Procedure: Cut the construction paper into 52 squares.  On each square write one letter of the alphabet with the marker. The first twenty six cards write the letters in upper case and the second set of cards use the lower case letters.  Shuffle the cards and lay them out face down.  Take turns turning two cards over to match the lower and upper case letters.  Once a match has been made, say the letter, its sound, and a word that begins with the letters.

Variations:  Use half the letters to make the game easier (or less) for young children.  Also consider not turning the cards face down, but just scrambling them.  Take turns looking for a match and them saying the letter.  If your child is not ready to think of letters that begin with that sound, brainstorm with them.  Ask them does dog start with "D" and make the sound of "D".  Do this a few times with the letter "D" using different words.  Then ask if button begins with "D".

Procedure: On an index card, write a letter of the alphabet in upper and lower case.  You do not have to 
do all the letters at once.  Save the cards that you do use, so you can track what letters you have done. 
This also will give you an opportunity to record on the back of the card the days this letter was presented as well as your child's ability to recognize the letter and the corresponding sound successfully.  Children need practice, so may not consistently respond correctly to the letter.  Track the letter and when your child gets the letter correct at least five times in a row move on to a different letter. Be sure to review the letter ever so often.  Gather several small objects from around the house that begin with the letter sounds you are going to work on that day and place in the bag.  Try to use three different sounds.  You can try two sounds if your child feels stressed using three.  Lay out the index cards with letters face up.  Allow your child to draw an item from the sack and place it on the corresponding letter.  Say the letter, sound, and the name of the object.  Keep it light and fun.  If your child makes a mistake, it is ok.  Just say "Oops! The pencil goes on the "P" card, because it makes this sound.  Allow your child to make the corrections by moving the pencil to the "P" card.  Take turns drawing an object from the sack.  If your child knows a letter really well, place an object you have drawn from the sack on the wrong card and allow him to help you find the correct card.

Procedure: Turn the index card lengthwise.  On one side of the paper, write the capital letter and the 
corresponding lower case letter on the other side.  Cut the card in half using a zig zag patter, curving up 
and down, or making actual shapes for the pieces to fit back together.  If you would like place stickers on the letter puzzles that start with the letter.  Scramble the pieces and let your child put together the puzzles.  When they make a match talk about the letter name, sound, and each of you tell a word that begins with  that sound.  If your child uses the word represented by the sticker on the card, that is ok.  Their vocabulary  and knowledge will expand the more times you play with the puzzles.

Procedure: Trace the letters of the word on the chosen material.  Cut out the letters.  Have the child trace the letter using their index and middle fingers.  As they trace the letter, say the name and sound. Encourage conversation about the letter.  Is the letter used in spelling the child's name or pet.  What words can you think of that have the letter in it.  As your tracing the letter, do you feel any curve or is the letter made up of just straight lines?  In order to trace the whole letter, do you have to lift your finger?

Procedure: Pour the sand or salt into the shoe box lid.  Be sure to only make a small layer of the sand
or salt.  Select a letter and trace it in the sand or salt.

Procedure: Trace a letter on a piece of construction paper and cut it out.  Spend some time talking about  the letter and the sound it makes.  Hide the letter and have your child try and find it.  A fun way to use this  activity is with a group of children.  Cut out several letters and hide them.  Let the children see how many they can find.  This is a game that can be used out doors and even at parties, since children love hide and seek games.  If it is a birthday party cut out letters of the child's name and hide them.  The first child who finds all the letters of the birthday honoree's name wins.  You may need to write the child's name in large letters, so the children will know what to look for and not just gather up all the letters they come across.

Procedure:  This is a great game that can be played anywhere such as in the car, standing in line, or at 
the park.  Tell your child, "I am thinking of a letter between A-H or even A-Z if your child is really
familiar with the alphabet.  When your child makes a guess tell them if the letter they guessed comes 
before or after the letter you are thinking of.  If necessary go over some of their wrong guesses if they 
repeating the same wrong letters.  You can simply say my letter comes after your guesses of "C" and "D".

Procedure:  Trace the letters on the chosen material.  Cut out the letters.  Blindfold the child and have
him or her trace the letter with their finger to see if they can guess the letter.  Use both upper and lower
case letters.

Procedure:  Don't just sing or say your ABCs-- shout them, whisper them, say them while giggling. 
Pretend you are sad, mad, or extremely happy while saying your letters. 

Procedure:  Say your ABCs while doing jumping jacks.  Try to stand on one foot without falling while 
saying your letters.  Say one letter for each time you clap your hands.  See how fast you can say them 
as you do an activity.

Procedure:  Print the child's name on the top of the construction paper.  Draw lines between each of the 
letters to make columns.  Have the child look through the magazines for pictures that begin with each
letter of their name.  Cut the pictures out and paste in the appropriate column.

Procedure:  Write one letter per ball and place in the bag.  Take turns drawing a ball from the bag and 
say its name, sound, and a word that begins with the sound.  This would be a good reinforcement 
activity for letters the child has previously learned.

Procedure:  Explore your yard or the park to look for bugs.  Spend some time observing them.  Look at what they are doing, their size, color, etc.  Read the book.  Discuss what you found in the yard and what
depicted in the book.

Procedure:  Make a list with your child of all the forms of transportation they have used (car, truck, boat, plane) Read the book.  Go back to the list and check off the forms of transportation that was on the list and in the book.

Procedure:  Draw a picture of a farm.  Read the book.  Compare the picture of the farm with the book. 
Make additions to the picture. 

Procedure:  Read the book.  List the fruits and vegetables from the book on a sheet of paper.  Each time your child eats one of the foods on the list, allow them to place a sticker next to the word.  Use one type of sticker if your child liked the food and another time if your child did not like the food.

Procedure: Take a small piece of the breadstick or french bread dough and roll into the shape of a long snake.  Shape the "snake" dough into letters.  Place the letters on a greased cookie sheet. In a small bowl, mix one tablespoon of water and the white of one egg and brush the mixture on each of the letters Sprinkle with salt if desired and bake at 350 degrees for about 10-20 minutes.  The length of time in the oven depends on the thickness of the letters. 

Procedure: Mix the peanut butter and honey together in a bowl.  Keep adding the dry milk until you have a  that is workable to shape letters and not too sticky.  Shape the peanut butter mixtures into letters and place on a sheet of wax paper.  This would be a good activity to spell your name or other word.  When done shaping letters, eat them. 

Procedure:  Write a letter from the alphabet onto a piece of construction paper.  Look through magazines or  newspaper for words that begin with that letter.  Cut them out and paste onto the construction paper.

Procedure:  Write the letters of the alphabet onto the construction paper.  One letter per piece of paper. 
You may want to halve the construction paper.  Take turns calling out letters to each other and toss the quarter onto the construction paper containing the letter.  If this is too easy, call out a word and have your child toss the button or quarter onto the letter that the word starts with.

Procedure: Select the letter you want to learn or review with this activity.  Look through the newspapers and magazines for the selected letter.  Cut them out and paste them on the paper.

Procedure:  Unfold the mat and write one letter per circle.  You can either write them in order or scramble. For this game do not use the spinner.  A teacher or parent can call out the moves.  For example: put your left hand on the yellow "W" or put your right foot on the green "O".  The game can be made progressively harder by saying put your left foot on the letter that begins the word "dog". 

Procedure: Read the story out loud.  Go back through he book page by page and see if you can find all the letters in the alphabet.  Speculate on why you may not have been able to find all twenty six letters (some letters such as x and z are not used in very many words.

Procedure: Write one letter per card using all the letters from A-Z.  Shuffle the cards.  Ask your child to line up the cards in alphabetical order.  Vary the order by asking your child to line the letters up Z-A, or start at letter F-Z, or start at G-V.

Procedure: This activity works best with a group of children or spaced out over several days if only a few children are available.  If using the poster board, draw a grid of 26 squares.  Choose a theme and brainstorm a word for each letter of the alphabet that fit the chosen theme.  Themes can be holidays (Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween), seasons, or objects.  Write the words on the grid going from A-Z or one word per square of paper.  The children then illustrate the words by drawing a picture in the grid for the corresponding letter or on the squares of paper.  Hang the poster board on the wall.  If you used squares of paper, punch a hole and insert a brad to hold the pages together.  If you are stuck for themes or words, check out an alphabet book from the library.