Encourage your students to develop essential handwriting and letter recognition skills with these vibrant Alphabet Handwriting Mats. Designed to make learning fun and interactive, these mats help students practise writing both upper and lower case letters while reinforcing their understanding of letter sounds and initial sounds in words.

How to Complete

We recommend placing the mats in write-and-wipe sleeves for durability. Provide each student with a whiteboard marker. Students will begin by identifying the focus letter displayed on the mat. Students should then be encouraged to say the letter’s sound aloud. They will then circle the pictures that begin with the focus letter’s sound from the choices at the top of the mat. Following this, students will practise writing the focus letter in both upper and lower case forms.  

Additional Tips

1. Revisit the Alphabet Handwriting Mats regularly to build confidence and fluency in letter writing and sound recognition.
2. Provide students with pom poms, counters or play dough to cover the images that begin with the focus sound, creating a sensory element to the activity.

Extension Ideas

1. Sound Scavenger Hunt: After completing a mat, ask students to find objects in the classroom that begin with the same letter.
2. Creative Drawing: Have students draw their own pictures of items starting with the focus letter.
3. Letter Review Games: Use completed mats for quick-fire review games, asking students to recall the sound and demonstrate how to write the letter in the air.

These Alphabet Handwriting Mats are a fantastic tool to engage young learners in developing critical literacy skills in an enjoyable, interactive way. Download now and make learning letters an exciting adventure for your students!

This resource is available in our basic fun font and Australian state fonts.