ABC Homework: Alphabet Activities for Home

These alphabet homework activities give families simple, fun ways to reinforce letter recognition, beginning sounds, counting, and other kindergarten skills at home.

Each letter of the alphabet includes a collection of activities that children can complete with a parent or family member. Activities include movement, art, reading, counting, observation, and everyday experiences.

Letter A Homework

It’s Aa week! Please do these activities with your child and return this paper on Friday. Your child will earn a toy from the Happy Face Box!

1. Tell your address to Mom or Dad.
2. Be an artist. Create something colorful.
3. Eat an apple for a snack.
4. Cut an apple in half. Find the star.
5. Make the sound of your favorite animal.
6. Sing the alphabet song.
7. Be an acrobat and do 10 somersaults.
8. Write the letters A and a ten times.
9. Move like your favorite animal.

Letter B Homework

Oh boy! It’s Bb week! Bring this paper back on Friday for a Happy Face toy!

1. Read a book.
2. Play with blocks.
3. Bounce a ball.
4. Talk about the day you were born with Mom or Dad.
5. Count the buttons on Mommy’s or Daddy’s shirt.
6. Ride your bicycle.
7. Fly like a butterfly.
8. Hop like a bunny.
9. Buzz like a bee.
10. Listen to the sounds of birds outside.
11. Count the windows in your bedroom.
12. Drink a big glass of milk.
13. Draw a beautiful picture.
14. Growl like a bear.
15. Eat a banana.
16. Help make breakfast.
17. Look for brown fall colors.
18. Move your body to music. You can do it!

Letter C Homework

It’s Cc week! Here’s a counting questionnaire just for fun! Help your child count these things around the house.

1. Count the toothbrushes in your house.
2. How many beds are in your home?
3. How many windows are in your bedroom?
4. Count the trees in your yard.
5. Count the bathtubs in your house.
6. How many stuffed animals are on your bed?
7. Count your toes.
8. How many clocks are in your house?
9. Count the televisions in your home.
10. How many flashlights do you have in your home?
11. Have an adult check the smoke detectors in your house and their batteries.

Letter D Homework

Dd Week Activities

1. Have Dad or another family member read you a story.
2. Pretend to be a dog.
3. Quack like a duck.
4. Help Mom or Dad with the dishes.
5. Knock on your front door five times.
6. Dust the furniture.
7. Count a dozen dimes.
8. Draw a colorful picture.
9. Give Dad or someone special a hug!

Letter E Homework

On to the letter Ee!

1. Walk and dance like an elephant.
2. Jump up and down eleven times.
3. Eat eight grapes or strawberries.
4. Go outside. What do you hear with your ears?
5. Cut out pictures of eyes and ears from old magazines.
6. Try to touch your elbow to your ear.
7. Use your eyes. What things do you see on the way to school?
8. Empty your glass of milk by drinking it.
9. Do some exercises.
10. Let a bowl of water evaporate. Observe what happens over time.

Letter F Homework

I’m thinking of flowers! It must be Ff week!

1. Tell a funny story to your mom.
2. Draw a picture of your family.
3. Jump up and down fourteen times.
4. Count forward as far as you can go.
5. Hop like a frog.
6. Read your favorite story with someone in your family.
7. Help fix dinner or lunch.
8. Eat one of your favorite foods.
9. Fly like a bird.
10. Draw five triangles.

Letter G Homework

It’s Gg week!

1. Roll like a grape.
2. Wear green on Wednesday.
3. Give someone you love a big hug.
4. Play a game with Mom or Dad.
5. Move like a grasshopper.
6. Talk about things you can grow in a garden.
7. Count the green things you see in nature.
8. Go to the grocery store.
9. Gallop around your backyard or in a park.
10. Make someone giggle.

Letter H Homework

Hi, kids! It’s Hh week!

1. Tell Mom what makes you happy.
2. How many pennies make ten cents?
3. Draw your house. Practice your address with someone.
4. Hop ten times on one foot.
5. Cut out a square and a triangle. Put them together to make a house.
6. Gallop like a horse.
7. Hoot like an owl.
8. Pretend it’s Halloween. What costume will you wear?
9. Hug a friend.
10. How many stars are in the sky?

Letter I Homework

It’s Ii week!

Ice Cream Counting Activity

Provide a worksheet showing ice cream cones with numbers written on them.

Directions for Students: These ice cream cones are empty! Draw the correct number of ice cream scoops on each cone. Color the scoops to show your favorite ice cream flavors.

Letter J Homework

It’s Jj week!

1. Find a calendar and count all the days in January.
2. Jump up and down ten times.
3. Tell someone in your family a joke.
4. Jump like a rabbit.
5. What flavor of Jell-O do you like?
6. Wear jewelry at home.
7. Count all the jars in your refrigerator. Have someone help you.
8. Do ten jumping jacks.
9. Jog in place for one minute.
10. Jump for joy! It’s Friday!

Letter K Homework

It’s Kk week!

1. Read a book about kittens.
2. Play kickball outside.
3. Watch Mom or Dad cook in the kitchen.
4. Make a colorful kite with a paper bag.
5. What is the name for a baby kangaroo?
6. Use a tissue when you sneeze.
7. How many keys are on Mom’s key ring?
8. Give Mom or Dad a kiss.
9. Be a king and wear a crown.
10. What do you like about kindergarten?

Letter L Homework

It’s Ll week!

1. Listen to a story.
2. Hop on your left foot.
3. Look up at the sky. How many stars can you see?
4. Draw ten long lines.
5. Tell your family that you love them.
6. Make yourself large and then make yourself small.
7. Help sort the laundry.
8. Write the letters of the alphabet that you know.
9. Send a love letter to your grandma or grandpa. Draw a picture and mail it.
10. Look at the leaves on the trees. What color are they?

Letter M Homework

It’s Mm week!

1. Look up at the sky. Do you see a full moon?
2. Tell Mommy or Daddy that you love them.
3. Count how many coins are in Mommy’s purse.
4. Move like a monkey.
5. Make a funny face in the mirror.
6. March to your favorite music.
7. Drink your milk, please.
8. Mooooo like a cow!
9. Dance the Macarena with Mommy.
10. Act like a monster, but only for a few minutes!
11. Cut out some pictures from an old magazine.
12. Squeak like a mouse.
13. Write the word “Mom.”

Letter N Homework

It’s Nn week!

1. Put the napkins on your table for dinner.
2. Count the nickels in Daddy’s pocket.
3. Practice saying your phone number.
4. Look at the night sky. What do you see?
5. Jump nine times.
6. Print as many numbers as you know.
7. Write your name.
8. Look at the newspaper with Mom or Dad.
9. Name nine farm animals.
10. Be nice to your friends.

Letter O Homework

It’s Oo week!

1. Open and close your mouth.
2. Draw one picture for Mom.
3. Put your socks on your feet.
4. Use an orange crayon to write ten O’s.
5. What does an orange taste like?
6. Climb over two pillows.
7. Go outside and play.
8. Hop on one foot.
9. How old are you?
10. What are the opposites of these words: on, hot, up, day, slow, left, and happy?

Letter P Homework

It’s Pp week!

1. Eat a piece of fruit.
2. Put your pants and socks on all by yourself.
3. Paint or draw a pretty picture for your parents.
4. Count all the purple and pink things in your bedroom.
5. Say “please” and “thank you.” Use your best manners and try to be polite.
6. Count the pennies in Mommy’s purse. Ask for permission first.
7. Do a puzzle with your parents.
8. With help, pour yourself a glass of juice or milk.
9. Print your name on the back of this paper.
10. Please return this paper on Friday.

Letter Q Homework

It’s Qq week!

Quilt Pattern Listening Activity

Create a paper quilt divided into 12 numbered squares.

Parents read the directions aloud, and children draw or color the correct item in each numbered square.

1. Draw a yellow sun.
2. Draw a brown square.
3. Draw a green circle.
4. Draw a purple moon.
5. Draw a blue square.
6. Draw a black line.
7. Draw a red kite.
8. Draw an orange letter A.
9. Draw a brown leaf.
10. Draw a happy face.
11. Draw a rainbow.
12. Write your name.

Letter R Homework

It’s Rr week!

1. Draw a rainbow for someone you love.
2. Count all the red toys in your bedroom.
3. Listen to the radio.
4. Hop like a rabbit.
5. Draw five red rectangles.
6. Ring your doorbell.
7. Have fun with rhyming words.
8. Read your favorite nursery rhymes.
9. Crow like a rooster.
10. Roar like a lion.
11. Run in your backyard or park.

Letter S Homework

It’s Ss week!

1. Touch your shoes seven times. While your shoes are on your feet, you sillies!
2. Count the stars in the sky: **********
3. Draw a picture with a beautiful sky.
4. What kinds of things can you buy at the supermarket?
5. Walk like a spider.
6. Use scissors to cut out some pictures from an old magazine.
7. Skip around your family room.
8. Listen to a story.
9. Crawl like a snail.
10. Talk about being safe at home.
11. Make some funny animal sounds. Try hissing like a snake: ssssssss!

Letter T Homework

It’s Tt week!

1. Move slowly like a turtle.
2. Touch your toes two times.
3. Draw ten triangles.
4. Talk on the telephone to a friend.
5. Make yourself tiny.
6. Make yourself tall.
7. Tickle your tummy.
8. Tiptoe around your kitchen.
9. Tell someone your telephone number.
10. Touch something soft.
11. Taste a new food.
12. What time is it?
13. Try throwing a ball as high as you can.
14. Tell a funny story.

Letter U Homework

It’s Uu week!

1. If you were a unicorn, where would you play?
2. How many umbrellas are in your home?
3. Reach up to the sky.
4. Look at seashells. Put them underwater in the bathtub.
5. What is your uncle’s name?
6. Do you need an umbrella today?
7. What would be unusual to eat with ice cream? How about pickles or mustard?
8. Pretend to fly up in the air.
9. Look up at the sky. Is it cloudy?

Letter V Homework

It’s Vv week!

1. Smell vanilla.
2. Run very fast.
3. Count the vehicles on your street.
4. Talk in a very soft voice.
5. Write the letter V.
6. Sing in a very loud voice.
7. Taste a vegetable. What color was it?
8. Visit a friend.
9. Smell vinegar.
10. Crawl very slowly.
11. Make a V with your arms.

Letter W Homework

It’s Ww week!

1. Look for signs of winter.
2. Walk around your house five times.
3. Count the windows in your kitchen.
4. Walk like an elephant.
5. Wiggle like a worm.
6. Try to whistle.
7. Eat or drink something warm.
8. Look outside. What is the weather like?
9. Count the number of wheels on your car.
10. Write your name.
11. Make a wish upon a star.
12. Watercolor a pretty picture for our classroom. If you don’t have watercolors, use crayons instead.

Letter X Homework

It’s Xx week!

Animal X Listening Activity

Provide a worksheet featuring pictures of different animals.

Parents read the directions aloud while children listen carefully and mark the correct animals with an X.

1. Put a green X on the animal that gallops.
2. Put a red X on the animal that was once a caterpillar.
3. Put a purple X on the largest animal.
4. Mark an orange X on the animal that lives in the water.
5. Put an X on the animal that chases cats.

Continue with additional directions using the animals pictured on your worksheet.

Letter Y Homework

It’s Yy week!

1. Count all the yellow toys in your room.
2. Yell “I love you!” to someone in your family.
3. Draw a colorful picture with a bright yellow sun.
4. Clean your room, please.
5. Write the word “Yes.”
6. Eat something yellow.
7. Look at yourself in the mirror and pat yourself on the back for being such a special person.
8. Play with a yo-yo.
9. Name a yellow bird.
10. Do you have yarn in your home? What color is it?
11. Show your parents a big yawn.

Letter Z Homework

Zippity Do Dah! It’s Zz week!

1. Zoom across the room.
2. Gallop like a zebra.
3. Act like your favorite zoo animal.
4. Put zero fingers in the air.
5. Name ten zoo animals.
6. Zip your jacket.
7. Write the letter Z.
8. Zigzag across the room.
9. What words rhyme with zoo?
10. Go to sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!