Kindergartners will have fun at this ABC learning center when they take everyday objects and match them to letter cards. Provide cards with each letter of the alphabet printed on one side. Ask the pupil to lay out the cards in any order on a table. Provide a large box of small objects such as erasers in different animal and food shapes and small plastic toys. The pupil must choose an object and place it on the letter with which it begins. For example, place an apple on the A card, a bear on the B card and a cat on the C card.
Get your pupils into the detective spirit with this fun ABC learning center activity. Set up a table with magnifying glasses and detective hats, similar to the one worn by the Sherlock Holmes character. Place jars of crayons and large-diameter pencils on the table, next to worksheets with the alphabet printed on them. Instruct young detectives to find each alphabet letter by looking at items around the classroom. As the young detective finds one of the letters, he must cross it off the alphabet list. Pupils must find every letter on the alphabet and turn in the worksheet.
This ABC learning center helps kindergartners learn to put words together. Hang a clothesline at a low height above a table. Provide a box of clothespins as well as large cards with alphabet letters on them. Put up a bulletin board behind the clothesline with elementary words on it, such as cat, dog, bat and hat. Instruct pupils to spell out the words from the bulletin board by hanging individual letter cards on the clothesline. Pupils may also spell out their own words. Provide doll clothes for children to hang for fun when they've finished this activity.
Make learning the alphabet fun in an ABC learning center stocked with alphabet toys, games and puzzles. Allow children to have fun by giving them the freedom to play the games of their choice. Stock this center with a magnetic board and magnetic alphabet letters. The tactile feel of the letters will help to reinforce each letter's shape. In addition to the alphabet games you provide, encourage children to play simple games such as jacks and checkers using alphabet letters for pieces instead of checker or jack pieces. Children will interpret learning as fun and play time.