Font Sorts For Letter Recogntion

Today I'm sharing a very easy, cheap, fun, hands on way to work on letter recognition. What's great about this letter recognition sorting activity is that students learn to recognize letters written in various fonts!

You need a plastic shower curtain from Target, Wal-Mart, Amazon, IKEA or wherever! I happened to find mine at IKEA (ummm also known as Teacher Heaven). But they're available anywhere and they're cheap. And cheap is good.

You will divide your shower curtain into 26 squares and label each square with a letter using a Sharpie or Magic Marker. I did a 5x5 grid and added the last square separately to make the measuring easy. And clearly, it's not perfect because the squares aren't all exactly the same size. And guess what? THAT IS TOTALLY OK! BAM!

Next you'll need a bunch of letter in different fonts! (Magnetic letters, letter tiles, etc will work great too!)
Students choose a card, say the letter and sort it into the correct square!

And for your printing and laminating and cutting pleasure....32 pages of letters to sort. In various fonts. All in blackline to save ink. Print on colored cardstock and laminate. BAM! You have a great whole group letter recognition activity that can then be used as a center too!
So, let's recap. Cheap. Easy. Fun. Hands on. And works in a variety of ways with a variety of materials. BAM!