9 Educational + Fun Letter Recognition Games For Kids

We all know and love the classic game of bingo, but this alphabet bingo is perfect for young kids! It features both lowercase and capital letters on the bingo cards, and players must match them to the corresponding letter called out by the teacher or parent. The first player to cover all their letters wins!

This simple game helps children recognize letters and their sounds while having a ton of fun.

Are we missing any alphabet games you love? Share favorite letter identification games in the comments so we can add it to the list!

Snap n Learn Alphabet Alligators is a great letter recognition activity that also helps reinforce different colors, matching, and builds fine motor skills. 

In this game, your child will be able to match uppercase letters with lowercase letters while building alligators. Once built they can develop their creative play with the alligators they have created through alphabet recognition.

We love that these pieces snap together easily, making it fun for your preschooler to build a solid foundation for learning letters in an engaging yet simple way.

ABC Cookies is a super fun game to help teach your preschooler the alphabet, letter recognition, beginning sounds, CVC word building as well as early vocabulary.

This game also supports language development and creative thinking. We love that this game uses lower case letters and has 4 different versions of play so it can grow with your child.

To play the beginner version your child will race to find the cookies that match their card - reinforcing letter matching and eye-hand coordination. From there the letter games get more difficult as your child’s letter recognition and skills increase. No matter what level your kids play at, this game is an engaging way to make learning letters and building words more fun!

In Learning Resources Alphabet Soup your kids can work together to fill all 26 Alphabet soup cans with the right letter card and corresponding picture cards. This game promotes letter sounds, the letters of the alphabet, early vocabulary, sorting, working together, and fine motor skills in a fun way.

Another great letter recognition game is Boggle Jr. This game introduces preschoolers to each letter of the alphabet in a new and easy way! Young kids must use the alphabet letter cubes to create each word on the flash cards. ABC games like this can help reinforce memory and early reading practice.

When your preschoolers get older, they can then cover up the word and they can practice spelling each word on their own. This game is also a great way to introduce kids to letter names and word recognition as well as early spelling skills.

If your preschoolers love Go Fish you will want to grab Alphabet Go Fish! This game is great because each card has both the uppercase letter and the lower case letter, as well as corresponding pictures to help kids who are just learning their letters.

This card game helps with letter recognition, creating a simple strategy, learning how to hold and deal cards, improves concentration and memory skills! Your kids will love playing Alphabet Go Fish over and over again.

In Learning Resources Alphabet Islands preschoolers will practice their letters and vocabulary as they hunt for alphabet treasures on alphabet island.

The person that collects the most discs wins. Not only does this game help with letter recognition but it also helps teach kids about simultaneous play.

If you are looking for an on-the-go game that helps practice letters and sounds then you will want to grab Learning Resources Pop for Letters.

In this game, your child will reach into the popcorn box and pull out a piece of popcorn. Then they will identify the letter and also practice what sound the letter makes, but be careful if they pull out a pop card they have to put all their letter cards back in the bucket. We love this game because it grows with them past letter identification.

Frida’s Fruit Fiesta is the perfect game to help teach letter identification and matching as they play! Your kids will spin the spinner and collect the matching letter with their Frida Squeezer. Playing games like this is one of the best ways for young children to learn and retain information.

The first one to collect four alphabet letters in a row on their card wins, but be careful those monkeys might eat your fruit! This game will entertain young learners and provide not only letter practice but fine motor skill development as well.