Concentration Game with the Pieces

This is a fun extension for children who are familiar with the matching game above. It’s also fun for small groups of children to play together. Before starting play, lay all of the cards (both letter and picture cards) face down on the table.

Take it in turns to turn over just two cards. If the two cards chosen match (initial sound of the picture matches the letter), the player keeps the pair and takes another turn. If they don’t match, the cards are both turned back over again (remaining in the same place). You’ll need to watch carefully to keep track of where the matching pairs are hiding!

The game ends when all of the pairs have been found. The player with the most matching pairs is the winner.

Alphabet matching puzzles

Printing Your Alphabet Matching Puzzle

Click here to download: Alphabet Matching Puzzles. Save the PDF to your computer. Open the PDF and print the pages you require. When printing, select “Fit to printable area” (or similar) to ensure the page fits with your printer type and local paper size (these have been created at A4 size). I suggest printing onto card stock or matte photo paper.

The printable includes a printed backing paper. To use the backing page, turn the printed alphabet puzzles pages. Turn over and place them back into the printer to print the background onto the other side – note, this is optional, if your cardstock is thick enough, you may choose not to print the background.

Laminate the printed cards for durability.

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Please note: All Childhood 101 printables are for personal use only, you may not use any part of this content for commercial purposes-that includes selling the document, giving it away to promote your business or website, or printing the file to sell. You may not share, loan or redistribute these documents. Teachers may use multiple copies for students in their own classroom.

Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.

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