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Letter Tumble

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure | Filed Under: Alphabet, Forest Theme

This owl letter tumble game can be used to practice matching letters. Withe this game, children can match uppercase to uppercase letters or uppercase to lowercase letters.

Letter matching is an important first step for children to learn to recognize letters of the alphabet. In this activity, children won’t have to name the letters, but they will use visual discrimination skills to match letters.

Owl Letter Tumble printable game

How to Make the Owl Letter Tumble Game

To make the game, you will need to print the owl letter mats, laminate if you choose, and cut them out. You will need some letter manipulatives, such as letter magnets or letter tiles.

You can print free paper letter tiles here.

Place the letters that children will need for their letter mat in a cup. For beginners, place 5 letters in a cup and pair it with one mat. That way, the children will only have to sort through 5 letters. For children who are more familiar with letters, you could give them 10 letters with 2 mats (or more).

Owl Letter Tumble Game
Owl Letter Tumble Game

How to Play the Owl Letter Tumble Game

Children will “tumble” the letters out (dump them out of the cup). To cut down on noise, give them a piece of felt to dump their cup of letters on.

Owl Letter Tumble Game with cup of letters dumped out

Children will then look through their letters and match them to the owls on the letter mat.

You can also clip the letter mat to a magnetic board to be used with magnetic letters.

Owl Letter Tumble Game with a magnetic board
Owl Letter Tumble Game with a magnetic board

Download the Owl Letter Game Printables

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34 Comments Tagged With: Fall Activities for Pre-K, Literacy Printables

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Karen is the founder of PreKinders.com. She also works as a full-time Pre-K teacher in Georgia. Read more...

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  1. Jeri says

    October 25, 2010 at 11:37 am

    I am just starting to tutor my first K child. She is at the emergent stage and this game should help her out. Thank You so much.
    Jeri

    Reply
    • Karen says

      October 25, 2010 at 3:10 pm

      Thanks for your comment! I’m glad it will be helpful.

      Reply
  2. phyllis says

    December 31, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    This is great website.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      January 9, 2011 at 3:51 pm

      Thanks, Phyllis!

      Reply
  3. Jen says

    July 2, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    Love this! I printed it off and my 3 year old is asking me to play it “NOW, Mommy!”
    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      July 3, 2012 at 2:57 pm

      Thanks, Jen! Glad he likes it!

      Reply
  4. Marilyn says

    August 9, 2012 at 9:46 pm

    Thanks for the awesome ideas on your site!

    Reply
  5. Colleen says

    September 7, 2012 at 3:16 am

    Wow, your site is fantastic! I’ve been looking for fun activities to reinforce my kindergartner’s new skills, and these are just wonderful. I really like the children’s prayer too- we’re going to start using it every day before we leave for school. You are a wonderful teacher. Every child should get the opportunity to have a teacher like you!

    Reply
  6. Karen Marbaise says

    October 9, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    I love, love love this Website! You have the best ideas and so many great things to download-which makes lesson planning fun. I have been telling my co-workers about your site. Thank you so much for all that you do for your fellow teachers!

    Reply
  7. Eileen says

    December 6, 2012 at 4:57 pm

    Hi there,
    I have become addicted to your site. Thank you soooo much for sharing all of your great ideas! I am a Transitional Kindergarten teacher in California and my class loves the centers. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Anette Silubun says

    January 5, 2013 at 9:33 am

    Thanks for make this website and sharing with us, Karen. It’s a lot of great idea i found here…awesome work! 🙂

    Reply
  9. Kathy L. says

    February 11, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    I am making your game boards, but mixing up the letters so they are not in order, for my kindergarten class. I love all of your ideas. Thank you.

    Reply
  10. Gaby says

    March 7, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    Thanks for this great site! I have had fun doing many of these activities with my 3 year old at home this year!

    Reply
  11. Jeanne G says

    March 18, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    Thank you Karen for sharing your wonderful and great ideas and resources; they are amazing! I’ll be using this with my girl at home and also at the learning centres I’ll be setting up.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 18, 2013 at 7:22 pm

      Thanks, Jeanne! Glad you can use them!

      Reply
  12. Mesquita, Ana says

    July 3, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    I have been teaching Kindergarten for 5 years and soon I will be starting teaching 4’s and a couple of 3’s! Should I write their names around the room for them to identify with capital letters or capital and lower case letters? Thanks, Ana

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      July 4, 2013 at 1:01 am

      First letter capital and the rest lowercase.

      Reply
  13. Shari Chittenden says

    July 30, 2013 at 9:44 am

    Thanks so much for shring your ideas. This activity will be great for my kinders coming in with limited literacy experiences.

    Reply
  14. Lisbon Kim says

    August 6, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    Your site is really awesome~!! I love your all activities and thanks for sharing your great ideas 🙂

    Reply
  15. Jo UK says

    September 30, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    Loving this game (and other ideas on here) … I really needed something to help my Year 1’s with letter recognition. Many thanks

    Reply
  16. Jennifer Granda says

    October 23, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    Great activities

    Reply
  17. Teresa says

    October 24, 2013 at 12:50 am

    You are truly blessed and full of Ideas, thank you so much for sharing your talents with all of us!!!!

    Reply
  18. Lolly says

    February 19, 2014 at 11:38 am

    I print the letters twice so the kids can macth them up. I do not have a color printer. They love to match the letters. Maybe some number match would be nice also. Thank you.

    Reply
  19. Diana says

    June 26, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    I’m so happy that I found your site. Your ideas are fantastic. I look forward to getting your emails and newsletters.
    Thank you,
    Diana

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      June 26, 2014 at 9:45 pm

      Thanks Diana! Glad you found me!

      Reply
  20. KAREN says

    July 23, 2014 at 2:06 pm

    Thank you very much for these valuable resources

    Reply
  21. Jeanine says

    November 2, 2014 at 9:21 am

    Just starting our Owls Unit at home tomorrow, perfectly useful & well-designed! Thank you for sharing these.

    Reply
  22. Tamara says

    July 13, 2015 at 10:06 pm

    I’m a first year teacher, and this is such a fun game. Thank you.

    Reply
  23. Ana says

    September 2, 2017 at 4:32 pm

    Thanks for make this website and sharing with us, Karen. It’s a lot of great idea . I’m My first second semester I’m teacher. Pre-K. My children love to match the letters.

    Reply
  24. Akila says

    November 4, 2020 at 6:04 am

    So cute and amazing owl printables
    This really helps my 4+ and my students.Thanks for these amazing ideas!

    Reply
  25. Jan says

    February 2, 2021 at 4:29 pm

    Your resources are amazing. Thank you for sharing your free resources. I live in Eswatini (Southern Africa). The Dollar is too strong for us teachers. God Bless.
    Unfortunately we are not teaching face-to-face.

    Reply
  26. Tracy Porter says

    September 21, 2021 at 11:59 am

    Thank you Karen so very much for sharing such amazing free learning ideas! You make my teacher life so much better!! You are the BEST!!

    Reply
  27. Anne France says

    September 22, 2021 at 4:39 am

    Hello Karen,
    I love your resources, thank you so much !
    The red and blue letters you use are perfect for a montessori approch in class, where can I find them ?
    Have a nice day,
    Anne

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    • Karen Cox says

      September 22, 2021 at 3:02 pm

      Hi Anne,

      Those letters are from Lakeshore Learning. Item numbers LC356 and LC357 for uppercase and lowercase.

      Karen

      Reply

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