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Make Your Own Tactile Letter Cards

Have you heard about tactile letter cards? Children learn about the world around them through their senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting. And of course… Children learn by touching.

Here at All About Learning Press, we’re really big on the multisensory approach because learning is so much more effective when children learn through all their senses. Our tactile letter cards download provides a great multisensory way for little ones to learn about the alphabet.

Create Your Own Tactile Letter Cards

Our free download includes uppercase and lowercase letter templates, instructions for creating your tactile letter cards, and tips for using your cards. Ready to go?

activity download 3-page spread

Instructions for Tactile Letter Cards

  1. Print the uppercase and lowercase letter card pages contained in this activity download. Cut out the letter cards.
  2. Prepare the colored sand using the simple instructions in the PDF.
  3. Spread glue in the shape of the letters, sprinkle with colored sand, and let dry thoroughly. The cards are ready to use!
Using colored sand on letter card

Playing with Tactile Letter Cards

There are so many ways to use the letter cards.

As your child learns the names and sounds of each letter, have her feel the letter as she says the name or sound.

Preschooler touching tactile letter card

Is your child ready for more? Use both sets of cards to help your child begin to recognize and match uppercase and lowercase letters.

Preschooler matching tactile letter cards

Older children can be encouraged to use the letter cards to spell their names or short words.

Preschooler spelling 'mom'

Ideas for Other Materials

If you’d like to make tactile letter cards but don’t want to make colored sand, that’s okay! We’ve got more great ideas for you. You can make tactile cards with all kinds of materials. In addition to our colored sand cards, we made cards using glitter, pipe cleaners, rice, dried mung beans, and fabric. Aren’t they awesome?

Variations of tactile letter cards

Have you made tactile letter cards? What materials did you use? Let us know in the comments below!

If your child enjoyed this hands-on letter recognition activity, why don’t you try some of our other letter recognition activities, too?

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Sarah Dixon

says:

I can’t wait to try this when my youngest starts learning his letters! My oldest learner works best with her hands so this would have been great for her had I known about this program! 💜

Robin

says: Customer Service

Sarah,
Tactile letter cards are such a great way to learn letters. I found them helpful for helping my children with learning letter formation for handwriting too.

Mrs. Wright

says:

Great idea and easy too!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thank you, Mrs. Wright!

Alyssa

says:

Such a great idea and something I can easily do for preschool!!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Alyssa,
Oh, yes! This is a pretty simple activity that fits in very well with preschool learning.

Brittany

says:

This is a wonderful idea for tactile learners! So easy too!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thanks, Brittany!

Zorah F

says:

What a great idea for a sensory learning activity for young learners!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thanks, Zorah! It’s a great activity for learning letters!

Charlotte

says:

This is such a good idea as little ones love lots of methods when it comes to learning….feeling the letters is a great kinesthetic activity

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thank you, Charlotte! Yes, the tactile letters is a great hands-on learning activity.

Dhelcee

says:

These are fun for my daughter’s little hand

Robin

says: Customer Service

Dhelcee,
I’m so happy to hear that your daughter enjoys these! Thank you!

Catherine Knight

says:

Wow! These are SO fun, a great Montessori activity for the littlest ones to learn letters! I can’t wait to make these 😍

Robin

says: Customer Service

I hope you have a lot of fun with these, Catherine!

Rose R

says:

This is such a wonderful idea! We just started with AAR1 and always trying to incorporate crafts and multisensory approach in everything we do and this will definitely be a hit in our household!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Great to hear, Rose! Enjoy!

Jamie Deese

says:

We have heard so many good things about this program! Will be saving up so we can get this started for our two special needs kiddos ❤️

Robin

says: Customer Service

Jamie,
I’m glad to know you’ve heard good things about our program! Let me know if you have questions about placement or anything else. I’m happy to help!

Ashley Foxwell

says:

So excited to begin our curriculum!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Wonderful, Ashley! Let me know if you have questions or need anything as you begin!

Rachel Punch

says:

My three year old loves Letter tiles

Robin

says: Customer Service

Wonderful! Thank you, Rachel.

Lesia Portnov

says:

So many great ideas! Love this!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thank you, Lesia!

Tammie

says:

Love this idea

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thank you, Tammie!

Deeneen

says:

I love it!

Heather C.

says:

Oh this looks fun! Thank you for your curriculum. My kids love it!

Robin

says: Customer Service

You’re so welcome, Heather! I’m glad your kids enjoy it!

Betty Tuohy

says:

I have been trying to find a curriculum for my grandson. And holy cow I found the jack pot, with all about learning. I do not want to keep searching every year. I’ve watched to many YouTube Videos where everyone switches all the time. I have been doing research for about a year. I wanted to find one curriculum that would take me through to the end and I found it with this one.

Robin

says: Customer Service

Betty,
So wonderful to hear that All About Learning Press will meet your grandson’s needs! Thank you!

Mackenzie

says:

I love using all the printouts along with all the AAR program

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thank you, Mackenzie!

Cynthia

says:

I love this!!!

Myra

says:

I love the idea of the use of tactiles in learning! What a great idea 💡

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thank you, Myra!

Erin

says:

My children love hands on learning and this is crafty and fun!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Glad you kids enjoy the activities and such, Erin! Thank you!

Marissa

says:

This would be such a great way to have them create their own alphabet to hang around our learning space!

Robin

says: Customer Service

What a good idea, Marissa!

Samantha

says:

Thank you!

Robin

says: Customer Service

You’re welcome, Samantha!

Jonie

says:

I may use this activity for words with glitter and glue for review. My daughter loves glitter!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Great idea, Jonie! This would be a lot of fun with glitter!

maresa

says:

These are fun. my kids love it, we used colored sand.

Robin

says: Customer Service

Great, Maresa! Colored sand would make the letters more visually appealing too.

Melissa

says:

Looks fun and my kids would love this!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Wonderful, Melissa! Thank you.

Beth

says:

Great idea!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thanks, Beth!

Elizabeth H.

says:

These are so fun!

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thank you, Elizabeth!

Pamela Kurtz

says:

What a neat idea.

Robin

says: Customer Service

Thanks, Pamela!

Julie Chacon

says:

These look perfect. My youngest loves all things tactile. She will enjoy dying the sand too.

Robin

says: Customer Service

Wonderful, Julie! The tactile letter cards are a wonderful resource for those learning letters!