20 Pumpkin Phonics Activities

Since pumpkins are so much fun in the fall, here are some pumpkin activities to add hands-on fun to phonics! You’ll find lots of great ideas here for reinforcing phonics skills in the fall.

Montessori Phonics

Phonics is a very important part of the Montessori language curriculum. Note: In Montessori education, we teach phonetic sounds before letter names. For any of the activities below, I would emphasize the letter sounds. Also, if you want to follow Montessori tradition, make the letters lowercase for your activities. Of course, set up your activities however works best for you and your child or students. You can learn more about Montessori phonics through the links in this post: DIY Beginning Montessori Phonics for Preschoolers. Even though not all the activities featured here were intended to emphasize phonetic sounds rather than letter names, they can easily be taught in that way using techniques from this post: Inexpensive and DIY Sandpaper Letters.

20 Pumpkin Phonics Activities

Alphabet Pumpkins and 5 Playful Literacy Games from The Imagination Tree

P is for Pumpkin Activities from 3 Dinosaurs

Pumpkin Tot Trays with P is for Pumpkin Activities from 1+1+1=1

P is for Pumpkins from This Reading Mama

P is for Pumpkins – Pumpkin Patch Craft from Homeschool Creations

P is for Pumpkin Seeds from Momma’s Fun Word

P Is for Pumpkin from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Pumpkin Sensory Bag for “P Is for Pumpkin” from Teaching Mama

Letter P with Pumpkin Seeds Craft from Teaching Mama

Letter of the Week – P from No Time for Flash Cards

ABC Pumpkin Hop (use phonetic sounds rather than letter names) from The Pleasantest Thing (blog is no longer available)

Beginning Sounds Pumpkin Patch Match from Toddler Approved

P is for Polka Dot Pumpkin from B-Inspired Mama

Pumpkin Gross Motor Jump (use phonetic sounds) from Playing with Words 365

Pumpkin Games (use words that can be sounded out) from Nurture Store

Letter of the Week Snack: P is for Pumpkin from Crystal & Co.

Pumpkin Seed letters from Suzy Homeschooler (blog post is no longer available)

Busy Bag Idea for Fall – Pumpkin Seed Letters for Learning Letter Sounds from Fantastic Fun and Learning

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