CUT OUT AND PLAY:

Alphabet Memory Game can be played as a one-player game or as a game for two or more players. Cards are shuffled and laid face down in rows and columns on a table or the floor. On each turn, a player flips over any two cards. If they match, the player collects the cards and takes another turn. If they do not match, the cards are turned face-down again. Be sure to always keep the cards in their original places. The game is over when all the matches have been made and the player who has collected the most cards is the winner. In a one person game, the player can be timed to beat his or her personal score, or the player can try to find all the matches in the least number of turns.

Alphabet Line Up is a good way to teach the alphabet to your class.  Give each student an alphabet flashcard with a different letter of the alphabet on it, starting at "A" (eg if you have 7 Ss, give flashcards A through to G). Have them move around the room to music.  When the music stops, they must line up in order.  You can also play with missing letters (eg. Give a "c", then an "f", a "k", an "o", etc).  That way they are really learning the order, not just memorizing. 

Alphabet Soup: Place plastic letters in a bowl. Divide flashcards by their beginning letters. Each student draws a letter from the bowl and then finds the flashcards associated with that letter.

Alphabet Wave: Divide the a-z flashcards among all your students.  Put Ss in a line and play the ABC song.  As it plays each student must hold up their corresponding alphabet flashcard.

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