CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 1:1: Always Vowels: A, E, I, O
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Information and examples of words containing the vowels "a", "e", "I", and "o."
Teachnology
Teachnology: Worksheets: Early Childhood: Alphabet
This is a collection of alphabet worksheets for practicing the letters of the alphabet. It offers worksheets for each letter of the alphabet and a list of links to other alphabet worksheets as well.
Other
Design a Study: How to Teach Handwriting
Very specific advice on teaching the skill of handwriting to young children. Making correct letters, making letters the same size, and the slant of the letters are all stressed.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Puppy Hop Letter Recognition
Identify the letter and click on the correct tennis ball.
Other
Alphabet Animals: Animal Dictionary
This site includes animated animals that represent each letter of the alphabet. Sound buttons are included to accompany the animal represented by the corresponding letter.
SEDL
Cognitive Framework: Instructional Resources Database: Instructional Activities
This professional resource includes a database to find the answer relative to the best instructional practices related to alphabetic literacy. This site offers activities in English and Spanish to help teach literacy topics.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Alphabet Shopping
Young children love to help with grown-up tasks so they'll really enjoy making this alphabetical shopping list, in this activity from Arthur.
Starfall
Starfall: How the Alphabet Got Its Order
A cleverly animated story about how the alphabet got its A-to-Z order. Helps beginning readers and English language learners learn to recognize and pronounce all the letters of the alphabet.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Alphabet Fishing (Lesson Plan)
This site has a cute game young students will enjoy playing to review letter recognition. Students "go fishing" for letters. For each letter they "catch" they must tell what the letter is and a sound it makes.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Alphabet Book [Pdf]
A ready to print and easy to use graphic organizer to help students plan alphabet books on any subject.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Encoding and Decoding: Vowel Stars
A lesson plan in which students fill in the missing letter with vowels to determine which ones form real words. Materials are included.
Starfall
Starfall: The Lone Vowels
Grammar rules taught through song. A familiar tune helps to teach the E and O at the end of the word that make a long vowel sound. There are opportunities to demonstrate understanding by identifying words that that follow the rule.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Upper and Lower Case Match Up
This technology-based lesson has students navigate Internet sites to assist them with learning the letter names and sounds. Students also use slideshow presentations to identify letter matches and learn beginning sounds.
History is Fun
Jan Brett: Coloring Alphabet (Traditional,cursive,modern)
Provides coloring pages for each letter of the alphabet in three styles: traditional, cursive, and modern. Each page features a printed upper and lower case letter of the particular style as well as an illustration of something that...
Success Link
Success Link: Hands on Alphabet
A lesson plan that incorporates different learning styles for teaching the letters of the alphabet.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Alphabetize
Welcome to Alphabetize! Alphabetize is a fun way to practice putting words in alphabetical order. Kids have the option of working with a provided word list, or entering their own words.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Letter Match
Monster Mansion Letter Match is a fun educational game for kids to practice matching capital and lowercase letters. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match the uppercase to lowercase...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Adventure Man Dungeon Dash Letters
Adventure Man is back once again, but this time with the help of fearless friend Danger Dame! Help them dash their way through the Letters Dungeon while collecting gold, gems, and answering questions about vowels, consonants, uppercase...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Talk to Me Alphabet
Talk to Me Alphabet is a fun activity for young children learning letter names and sounds. Use either the keys on your keyboard or tap on a letter to hear the letters name or letter sound! You can also switch the letter layout between...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Keyboarding Zoo 2
The keyboarding zoo is back! This fun and educational activity will focus on uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as typing words and making short sentences using the period key and spacebar.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Turtle Dash
Game will engage students in a turtle race by identifying a word using vowel combinations.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Alphabet Line Up
A lesson plan where young scholars work together to play a game of putting the letters of the alphabet in order.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Clifford the Big Red Dog: Letter Match
Practice initial letter sounds with this game from Scholastic.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Backwards Alphabet Game
A "Connect the dots," game for the alphabet backwards. Printable resource for teachers.