Looking for a fun activity to practice your child’s uppercase letters and lowercase letters? This alphabet matching game printable is the perfect way to engage your little learners while building essential letter recognition skills!
Alphabet matching games are not only fun but also an educational tool for strengthening letter identification, letter sounds, and fine motor skills. This free alphabet printable is a great addition to your literacy centers, independent work, or small group activities for preschool students, kindergarten students, and even first-grade students.
The black and white version is completely free and the colored version comes at a slight cost!
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I don’t think my kids are alone in the fact that they love to play games on the floor with adults! That one and one time is treasured by them and given the opportunity they will sit for hours on the floor with me as we play game after game from our homeschool cupboard.
This alphabet matching game printable is a great way to engage them in a fun game, while they are also learning their upper and lowercase letters!
The letters and image are large so they can easily put together the bee!
Why Alphabet Matching Games?
Matching games are a great way to help young learners reinforce letter pairs while having so much fun! These games encourage:
- Alphabet Recognition
- Letter names and letter sounds
- Letter identification of both uppercase letters and lowercase letters
- Fine motor skills through cutting and matching the letter cards
- Critical thinking and independent practice
Whether you’re working with small groups or setting up a hands-on letter activity for independent work, this game will be a great activity for building foundational literacy skills.
Matching Games
Matching games are great for preschool and early kindergarten as they build thinking skills, provide brain exercise, develop vocabulary talk, and provide practice in planning ahead.
My oldest child will often gravitate to his ‘easy letters’, which are just the ones that he has known the longest. However, his eyes don’t always see the match right away. His personality tends to get frustrated quickly, so when we first started playing matching games he would throw down the cards and want to give up. This was the perfect opportunity to exercise his planning ahead skills. Instead of getting frustrated the child can put the card aside and work on other cards until they see the correct one.
Alphabet Matching Game Printable
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What is Included?
This alphabet-matching game printable is available as a PDF file and is completely free for personal use. The printable includes:
- 5 pages of letter cards featuring alphabet letters on cute little bee images
- Uppercase and matching lowercase letter pairs
- Black and White Version (FREE) and Full-Color Version (available at a small cost)
- Blank cards to customize with your child’s name or extra letters
Simply download the free printable alphabet PDF at the bottom of the post. You will notice that the black and white version is FREE and the full-color version comes at a slight cost.
The matching game printable PDF will have 5 pages. There are six bees on every page with the last page only having a letter ‘z’ bee plus 5 other blank bees to use as you wish.
Instructions on Printing
I recommend that you use your printer’s highest settings when you print my printables. This will ensure the highest quality. We love our Epson printer which includes the ability to add XL cartridges, which saves us so much money on printing! We also like to laminate our printables which makes them reusable!
Cutting does take a long time, but it makes it much easier if you have a good pair of sharp scissors!
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Tips for Different Ages
If you have little ones that need a few adjustments, set out a small number of pairs to start with. For my three-year-old, I typically only set out a,b,c,d,e,f, and g. As they learn their letters you can add more to the game! For older children, you can also make a double set of cards to make it a bit more challenging!
Download the Alphabet Matching Printable
I hope you enjoy this alphabet-matching game. It is such a fun way to practice upper and lowercase letters with your little ones! Make sure to check back frequently for more preschool printables! I release a new one each week!
Ready to download? Remember, the black and white version is completely FREE and the full-colored version is available for a small cost. You can download these on Etsy or Gumroad. Gumroad is the only place where I exclusively the Freebie download.
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