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Letter Pairs
Match each little letter to its big letter. A free letter game for children aged 3 to 7.
What your child does
Big letters (A, P, N…) sit at the top of the screen and little letters (a, p, n…) at the bottom. Your child drags each little letter onto its big letter, or taps the little letter and then the big one. The voice says each letter's name as it's touched and matched.
What it practises
- Matching lowercase letters to uppercase letters (a goes with A).
- Recognising letters and knowing their names.
How to play
- Open Educating Edgar and tap Letter Pairs.
- Drag a little letter onto the matching big letter, or tap one and then the other.
- A wrong match wiggles gently and the letter goes back, so your child can try again.
- When every pair is matched, a star and some confetti celebrate the round, and the next round starts.
Rounds start with 3 pairs and grow, one pair at a time, up to 6 as your child gets them right.
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.
- Grown-ups choose which letters to practise in the grown-ups corner (press and hold the faded gear on the home screen for 3 seconds). It starts with s a t p i n.
- Works on iPad, iPhone, Android and computers, and offline once it has loaded. Free for personal use.