16+ Playful Toddler 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.

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)

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)

Create alphabet snowmen during the winter.

Use the water table to make alphabet soup.

Add letters to a kinetic sand construction bin.

Favorite Alphabet Toys

• Foam Letters (Larger Size)
• Wooden Magnetic Alphabet
• Magnetic Animal Alphabet
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s ABC
• Alphabet Blocks
• Sandpaper Letters