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Preschool Letter A Activities That Are Easy to Prep (and Keep Students Engaged)

If you’ve worked with preschool or kindergarten students for more than five minutes, you know not every child comes into your classroom with the same foundation when it comes to the alphabet. Some can already rattle off all their letters, while others are still learning the difference between a letter and a number—or what a letter even is.

That’s why I believe in starting small, starting strong… and sometimes starting with a little intervention. The Preschool Letter A activities I’ll share in this blog post are just one of the ways I ensure my students have a strong letter foundation before they ever get to kindergarten!

Why Alphabet Interventions Matter in the Early Years

Alphabet knowledge—letter identification, formation, and sound recognition—is a huge predictor of later reading success. But not every student picks it up just because we sang the ABCs and read an alphabet book.

Some kids need more time. Others need more structure. And all children benefit from hands-on, engaging ways to interact with letters.

That’s where these Preschool Letter A activities come in. Interventions don’t have to be complicated. Sometimes it just means getting strategic with your centers, small groups, and early literacy instruction.

For my preschool letter activities and interventions, I like to use proven and predictable activities like the ones I’m about to share!

how to teach letter A to preschoolers

Where to Start: Focus on Names First

One of my favorite ways to introduce letters is through a child’s own name. Learning the letters in their name gives them immediate ownership and relevance. It’s personal—and that matters.

Once they’ve mastered those letters, I love moving right into Letter A. Since A is usually one of the first letters taught in preschool and kindergarten, it sets the tone for everything that follows.

How I Track Alphabet Progress (Without Losing My Mind)

In my classroom, I track letter knowledge three times a year—fall, winter, and spring—using an Alphabet Data Tracker. It helps me identify which students know which letters and sounds, who’s ready for a challenge, and who needs more exposure or explicit practice.

This data helps me form small groups for intervention, choose the right activities for centers, and plan targeted support.

You can click on the image below to get my FREE alphabet data binder.

preschool letter a activities and alphabet data binder  

Letter A Activities That Are Low Prep & Easy to Reuse

When it comes to preschool Letter A activities, I like to keep it simple and meaningful. That’s why I created a Letter A Alphabet Packet that covers the big three:

    • Letter identification (upper- and lowercase)

    • Letter sound recognition (including both long and short A sounds)

    • Letter formation (with handwriting pages and visual stroke support)

The best part? You can prep it once and reuse it year after year.

I keep my materials in a simple binder with clear sleeves, so I can quickly pull them for literacy centers, small group work, or RTI time. Laminate a few of the pages, toss in some dry erase markers or manipulatives, and you’ve got a ready-to-go activity with zero stress.

preschool letter a activities and printables

Hands-On + Printable Preschool Letter A Activities

Preschoolers and kindergartners need variety. That’s why this packet includes a mix of writing activities and hands-on learning experiences—everything from spin-and-write games and sound sorting to building the letter A with pom-poms, playdough, Legos, and more.

It’s not just about tracing letters (although there’s plenty of that too). It’s about helping students explore the letter from every angle—how it looks, how it sounds, how it’s formed, and where they see it in the world around them.

With this packet, we can take a whole week to focus on the letter if we need to and still have new and fun activities to do every single day!

fun preschool activities to teach letter A

Want to Try These Letter A Activities for Free?

If this sounds like something your students could benefit from, I’d love for you to try the Letter A Alphabet Intervention Packet—completely free.

It’s a great way to try letter interventions in your own classroom.

🖨️ Print what you need.  Everything is blackline, so there’s no need to waste valuable colored ink!
🧠 Use it in centers or small groups.
✏️ Track student growth over time.

And if you love it (I think you will), there’s a full A–Z bundle available too—with over 400 pages of printable and reusable alphabet fun.

preschool Letter A intervention packet free file

👉 [Click here to download the free Letter A packet and try it in your classroom!]


Whether you’re starting fresh with brand-new preschoolers or supporting a few struggling first graders in RTI, these Letter A activities are a simple, effective way to give every student the strong alphabet foundation they need.

intervention activities for letter A in preschool

You don’t have to overthink it—you just need the right tools and an intervention plan that actually works.

Let me know how your students respond. I’d love to hear how it goes!

preschool letter A activities free packet

Looking for more alphabet fun?  Check out these hands-on alphabet activities.

Read more about how I do alphabet interventions in my classroom.

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