Whether you are working on lowercase letters or uppercase letters with your child you will find what you need in this pack of printable roads. We have included each set of letters in colour and in a printer friendly black and white version. I would suggest laminating the road letters so they can be used again and again.
Not only are these alphabet roads great for learning to recognise and name the letters of the alphabet, they are also brilliant for working on fine motor skills.
Print out the whole alphabet or just the letters your child is working on. You could print out the letters in your child's name or work through the alphabet one letter at a time.
You might want to also check out our list of alphabet activities and our full range of alphabet printables from the Messy Little Monster shop.
Little fans of cars might also like our list of transportation activities for toddlers and preschoolers.
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Alphabet Roads
There are lots of different ways that this set of road letters can be used, here are a few suggestions.
Playing cars with alphabet roads
The first and most obvious way to play with these alphabet roads is to use them with small toy cars. As your child drives their cars around the roads mention the name of the letter they are using. This is a great way of exposing young children to the alphabet.
Using cars is also a fun way to practice letter formation. Younger toddlers and preschoolers may want to take their cars for a drive around the letters in any direction they choose, but encouraging them to start where the image of the car is would be beneficial. Older children can work on letter formation by starting on the dot and following the road markings to form the letter correctly.
Alphabet road letter formation
Another fun way of using the alphabet roads is to practice forming letters with a marker. Laminate the coloured road mats and then use a whiteboard pen to trace over the dotted lines to form the letters or use the black and white roads and trace the letters with coloured markers.
Alphabet road playdough mats
Kids love playdough! Playdough can be used with these alphabet roads to help children not yet ready to form letters using a pen. They can work on fine motor skills as they roll out playdough to create each letter.
For younger children you could fill each letter with playdough for them to drive their cars through to add a sensory experience to their play.
Road name
Naming letters and sounds
As they play with the alphabet roads ask children to name the letter and the sound the letter makes. Older children could be asked if they can think of any words that begin with that letter.
For children learning the order of the alphabet you could even try putting all of the road maps out in alphabetical order!
Alphabet Road Printable
Included in the printable alphabet roads pack are:
- lowercase letters in colour
- lowercase letters in black and white
- uppercase letters in colour
- uppercase letters in black and white
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To get this set of uppercase and lowercase alphabet roads click on the link below to be taken to the Messy Little Monster shop. For personal or classroom use only. Not for redistribution. All images are copyrighted. Thank you.
We also have available number roads and shape roads. If you want them all take a look at our alphabet, number and shape road bundle.
We hope you have fun using these alphabet roads to help your child with letter recognition, letter sounds and letter formation. This is such a fun, hands on alphabet activity.
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