Learning the Alphabet Games for Preschoolers

About the same time children start to learn to read they also start playing board games. Board games are fun for kids. But they are a novelty for children in preschool and the first grades of school.

Board games feel grown up to a young child. They are the games they have seen their older siblings or even adults play. This makes board games something special for children in the first school grades. You can use this interest in board games to help your child learn their alphabet. A board game will grab their interest. It will be fun to play. This will help them learn better. 

So think about having a family game night a few times a week (or even on the weekend if you are a busy family). Include a few games they love but make sure one of them is an alphabet game.

Most kids love board games but some children like card games better. Or they like them as a change from board games from time to time. 

Card games can often be faster moving than a board game. This action can interest kids more than classic board game play.

Luckily both board and card games are good way to help your child learn their letters. This is because they are both playful and fun. 

So if you think your preschooler won't be a fan of a board game about the alphabet. Or if they need a change of pace from board games - think about getting some alphabet card games.

Alphabet puzzles are one sort of game you might overlook. But alphabet puzzles are a good way to help your child think about the alphabet as a whole rather than as single letters. To put this in another way alphabet puzzles help your child think about the alphabet in a bigger context,

If the puzzle does not link the letters up in order - A, B, C and so on, you can still do this as part of the puzzle play. Your child (with your help at first) can put the alphabet puzzle together. The completed pieces can then be put into alphabetical order as a second and final part of the play. Or you could make a game of finding the pieces in alphabetical order and putting them together. This way you are including context as part of the puzzle solving activity. 

Last but not least, alphabet puzzles are good for helping your preschooler find out how big and small letters look different but are the same. (All the alphabet puzzles I've shown here have both big and small letters.)

Preschoolers are still in the early stages of playing games. This means they need an adult or older child to play alphabet games with them. An adult or older child can support your preschooler's learning, help them understand the rules of games and help them find out about the alphabet. This works much better than having a preschool child try to play these by themselves or with other preschoolers. 

But the most important thing about learning the alphabet games for preschoolers is to remember to have fun with both the games and learning. Because children learn best through fun play.