Looking for a fun and hands-on way to teach letters and their sounds? Then these printable alphabet puzzles for uppercase and lowercase are a fun activity!
My daughter {age 3.5} loves working puzzles and is still working on her letters and sounds with Learning the Alphabet. These free, printable alphabet puzzles have been a big hit for her. I love that they sneak in practice withย letter names and letter sounds.
Download links can be found towards the END of this blog post.
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Printable Alphabet Puzzles
NSis {age 3.5} would sometimes walk by the computer while I was working on my Spelling Activities and Games ebook and ask, “Is that for me, mommy?” Every time I’d answer with no, she’d sigh with disappointment. So it was time to make something for her!
As soon as she saw these alphabet puzzles, she asked me to print them out and do them right away! I love it when my kids start off eager. It makes teaching much easier when the motivation is already there, doesn’t it?
To start her off, I printed off the letter A mat and pieces onto cardstock. You might have a child who can work the puzzle without the base letter mat, but it is a challenge. I cut out all the letter a pieces with images on them (all the vowels have short and long sounds included) and mixed them up.
As she picked up a piece, we identified the image together and I said, “Acorn starts with an a,” emphasizing the sound like this: “/a/-/a/-acorn.” While I was doing this, she put the piece in the puzzle.
If you have an older child who is ready for more of a challenge, place two alphabet puzzles and mats out at one time.
Ask theย child to sort each picture by its sound onto the correct mat. Because the mats are self-checking, this makes for a wonderful independent activity!
Download the UPPERCASE set here
Download the lowercaseย set here
Enjoy!
~Becky
Homeschoolingmommie says
These are awesome! I have been looking for printable alphabet puzzles. I don’t usually comment but I love all your resources. Thank You!
thisreadingmama says
Thanks! So glad you stopped by to comment.
Deborah says
I love all the great things that you have created and have used all of the ones that I printed. A while back I downloaded your binder where you started with one letter and it had three letter words where the child would sound out. I used it and used it andI lent it to someone and can’t find my thumb drive that I had it on. Is it still available? Again, thank you for all you do for parents and teachers.
Sarah Skilton says
Wonderful resource. A bit young for the pupils I work with, but excellent all the same.
Denise says
Thank you for creating this. I love it. It has been very helpful.
adele says
ooo these are so awesome !! i actually printed them for my little 5y old but my 9y old also played with it ๐ he called them super cool. will you be making some number puzzles as well? Have a great day!
thisreadingmama says
I will put the number puzzles on my list of things to create. ๐
Dana Brunner says
This is just brilliant . Thank you for sharing .
thisreadingmama says
You’re very welcome.
Anne Porretta says
These are fantastic! Love all your activities, Reading Mama!
thisreadingmama says
Thank you! ๐
fairy nda says
FUNtastic!! Thank you for sharing ๐
Margaret Hunt says
Thank you some of these will be very good for Speech-Language Therapy teaching initial sounds. i always like to teach them other things along the way and this reinforces the visual as well as the sound. I would love you to add ch,sh,th !
Margaret Hunt
New Zealand
thisreadingmama says
I’ll see what I can do… ๐
Marlee says
Thank you so much! These are great! Your site has been really resourceful for me, first year teacher, and has saved me lots of time and money. So thank you again.
thisreadingmama says
You’re welcome! So glad to hear you’ve been able to use it! ๐
Sandra Lopez says
Perfection! Thank you for sharing this amazing resourse I will use it in August for my students but first I will use it with my four year old cousin and a game that is fun and reinforces letter recognition and inital sound differentiation ๐ Thank you
thisreadingmama says
You are very welcome! Thanks for stopping by to comment. ๐
Kealey Nephin says
These are great! Any chance you have french copies?
thisreadingmama says
No. Sorry.
Tracy says
Just finding these now, but they are wonderful. Thanks
Catalina says
Thank you for sharing all this increible work!!! I am from Colombia and I am a Pre-k and K Teacher. Everything that you have done helps me A LOT!!! Muchas gracias!!! I wish you had this puzzle in spanish!!! ๐ Take care!!!
thisreadingmama says
You are welcome! Not sure if I’ll be making Spanish ones, but I’m glad you can use what I have. ๐
Deebi27 says
These are amazing…thank you so much!
thisreadingmama says
You’re welcome! ๐
Anna says
Thank you so much. I love the idea!!!
thisreadingmama says
You’re welcome! ๐
Ramya Dilip says
Thanks for the alphabet puzzle! Just what I had in mind to put together.
thisreadingmama says
You’re welcome! ๐
ann says
thank you so much for sharing free pintables. these are amazing
Deepthi says
thank you so much for sharing free printable. these are amazing. so happy to meet you
thisreadingmama says
You’re welcome!
Dina says
I love these~
I was looking for like these.
Thank you so much!!
Martina John says
Wow!Love these. I’ve been looking for alphabet puzzles that I could use for kids. God bless you real good for these.
Betty Huger says
I love the resources that you offer. My granddaughter is 3.5 years old and these resources are very helpful. She has learned to count to 50 and recognize her alphabets out of order.
Thanks
Betty
Nana says
amazing printables! thanks!
Oksana says
Thanks for these free and marvelous printable puzzles! I also want to share with others free printables for kids: puzzles, flashcards, etc. I’ve found on this website https://kids-printables.com/product-category/free-printable-worksheets/
I hope it can be useful for parents like me))
Luid Ronnie says
Just too good… It surely will help out. Thanks
4pics says
I love these alphabet puzzles! They’re so much fun to play with and they’re great for practicing letter recognition.