Is that a C or an O? To a four-year-old, a round letter is a round letter. Big C, little c and the C at the start of “cat” are a lot to keep straight, and the Letter C Game turns all of it into a cozy starry-night game kids want to play again and again.
Meet Alphy and look up at the night sky over a little campsite. Glowing stars float overhead, each one holding a letter or a picture. Tap the stars with a C and a little comet races along a glowing line, connecting the dots until a surprise picture lights up the sky!
Quick challenge before you scroll: draw a big C in the air. Start at the top, go around, and stop. See the open side? Alphy says big C is open, like a cookie with a bite!
Watch Alphy play the Letter C Game
Play along with the video! Alphy reads every direction and gives your child a moment to find the C first. Pause anytime and let them point to the right star before he does.
How to play
- Listen to Alphy. He tells you what to find, and the cloud at the top shows it too.
- Stars float in the night sky, each holding a letter or a picture. Tap the star holding the right one before the others.
- Round 1: find the big C, and the dots draw a giant C. Round 2: find the little c (watch out for o and e!). Round 3: find the pictures that start with C. Round 4 is a bonus round with everything mixed together.
- A right tap sends a comet racing along a glowing line to the star. A wrong tap gets a kind hint from Alphy, like “Big C is open, like a cookie with a bite.”
- 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 C Game
The big idea is simple: big C and little c are the same letter with the same open shape, and words like cat, cup and car all start with C. The game practices recognizing and naming upper- and lowercase letters (Common Core RF.K.1d) and hearing the first sound in a word.
- Big C: open on the side, like a cookie with a bite. The tricky choices are O, Q and D, the letters kids really mix it up with.
- Little c: the same open shape as big C, just smaller. Watch out for o, e and a!
- C pictures: cat, cup, car, cow and corn all start with C. The goat, dog and pig do not.
- Mixed practice: the bonus round mixes everything and brings back anything your child missed earlier.
Try this at home or in class: draw a few dots on paper and let your child connect them into a big C and a little c. Then go on a C hunt and find a cup, a car and a coat!
More practice with letters and beginning sounds
- Letter C Song (Animated Music Video)
- Letter C Tracing Worksheet
- Write Beginning Sounds K-C Worksheet
- Letter B Game
- Letter A Game
- Letter A Sound Game
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