Letter tiles can be a great learning tool for learning the alphabet, the sounds of the alphabet, as well as spelling.  Some activities you can do with your letter tiles are:

Memory Game – Match upper case and lower case letters by placing tiles upside down and taking turns by turning two tiles over each turn.

Matching – Place a group of tiles of matching letters; example:  t, t, a, a, p, p, b, b. Have child match pairs.

Letter Name Game – Say the letter name and have child find the letter from a selection of tiled letters.

Letter Sound Game – Speak the sound of a letter and have child find the letter from a group of tiled letters.

Spell Names – Spell the names of family members and friends.

Spell simple words (or more complex words, as skill develops) – this can be done by choosing an ending such as “-at” and having the child put different beginning sounds to create new words (word families).

Here are a couple websites for creating some matching activities to use with your letter tiles:

Letter Tile Mats (beginning recognition activities for identifying letters and sounds)

Blank Letter Tile Cards (concept similar to Boggle Jr, but you get to choose the words)

Enjoy some fun activities learning with your child.  If you think of additional ideas that Letter Tiles can be used, please comment and share with us (and each other)!