

We love playing games together as a family, in fact, we do it often.

You can connect with her by subscribing to her newsletter or following her on Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter.Kindergarteners are the perfect age to start introducing a variety of different games too.īoard games are a great way to not only reinforce learning at home but also help with fine motor skill practice while they are having fun. She enjoys doing playful learning activities with her kids and sharing them with her readers. Here are some other alphabet games we enjoy!ĭanielle is a former elementary school teacher, a mom of two, and the writer at Mom Inspired Life. We will continue playing this to practice all the other letters in the alphabet. He played it with me and then wanted to play with his dad too. This was a great addition to our games! My son loved it. You can keep drawing cards until a player lands on the last letter on the game board or you can choose to the end the game when the last instance of a letter is landed on. This repeats back and forth until one player reaches the end of the game board. The second player now goes through the same steps as listed above. Finally, the player will move their game piece to the next instance of that letter on the game board.Ĥ. The player should identify the beginning sound and determine that the “p” makes that sound.ģ. Next, he should identify the beginning sound and determine which letter makes that sound.įor example, the alphabet picture card shows a picture of a pumpkin. The first player will draw a card and identify the word that is represented by the picture.Ģ.

Shuffle the alphabet picture cards and place them face down in a pile next to the game board. You can repeat them in a certain order or mix it up like I did.Ĥ. Write the letters on the game board using your black marker. Print the game board from Mom Inspired Life.ģ. After playing the game, I think 4-6 letters would be ideal.Ģ. I picked three letters that Evan needed more practice with. Print the picture cards for the letters you would like to work on with your child. Little toys or figurines to serve as game piecesġ.Mom Inspired Life’s Alphabet Game Board.Alphabet picture cards lend themselves perfectly to this game because pre-readers can use the picture to identify the word and then move on to identifying the beginning sound of the word. This game moves on from simply identifying letter sounds to identifying the beginning sound in a word. I have found that they are very effective at teaching and reinforcing letter identification and letter sounds. When we play alphabet board games, he has a blast and doesn’t even realize how much learning is taking place. My son loves them! So I have been developing games that will teach him the alphabet and letter sounds. Lately, we have been playing a lot of board games. I encourage you to sign up for her newsletter so you don’t miss any of her creative learning activities and printables! Here’s Danielle… Today I’m thrilled to welcome Danielle from Mom Inspired Life! She’s sharing a guest post today while I catch up on some behind-the-scenes blog work. This letters and sounds game is a fun and effective way to practice identifying the beginning sounds in words.
