Alphabet Letter Formation Cards | Salt Tray & Fine Motor Centre

Alphabet Letter Formation Cards | Salt Tray & Fine Motor Centre

Help students explore letter formation before they are ready to write independently with these versatile Alphabet Letter Formation Cards!

Students can use the cards as visual models while forming letters in salt or sand trays, trace the letters with their fingers, cover the lines with small loose parts or refer to them while writing on paper and dry-erase boards.

Each card includes uppercase and lowercase letters, visual starting and stopping points, a mouth-formation photograph and corresponding pictures to support letter-sound connections.

 

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What’s Included:

✔ 26 alphabet letter formation cards with pictures
✔ 26 alphabet letter formation cards with pictures and words
✔ Alternative G cards featuring ghost and grapes
✔ 27 cards in each format
✔ 54 alphabet cards in total
✔ Uppercase and lowercase letters together on every card
✔ Mouth-formation photograph on every card
✔ Letter-sound picture support on every card
✔ Visual starting and stopping points
✔ Colour-coded letter strokes
✔ Two cards per printed page

 

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Two differentiated formats:

Cards with pictures: Provide visual letter-sound support without the additional printed words.

Cards with pictures and words: Include labels beneath the pictures to support vocabulary, oral language and connections between spoken and written words.

Choose the format that best meets your students’ needs or introduce the labelled cards as learners become ready to connect pictures with print.

 

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Use the cards with:

✔ Salt or sand trays
✔ Fingers or paintbrushes
✔ Play dough
✔ Mini erasers
✔ Pony beads
✔ Pom-poms
✔ Buttons
✔ Small counters
✔ Other classroom loose parts

Students can also use the cards as letter-formation references while writing on blank paper, whiteboards or dry-erase boards.

 

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Skills practised:

✔ Uppercase and lowercase letter recognition
✔ Uppercase and lowercase letter formation
✔ Letter-sound correspondence
✔ Beginning-sound vocabulary
✔ Print directionality
✔ Visual discrimination
✔ Fine motor control
✔ Hand-eye coordination
✔ Sensory learning
✔ Pre-writing readiness
✔ Independent letter writing

 

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Perfect for:

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

Print, cut and laminate the cards for repeated use. Students can select a letter card and reproduce the uppercase and lowercase letters using the material provided.

 

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Please note:

• The X cards use fox, box and six to represent words ending with the /ks/ sound.
• Salt trays, loose parts and writing materials are not included. This is a printable PDF resource designed to be used with your own classroom materials.

 

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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 exploring letters with these versatile formation cards!