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ABC Games to Play Outside

April 21, 2016 • 1 Comment

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The weather is warming up and that means lots of time outdoors.  Today we are taking our alphabet games and activities outside.  Here are 15 ABC games to play in the fresh air.

ABC games that are great for the outdoors. Chalk games, water play ideas, movement activities and sand and dirt play ideas to work on letter recognition!

OUTSIDE ABC GAMES

MOVING ABC GAMES

#1

Grab and Pull Letter Load

Get the kids moving as they pick up their letter loads.  They have to make sure they collect all the right letters on their order form and then quickly make the delivery.

#2

Letter Harvest

Time to harvest the letters.  Listen to the farmer and she’ll tell you which letters to collect.

#3

Flower Movement Game from Pre-K Pages

Move from letter to letter by skipping, hopping, walking and running.

#4

Pool Noodle Alphabet Obstacle Course from The Educators’ Spin On It

A great way to recycle pool noodles and get the kids moving.

#5

Giant Dot to Dot from I Can Teach My Child

I love this gigantic dot to dot game that encourages letter recognition.

#6

Letter Pulley from Mom Inspired Life

It’s part science, part gross motor, and part literacy!

WET ABC GAMES

#7

Washing the ABC Dishes

A wet way to work on learning letters that can be done at a water table or a tub of water.

#8

ABC Vases

Collect flowers and then arrange them in these alphabet vases.

#9

Firefighter ABC from Playdough to Plato

Little firefighters will love putting out the alphabet fires!

CHALK ABC GAMES

#10

Biking Down The ABC Trail

Little ones who love to ride their trikes and bikes will enjoy traveling down the ABC road.

#11

Alphabet Bug Spray from Toddler Approved

Grab the bug spray (aka water) and spray away those alphabet bugs.

#12

Noisy Letter Jump from The Imagination Tree

Gets kids moving from chalk letter to chalk letter.

#13

ABC Eruptions from Learn Play Imagine

Kids will love the science fun aspect of this alphabet activity.

#14

Beginning Sounds Letter Sort from Hands On As We Grow

Collect objects for each letter sound in this hands-on game.

SAND AND DIRT ABC GAMES

#15

26 Sensory Digs

Do you have a little one who loves to dig?  Here are 26 ideas for digging many of which can take place outside.

So, head outside and enjoy learning with these alphabet games!

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Heather H says

    April 26, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    This is such a great resource for summer learning! I love how hands-on all these ABC activities are. Thanks for sharing on #EverythingKids this week.

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