Alphabet Practice That Will Have Students Buzzing With Joy!

This low-prep activity is a fun way to master letter names and sounds.

Learning the alphabet is exciting, but mastering it takes practice… lots and lots of practice.  We’re always looking for fun ways to make all of that hard work fun for students and this playful alphabet match up was just the trick!

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Alphabet Prep

Prepping this literacy center is a cinch, and the best part is once it’s prepped, you can use it from one year to the next. (We love helping you work smarter, not harder.)

First, print out all of the uppercase beehives and the lowercase bees. Laminate them if you’d like to have them prepped and ready to go for next year!

Then, cut them apart on the solid black lines so that you have 26 beehives and 26 bees. 

That’s it! See? It really is quick and simple to prep.

Beehive Alphabet Match

This is a great alphabet practice activity to play in literacy centers or small groups. While the activity focuses on matching uppercase and lowercase letters, be sure that students practice the sound each letter makes too. 

Putting all 26 letter matches out at a time would be overwhelming, so start with just a few letters your students already know. You can always add more when they’re ready. 

Place the beehives on the table face up so that you can see them. Next, scramble the bees in a dish and allow students to take turns picking one bee out at a time. As they pick up each bee, students should say the name of the letter as well as the sound it makes. Then, they will match the bee with the correct beehive.

For students who are ready for a little extra challenge, you can take their learning one step further by having them name a word that starts with the letter before choosing a new bee to focus on next.

Beehive Alphabet Match is such a simple but fun way to practice the alphabet! Give it a try – we bet your students will be buzzing over it too. 😉

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