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PSPKK123February 1, 2017 • 

Four-in-a-row alphabet games

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Try these free alphabet games to help your child remember letter names!

Try these free alphabet games to help your child master letter recognition!

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Have our seen our Four in a Row games? Kids take turns reading or answering a math fact and dotting their answer. The first to get four in a row, wins.

I’ve modified this simple game to review many different skills, from learning to read to practicing addition facts.

A reader recently asked for a new Four in a Row game – one that helps kids practice naming letters.

So here we go!

Try these free alphabet games to help your child master letter recognition!

How to play

  • Grab two Do-a-Dot markers or counters in two different colors. Another option is to grab two different colored markers.
  • Take turns naming a letter. When you name a letter correctly, dot, cover, or color it.
  • The first to get four in a row, wins!

Try these free alphabet games to help your child master letter recognition!

I would recommend this game for kids who know most of their letters but need a bit of review.

And if you want to play the game as it’s designed, your child will need to have a little understanding of strategy.

It also helps if she can count to four. 😉

Try these free alphabet games to help your child master letter recognition!

Thanks to the letter of the week we did when he was three, my Five doesn’t need practice recognizing his letters.

But he has a little sister.

I’ve been doing Letter of the Week with my just-turned-Three, so she had fun doing these pages with me. But we didn’t worry about getting four in a row. She can’t count groups of objects larger than three, and she’s not ready for any kind of strategy.

Try these free alphabet games to help your child master letter recognition!

Not a problem! We still had fun taking turns naming and dotting the letters. In fact, we named every letter on the board. Yay for extra practice!

In the download you’ll find four-in-a-row games for

  • Uppercase A-E
  • Uppercase H-J
  • Uppercase K-O
  • Uppercase P-T
  • Uppercase U-Z
  • Uppercase A-Z
  • Lowercase a-e
  • Lowercase h-j
  • Lowercase k-o
  • Lowercase p-t
  • Lowercase u-z
  • Lowercase a-z
  • Blank board (write your own!)

Have fun!

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