Most children enjoy memory games simply because they tend to be good at these. Children have an innate ability to remember objects in a memory game. Use this ability to help children remember the alphabet, and also let children help you make this game for even more entertainment.
Go through old magazines and find an appropriate picture (no bigger than 3 x 5 inches) for each letter of the alphabet. For example, find a picture of an apple for the letter A and a picture of a car for the letter C. If you cannot find pictures for some letters, you can draw a simple picture to represent the letter.
Use 26 3 x 5 index cards, and glue the picture to one side of the card. Use 26 more 3 x 5 cards and write the capital and lowercase letter on one side of the card. After all 52 cards are made, mix them up and arrange them face down on a playing surface. Players take turns turning over two cards. If the letter and picture are a pair, the cards are kept. If they don't match, the cards are turned back over and play passes to the next player. The game continues until all the cards are picked, and the winner is the player with the most cards.
Use the 3 x 5 picture cards made for the memory game for an alphabet match game. You will need a clothespin for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. Write one letter on each clothespin with a permanent marker so that it is clearly visible. Spread out the picture cards face up and encourage the child to match a clothespin to each picture. When matches are made, the clothespin can be clipped to the picture and set aside. Continue matching until each card and clothespin are matched.
A letter search is similar to a word search, except instead of searching for words, help a preschooler search for specific letters. Use a word processing program to create 10 lines of random letters. Make each line of letters approximately 20 to 25 letters long, and be sure to use a font that is large enough that the letters are easy for a preschooler to read. Use only capital letters or only lowercase letters or a combination of both. Print out the letter search onto plain, white paper.
Use the 26 letter cards from the memory game activity, and choose one card for your child to search for first. The child should search for the letter and circle the letter each time it is found in the letter search. Use a different color marker for each letter.