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16+ Playful Toddler Alphabet Activities

March 12, 2020 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: There are so many fun toddler alphabet activities that are simple, playful, and fun. Each of these 16 activities expose toddlers to letters through play and hands-on exploration. No flash cards necessary!

You have started hearing your toddler sing the ABC song. Now you’re wondering about other toddler alphabet activities. How can you add them to your day?

Through play and exploration!

With art and play dough!

In the sandbox, in the pretend play area, in the sensory bin!

In other words, toddler alphabet activities should involve play, exploration, and FUN. And that is what this collection is all about.

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16+ Playful Toddler Alphabet Activities

CLICK HERE for more alphabet activities!

Note: Some of these alphabet activities might need to be simplified a bit. Start with exploration, and then add on as your toddler transitions to a preschooler and shows more interest in letters. As your child gets older, check out our preschool literacy activities at the end of this post.

The collection:

Fill a bin with foam letters for ABC letter play.

Explore your name’s letters in a discovery bottle.

Sort letters using a DIY letter box.

Press foam letters into play dough.

16+ Playful Toddler Alphabet Activities

Drive cars on letter roads. (Free printables from Gift of Curiosity.)

Play with trucks and alphabet rocks. (Mom Inspired Life)

Serve alphabet pancakes for breakfast. (Education.com)

Make a playful alphabet garden. (Free printables from Totschooling.)

16+ Playful Toddler Alphabet Activities

Push cars through alphabet tunnels. (Toddler Approved)

Plant an alphabet flower garden. (Buggy and Buddy)

Set up your pretend kitchen with some ABC cookie baking. (Fantastic Fun and Learning)

Paint over wax letters. (Learn with Play at Home)

16+ Playful Toddler Alphabet Activities

Display a tactile alphabet poster. (My Mundane and Miraculous Life)

Remove letters from ice. (Little Bins for Little Hands)

Scoop letters out of water. (Busy Toddler)

Use DIY letter stamps on paper. (Make, Take and Teach)

16+ Playful Toddler Alphabet Activities

Create alphabet snowmen during the winter.

Use the water table to make alphabet soup.

Add letters to a kinetic sand construction bin.

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More toddler literacy activities:

Teaching the Alphabet to Toddlers and Preschoolers Through Play

How to Put Together Literacy Activities Using Foam Letters

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TPT Dot Letter & Number Printables

Fine motor stamping sheets for use with dot markers, such as Do-A-Dot.

Includes lowercase letters, uppercase letters, and numerals 0-9.

  • Dot Stamping Uppercase Letters (26 pages)
  • Dot Stamping Lowercase Letters (26 pages)
  • Dot Stamping Numerals 0-9 (10 pages)

62 Pages total

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Filed Under: Literacy, Toddler Literacy, Toddlers Tagged With: literacy, toddlers

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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