Visual learners will enjoy competing to place alphabet picture cards in order. First, create a picture card for each letter of the alphabet. For instance, "A" could be an alligator or an airplane. Print images from the Internet or you can draw your own. Just draw the picture; do not write what the picture is. Give a group of students the finished cards, and have them work on the floor to put all 26 in order. Time them, and encourage them to beat their time the next round. Have groups of students compete against each other for the best times.
Students can work on memory and alphabet skills with a memory ordering game. Create two note cards for each letter, so that you have a total of 52 note cards. Flip the cards over. Two children play at a time. The first student flips over a card to reveal his letter. He then flips over a second card. His goal is to search for two matching letters. If he does not have matches, he flips the cards back over, and his partner takes a turn. The students should search for matches in order. For instance, the pair should take turns flipping cards and making matches to find the letter A. Once they have A, they can move on to B. As they get past the first few letters, they will start remembering where certain letters are.
Students can search the classroom or home for objects that begin with the letters of the alphabet. Place students in groups, and give them a set amount of time, such as 10 minutes, to find as many objects as they can that start with a letter they know. While they are searching for objects, they can place them in order on the floor. For instance, a group might put a book next to a book an apple, and so on. When time is called, the group with the most correctly placed objects is the winner.
On large cardstock paper, write out the alphabet. Cut the letters apart in a zigzag fashion to give them a jigsaw look. Time students to see how long they take to correctly put the pieces back together again in the correct order. They can use their knowledge of the alphabet as well as clues from the zigzag scissor cuts.