Get those fine motor skills going with these alphabet punch cards! A-H are free to download at the bottom of this post.
How to prepare
Download the Alphabet Punch Cards printable below. Print off the pages you need onto paper or card. Cut them to separate. Don’t forget to grab a hole punch that’s not too difficult to use!
If you want to re-use them over and over, laminate them and use dry erase markers and pegs.
How to use these alphabet punch cards
- Look at the target letter and search for the same letters around the border. Punch a hole in all the target letters (or clip pegs to them).
- Colour the outlined letter in the center, or use it to practice writing the letter.
- Look at the pictures. Colour or circle the pictures that start with the target sound. Each card has 4 pictures that will fit that description.
- If you’re unsure what word is meant by a picture, check the list provided in the printable.
Extension
If you’re working on a particular letter, when you’ve finished this activity grab a newspaper or magazine, give the kids highlighters and see how many of their target letter they can find in one section of the paper in front of them.
Or turn the card over and practice writing the target letter a number of times on the back.
Download here!
Click on the following highlighted link and your Alphabet Punch Cards will be sent directly to your downloads folder or other device equivalent.
Looking for more free alphabet resources?
- Beginning sound picture sort – this post has links to other free activities such as alphabet mazes, uppercase and lowercase sorts, picture and word matches and word and picture puzzles.
- Alphabet activity books (A-E free)
- Alphabet emergent readers (A-E free)
- Spring Butterflies alphabet match (matching upper and lower case letters)
- Find and trace the alphabet (lower case)
- Find and trace capital letters
- Alphabet flash cards (whole set)
Alphabet Punch Cards A-Z (and a-z)
You can purchase the complete set in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.
While this free download contains 4 letters per page, the complete set also includes one letter per page to make photocopying easier depending on whether you’re working with one child or a whole class!
What are your favourite types of alphabet activities?
Thank you, these are amazing! Can’t wait to use them. My kids love using the hole punch.
There’s something very satisfying about punching a hole in something!! I hope your kids enjoy themselves, Shelley!
This is really great Liz! Thank you for sharing it. How can I download the templates? Warm regards Ulrike
Hi Ulrike, I’m glad you like them! If you look at all the subtitles in green you’ll see one that says ‘Download here.’ Click on the highlighted words ‘Alphabet Punch Cards’ and they’ll start downloading straight away.