Engage children in a search for uppercase letters. Print out uppercase letters on index cards, hide them around the room and instruct children to search for the letters. Upon locating a letter, ask students to join in a predetermined meeting area and have them share the names of the letters they found. Another way to engage children in an uppercase letter hunt is with magnetic letters. Set out a pile of magnetic letters in front of students. State the name of a letter and encourage students to sort through the pile to locate the uppercase letter.
Use some traditional games to teach recognition of uppercase letters. Transform the traditional game of bingo into a teaching game. Print grids on a computer processing program or purchase pre-made bingo cards and cover the numbers on the cards. Fill in the grid with different uppercase letters and distribute the cards to students. To play, call out the names of different letters and if students have the letters on their cards, they mark them. The first person to mark a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line wins. Memory is another traditional game to use. Print uppercase letters on one set of index cards and lowercase letters on another. Turn the cards upside down and have students turn over two cards at a time; if the cards match, they take the cards, if they don't, they turn them back over and try again. The game ends when all of the letters have been matched.
Get students active while teaching them uppercase letters. Print out the uppercase letters of the alphabet on the ground with sidewalk chalk. Instruct students to jump from letter to letter and state the names of each of the letters as they land on them. Create a toss game to practice uppercase letter recognition. Print uppercase letters on a large sheet of butcher paper and spread the paper on the ground. Offer students bean bags and have them toss them onto the paper. Students must state the names of the letters their bean bags land on.
Engage children in competitive team games while teaching uppercase letters. For a baseball game, divide students into two teams and create bases on the floor with index cards. Print an uppercase letter on the board, and if the person who is at bat states the correct name, she moves to a base. If the person is incorrect, she strikes out. The game continues in this fashion, following the rules of traditional baseball. The team with the most runs wins the game. A racing game is another option for a team game. Divide students into two teams and have the teams stand in single-file lines. To play, hold up an index card with an uppercase letter printed on it for the first two people on each team to read. The first person to state the correct letter earns a point for her team. Continue playing until all players have had a turn. The team with the most points wins.