More Letter Learning Games

After posting a few games I realized I had not exhausted my ideas, so here are a few more games for teaching letters.

ABC Go Fish
Using those letter cards you made play for the memory, or matching game, you can play "Go Fish" with your child.  You can have half the letters capitals, half lower case, or all lower or all upper depending on what you are trying to teach. 
A nice thing about this game is by putting the letters in a sandwich size plastic baggie it becomes a take anywhere game.  If you have a long wait for the doctor, airport, etc these letter cards can be used for the "Go Fish" game, a memory matching game, the mommy baby game (if you have the lower and upper case letters).  You can even spell out simple words and have your child sound them out.  Then, if you happen to lose a few letters it's not a big deal to create new replacement cards.

Jell-O Letters
Tactile learning is great for little children and Jell-O letters is an easy way to help children practice forming letters.  On a plate sprinkle a thin, even layer of DRY Jell-O.  Have your child form the letter in the Jell-O, making sure that as they draw the letter they lick their finger to keep it moist enough to write the letter.  The crystals in the Jell-O help the child by adding another "sense" to the learning process.  They are seeing the letter, moving their hand to create the letter, and feeling the Jell-O.  My son loves making his Jell-O letters and requests them often. 

Eat the Alphabet
Find foods that start with each letter of the alphabet, and let your child eat foods that begin with each letter.  Choose a letter a day to eat from.  A great book to read as part of this is Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert. This book contains fruits and vegetables that begin with each letter, so eating the alphabet could be healthy, though I like to sneak in a "C" for cookie.

Eat the Alphabet...Cookie
This is something I did with my daughter and my friend reminded me of it the other day.  You can buy alphabet cookies and spell simple words.  Have your child sound out the letter, eat it, sound out next letter, eat it, and they can eat simple words.  Fun!