Letters of the Alphabet Active alphabet using your body Literacy

Alphabet familiarisation Equipment / Set-up

A space – inside or outside Learning intention

To recognise how to shape letters of the alphabet. To become familiar with the letters of the alphabet.

Activity instructions

This activity can be done individually or in a pair. The task is to see how many letters of the alphabet you can form using only your body. Form the letter and say the sound of the letter. See if you can name something that begins with that sound. Below is a template to demonstrate this activity, you can copy this and / or make up your

own version.

This link can be used to support the activity: Phonics song for Kiwi Kids (NZ) - YouTube

Challenge

See if you can form all 26 letters of the alphabet. See if you can spell your name using your body. Use your body letters to spell a word and see if somebody can guess the word.

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Letters of the Alphabet

Draw a line to match the letter to the correct example

Cc Rr

Pp Bb

Ii Tt

Ww Vv

Aa Xx

Kk Dd

Ss Hh

Gg Jj

Uu Mm

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Answers: Letters of the Alphabet

Draw a line to match the letter to the correct example

Cc Rr

Pp Bb

Ii Tt

Ww Vv

Aa Xx

Kk Dd

Ss Hh

Gg Jj

Uu Mm

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Letters of the Alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd

Ee

Can you make this

letter using your body?

Ff

Can you make this

letter using your body?

Gg Hh

Ii Jj Kk Ll

Can you make this

letter using your body?

Mm Nn

Can you make this

letter using your body?

Oo

Can you make this

letter using your body?

Pp

Qq

Can you make this

letter using your body?

Rr Ss Tt

Uu Vv Ww Xx

Yy

Can you make this

letter using your body?

Zz

Can you make this

letter using your body?

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Letters of the Alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd

Gg Hh Ii Jj

Kk Mm Pp Rr

Ss Tt Uu Vv

Ww Xx

Student Tasks

1. Not all letters are listed. Can you name which letters are missing?

2. Can you find the CAPITAL letters in the examples?

3. Some CAPTIAL letters look similar to their lowercase letter. Can

you find these letters?

4. Use your body to form the letters of the alphabet. How many can

you make?

5. Work as a pair to form the letters of the alphabet.

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Letters of the Alphabet

Answers

1. Not all letters are listed. Can you name which letters are missing?

Answer: Missing letters: Ee, Ff, Ll, Nn, Oo, Qq, Yy, Zz

2. Can you find the CAPITAL letters in the examples?

Answers: A, C, M, P, S, T, U, V, W, X

3. Some CAPTIAL letters look similar to their lowercase letter. Can you find these letters?

Answers: Cc, Mm, Pp, Ss, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx