Alphabet Find & Punch Cards | Letter Recognition & Beginning Sounds

Alphabet Find & Punch Cards | Letter Recognition & Beginning Sounds

Make alphabet practice hands-on with these Alphabet Find and Punch Cards!

Students identify the uppercase and lowercase focus letters, then find pictures representing words that begin with the corresponding sound.

Use the black-and-white cards with single-hole punchers to strengthen the hand muscles needed for pencil control. The colour cards can be used with magnetic chips and wands, small manipulatives or clothespins for several engaging ways to practise the same skills.

 

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What’s Included:

✔ 26 black-and-white alphabet activity card designs
✔ 26 colour alphabet activity card designs
✔ Alternative G cards with ghost or goat picture options
✔ 27 card designs in each format
✔ Three copies of every black-and-white card per printed page
✔ 81 ready-to-cut black-and-white cards
✔ 27 ready-to-cut colour cards
✔ 108 printable activity cards in total
✔ Uppercase and lowercase letter identification on every card
✔ Mouth-formation photograph on every card
✔ Beginning-sound picture identification on every card

 

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How to use the black-and-white cards:

Students use a single-hole puncher to punch:

✔ Each uppercase focus letter
✔ Each lowercase focus letter
✔ Pictures representing words that begin with the focus sound

Three copies of each card are included on the same page, making it easy to prepare the activity for several students.

 

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How to use the colour cards:

Students can cover the correct letters and beginning-sound pictures using:

✔ Magnetic chips
✔ Mini erasers
✔ Pom-poms
✔ Buttons
✔ Small counters
✔ Other classroom manipulatives

When using magnetic chips, students can swipe the chips away with a magnetic wand after completing the card.

The colour cards can also be used as clip cards. Students place clothespins over the correct letters and pictures.

 

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Skills Practised:

✔ Uppercase and lowercase letter recognition
✔ Letter-sound correspondence
✔ Beginning sounds
✔ Beginning-sound vocabulary
✔ Visual discrimination
✔ Fine motor control
✔ Hand-eye coordination
✔ Hand and finger strength
✔ Pencil-control readiness
✔ Independent problem-solving

 

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Perfect for:

✔ Literacy centres
✔ Morning tubs
✔ Fine motor activities
✔ Small-group instruction
✔ Independent alphabet practice
✔ Beginning-of-the-year activities
✔ Play-based learning

Simply print, cut and set out the cards with the materials that work best for your students. Laminate the colour cards for repeated use.

 

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Please note:

The X cards include pictures representing the /ks/ sound.

Hole punchers, magnetic chips, magnetic wands, clothespins and other manipulatives are not included.

Please look through the preview to see both activity formats and the alternative G picture options before purchasing.

 

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Save with the bundle:

This resource is also included in the Alphabet Activities Mega Bundle, featuring a wide variety of hands-on and fine motor alphabet centres.

 

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I hope your students enjoy finding, covering, punching and swiping their way through the alphabet!