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Alphabet Train
Find the missing letter in the alphabet train. A free letter game for children aged 3 to 7.
What your child does
A little train pulls in with letters on its carriages in alphabet order, with one carriage empty, for example a b _ d. The voice reads the letters and asks, "Which letter is missing?" Your child taps one of three letters. The right letter jumps into the carriage, the voice reads the whole run, and the train toots off.
What it practises
- Alphabetical order: what comes before and after a letter.
- Letter name recognition.
How to play
- Open Educating Edgar and tap Alphabet Train.
- Listen to the letters, then tap the one that fills the gap.
- A different letter just wiggles, with a chance to try again. There's no penalty.
- After 5 trains, a star and praise finish the round.
It starts gently, near the beginning of the alphabet with the gap in the middle. Each round goes a little further into the alphabet, then trains get a fifth carriage and the gap can be at either end.
Age guide
Made for children of about 3 to 7: preschool or kindy, and the first year of school (Foundation: Kindergarten in NSW and the ACT, Prep in Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania, Reception in SA, Pre-primary in WA, Transition in the NT). Younger children may like to play with a grown-up nearby.
Good to know
- No reading needed: a friendly Australian voice says every instruction and letter name.
- No timers, lives or scores to lose. Wrong answers get a gentle wiggle or bounce and a chance to try again.
- Letter names only (for example "B"), not letter sounds (phonics).
- Letters are shown in Edu NSW ACT Foundation, a free font in the NSW and ACT Foundation handwriting style.
- Big or little letters, train by train, by default. In the grown-ups corner you can choose big letters or little letters instead. The missing letter always comes from the letters you choose to practise; the other carriages are the alphabet around it.
- Works on iPad, iPhone, Android and computers, and offline once it has loaded. Free for personal use.