Is it a b or a d? If your little one has ever mixed them up, you’re in good company. Big B, little b and the “buh” sound are a lot to keep straight at four years old. The Letter B Game turns all of it into a quick peek-a-boo game they’ll beg to play again.
Meet Abby and step into a bright toy-brick garden, where friendly brick moles pop up out of their holes holding signs. Find the B, tap the mole, and watch the toy bricks fly!
Quick challenge before you scroll: say “ball” and “bus” out loud. Feel your lips pop together at the start? That’s the B sound. Abby calls it a lip pop!
Watch Abby play the Letter B Game
Play along with the video! Abby reads every direction and gives your child a moment to find the B first. Pause anytime and let them point to the right mole before she does.
How to play
- Listen to Abby. She tells you what to find, and the yellow brick sign up top shows it too.
- Brick moles pop up out of their holes holding signs. Tap the mole holding the right one before it ducks back down.
- Round 1: find the big B. Round 2: find the little b (watch out for d and q!). Round 3: find the pictures that start with B, like ball, bus and book. Round 4: a bonus round with everything mixed together.
- A right tap makes the mole spring up, its sign flips and toy bricks burst everywhere. A wrong tap? No worries. Abby gives a kind hint, like “Little b has the bat first, then the ball.”
- Keep going for 3, 5 and 10 in a Row, then High Score and Perfect Game, and collect up to 5 stars at the end.
What kids learn with the Letter B Game
The big idea is simple: big B and little b are the same letter, and words like ball, bus and book all start with B. That’s letter recognition and beginning sounds, the building blocks of reading (Common Core RF.K.1d and RF.K.3a).
- Big B: a line down and two bumps. The tricky choices are D, P and R, which look a lot like B.
- Little b: the bat comes first, then the ball. That’s how kids tell b from d and q.
- B pictures: ball, bus, bed, book, box and bug all start with B. Dog, duck and pig don’t, even though they sound close.
- Mixed practice: the bonus round mixes everything and brings back anything your child missed.
Try this at home or in class: go on a B hunt! Find a ball, a book, a box and a bed. Then draw a little b in the air together: the bat first, then the ball.
More practice with letters and beginning sounds
- Letter A Game
- Letter A Sound Game
- To B or to D Worksheet
- Beginning Sounds S, G, H, B Worksheet
- Beginning Sounds Animals Worksheet
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