NAEYC · National Association for the Education of Young Children

Early Literacy — printable resources

Building alphabet knowledge, phonics, print awareness, early reading, and basic writing skills.

Early Literacy bridges speech and the written word as young children begin to recognise letters and sounds. Our rich selection of alphabet worksheets, phonics matching tasks, letter-tracing pages, and simple early-writing prompts provides preschool and kindergarten educators with age-appropriate materials to support emergent readers and writers.

Introduce these activities during phonics lessons, pre-writing rotations, or small-group instruction. Work systematically from letter identification in preschool to word building and early sight-word recognition in kindergarten. Integrating these tools daily helps children build print awareness and progress naturally toward NAEYC early literacy benchmarks.

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This alignment is an indicative advisory overlay based on NAEYC accreditation standards and is not an official state curriculum, nor is it endorsed by or affiliated with the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

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