Our preschoolers have loved to learn the alphabet with our ABC box! A few years into my teaching career, I found this hardware storage cabinet. You know, the ones that you store assorted nails and screws and such. I honestly cannot remember if it was my own idea or if someone gave me the idea, but I decided to turn it into an ABC box. So many years later, it’s still a favorite with our literacy activities!
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Learn the Alphabet With Our ABC Box
I found our storage drawer cabinet at Goodwill (and I have seen many more there, so head on over to your local Goodwill or other thrift store!).
We labeled each drawer with alphabet stickers.
We often keep this box in our writing area, but it has also been in other areas of the classroom depending on the activity. If you’ve been reading my blog regularly, you know how I love to move things around!
We store paper letters (that we simply created in Word, printed on paper, and cut out) and also foam letters. Sometimes we will have magnetic letters in there, or letter stamps. It just depends on the activity we are doing. It’s a great way to sort any type of letter for the preschoolers to find.
An example of our paper letters. Upper and lower case.
When searching for particular letters, they point them out on the outside of the drawer first.
Pull open the drawer…
And take them out of the drawer.
We can then glue them onto paper.
I will also place a bunch of foam letters on the table and have the preschoolers sort them into the appropriate drawers. Or letter tiles. Or magnetic letters. It’s great for any letter sorting activity!
Here are more of our favorite literacy activities:
- Literacy in the Preschool Classroom
- Learning Our Name Activity
- Letters in the Block Area
- Exploring Letters in the Sensory Bin
- Many More Literacy Ideas
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I really like this…trying to figure out how to parents can do this at home.
what a great idea! I think I may have to try this at some point- I know I have one of these drawers around the house somewhere!
Wow! This is fantastic! Now I just need to find such a perfect little storage thing to do this with! 🙂
I really faces great difficulty with my child. you are awesome
Fantastic idea! I should try this at home.
where did you get the letter stencils from
Nice idea! I think i may have try this at home.
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That’s fantastic!
Teaching kids is such a good idea.
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I am going to school to become a Preschool teacher and your site has so many wonderful ideas that have helped me to fill up my Notebooks with fun and engaging activities for the kids. Thank you so much!
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Love it! I’ve been wanting to start an alphabet box.
screw/nail sorter workes great… look in the tool section of lowes… or a tackle box
This is a great idea! There are so many plastic storage containers on sale for the New Year and I’ve been eyeing them … this would be a great idea! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Great Idea!! May have to empty out our ABC box and put some stickers in there. : )
What a great way for kids to explore letters!
Great idea! 🙂
I love this idea and just started writing journals last week in my pre-k room. Can you tell me some more things dealing with writing that you do?
I’d be happy to answer any questions you have. 🙂