Give each student in your classroom a letter of the alphabet. Challenge the students to draw a picture of animals that begin with their letter. Help the students who have more difficult letters, such as "Q" and "W". The students can then select a favorite animal from their list (if they have more than one) and tell a story about that particular animal. Hang the artwork alphabetically in the classroom to help reinforce the alphabet concepts.
Draw large letter patterns on pieces of colored construction paper. Choose one color for consonants and another color for vowels to help your students start to understand the difference. Give each student a letter and let him trace it on a piece of paper. Have the students share letters with one another until each child has traced the entire alphabet. This activity will help children start to learn how to write their letters and begin to recognize individual letters, as well as start to put letters together to form words.
Give each child a letter of the alphabet to be the title of her book. Have your students choose an animal, a food and other favorite objects beginning with their letter. Let your students draw and color pictures of the items. Put the book together by punching holes on one side of the paper and tying it together with colored yarn. Let the children take turns looking at each other's books to learn about all the letters of the alphabet.
Give each child a bingo card with the letters of the alphabet randomly placed on it. Use letter flashcards or draw a letter on the chalkboard. Have the children mark off or place a token on each letter as it is selected. Decide how you will choose a winner. For example, you can have a child who gets all the vowels in a row win, or have children spell words with letters or play cover-all. This activity helps children with letter recognition and matching skills.