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Fun Phonics Activities for Each Letter of the Alphabet



June 30th, 2025



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Welcome to this week’s newsletter! Today, we’re excited to share phonics activities for each letter of the alphabet. These fun and engaging activities will help reinforce the sounds of each letter, making learning phonics enjoyable for your child!




Phonics Activities by Letter


A - Apple Art

  • Activity: Create apple-themed art. Cut out apple shapes and have your child decorate them while saying the /a/ sound.


B - Bubble Blowing

  • Activity: Blow bubbles and encourage your child to say words that start with /b/, like "ball," "bat," and "bug."


C - Caterpillar Crawl

  • Activity: Have your child crawl like a caterpillar while saying words that begin with /k/, such as "cat," "car," and "cup."


D - Dance Party

  • Activity: Play music and have a dance party. When the music stops, your child must say a word that starts with /d/, like "dog" or "door."


E - Egg Hunt

  • Activity: Hide plastic eggs around the house or yard. Inside each egg, place a picture of an object that starts with /e/, such as "elephant" or "egg."


F - Feather Fun

  • Activity: Use feathers to create words starting with /f/. Have your child glue feathers onto paper while saying the sounds.


G - Garden Exploration

  • Activity: Go outside and explore your garden. Identify plants and objects that start with /g/, such as "grass" and "garden." If you don’t have a garden, you can do this at your local park.


H - Hat Parade

  • Activity: Have a hat-making session. While creating hats, encourage your child to think of words that start with /h/, like "hat," "house," and "horse."


I - Ice Cream Imaginary Play

  • Activity: Pretend to run an ice cream shop. As your child serves imaginary ice cream, have them name items starting with /i/, such as "igloo" and "insect." Ask them would they like insect flavoured ice cream?


J - Jumping Jacks

  • Activity: Do jumping jacks and say a word starting with /j/ each time they jump, like "jump," "jelly," or "jacket."


K - Kite Flying

  • Activity: Fly a kite and discuss objects that start with /k/, such as "kite," "kangaroo," and "key."  If you cannot fly a kite, make one from paper cute into a kite shape, you could find pictures in magazines that begin with k and stick them on the kite.  You could use straws as the cross frame for the kite.


L - Letter Scavenger Hunt

  • Activity: Go on a scavenger hunt for items around the house that start with /l/, like "lamp," "leaf," and "lion."


M - Musical Statues

  • Activity: Play musical statues, and when the music stops, your child must freeze and say a word starting with /m/, like "moon" or "monkey."


N - Nature Walk

  • Activity: Take a nature walk and look for items that start with /n/, such as "nest," "nut," and "nail."


O - Obstacle Course

  • Activity: Create an obstacle course and have your child shout out words starting with /o/ as they navigate through it.


P - Picture Collage

  • Activity: Collect pictures of objects that start with /p/ and create a collage, saying each word out loud.


Q - Quiet Time with Quizzes

  • Activity: Have a quiet quiz where you ask your child to think of words that begin with /q/, like "queen," "quilt," and "quick."


R - Rock Painting

  • Activity: Paint rocks and write words that start with /r/, such as "rabbit," "rain," and "rocket."


S - Story Time

  • Activity: Read a story and pause to identify words that start with /s/, like "sun," "star," and "snake."


T - Treasure Map

  • Activity: Create a treasure map, marking spots with items that start with /t/, like "tree," "turtle," and "toy."


U - Underwater Adventure

  • Activity: Pretend to explore underwater. Name sea creatures that start with or have the sound /u/ in them, like "urchin" and "walrus."


V - Vegetable Exploration

  • Activity: Visit a grocery store and identify vegetables, see if you can find any that start with /v/, such as "vine tomatoes."



W - Wildlife Watching

  • Activity: Go to a park or zoo and identify animals that start with /w/, like "wolf" or "whale." Or have a look in a wildlife book at home or at the library.


X - X-ray Art

  • Activity: Create “x-ray” art by tracing hands and discussing words that start with or have /x/ in them, like "x-ray" and "box."



Y - Yarn Crafts

  • Activity: Use yarn to create art while naming words that start with /y/, such as "yarn" and "yellow."


Z - Zoo Adventure

  • Activity: Visit a zoo or watch a zoo documentary, identifying things that start with /z/, like "zebra" and "zoo."


Conclusion


These phonics activities will not only help reinforce the sounds of each letter but also make learning an exciting adventure! Incorporate them into your daily routine, and watch your child thrive.  Don’t forget to save this email to come back to again and again.


If you have any questions or need more resources, feel free to reach out. Happy learning!


Warm regards,

Angela

Easy English for Kids


Don’t forget that we also have downloadable fun packs for teaching your child.




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