Today, I’m sharing three simple letter matching activities you can do with leaf stickers to help your child learn to recognize letters and improve literacy.
Fall always hits the stores first, and of course, when I saw a pack of these leaf foam stickers a month ago, I couldn’t resist grabbing one for activities.
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Nothing says fall better than fall-colored leaves, and doing a fall-themed activity like these letter matching ones are a perfect way to celebrate autumn with your toddler.
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3 Fall Leaf Letter matching Activities
For each of these letter matching activities, you will need
- fall leaf foam stickers
- permanent marker
- paper
- a crayon
Write a single letter on each leaf sticker with permanent marker. I did a set of 10 in uppercase letters and another set of 10 in lowercase.
Fall Leaf Uppercase LEtter Matching
On a sheet of paper, draw a tree with several branches. Write letters matching the ones written on the leaf stickers at the ends of the branches.
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Complete the activity by matching the leaf sticker with the written uppercase letter.
Fall Leaf Lowercase LEtter Matching
This activity is almost exactly the same as the uppercase matching, except the leaf stickers will have lowercase letters written on them.
I chose to use the same tree base so my daughter could match the lowercase letters with their uppercase partners. You can definitely write the lowercase letters on the branches and match lowercase to lowercase, if you choose.
Fall Leaf Upper- and lowercase Letter Matching
Line up the uppercase leaves on one side of a sheet of paper and the lowercase leaves on the opposite side.
Have your child draw lines to match the upper- and lowercase letters with a crayon.
Or, if your child isn’t ready for this, just match leaf colors or uppercase to uppercase/lowercase to lowercase.
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What Age Should Kids Learn Letters?
Some kids can become interested in learning letter names as early as age two. Interest plays a huge role in early literacy, as does exposure to print.
Recognizing letters takes time, patience, and lots and lots of practice.
If your child isn’t interested in learning letters, put it on hold for now. You can still develop pre-literacy skills by playing with oral language, such as by reciting silly rhyming words and playing rhyming games.
Hearing different letter sounds in words is an important pre-literacy skill that you can help your child with before you even introduce written letters. This is called phonological awareness.
Whatever approach you decide is best for your kids, make it fun.
We are our children’s first teachers. We can make learning boring and something our kids dread, or we can make it exciting and meaningful.
Here are a few other early literacy games that we’ve enjoyed and that I hope your kids will too.
Bookmark these activities so you’ll never run out of alphabet activities to do with your kids.
Your Turn for Fall Leaf Letter Matching Activities
We didn’t stick any of the leaves so that we could reuse them again and again.
Pack up the leaves, paper, and a crayon in a zip-top bag so you can teach and entertain your kids on the go, wherever you are.
Which letter matching activity are you going to try?
Looking for an organized guide of fun, easy activities to do with your toddler that also encourages their growth and development?
I’ve created a 3-month activity planner just for busy parents like you! The plan includes 65 detailed, simple, and stress-free activities including: arts and crafts, sensory play, motor skills, and STEM–all using easy-to-find supplies.
Let me help make planning activities for your toddler easy, so you can skip the stress and get straight to the fun!