Show and Tell Ideas for every single letter? Yes, you are in the right place! No parent wants to be scrambling around last minute helping their child look for something to bring for show and tell!

Thought show and tell was a thing of the past? Think again! Show and Tell was one of my favorite parts of teaching Kindergarten. Every Friday was Show and Tell, but of course we made it educational too!

Each week show and tell corresponded to the letter we were learning. Students would bring an item from home that started with that letter and then we would use the experience as part of our writing workshop lesson. This is sometimes also called a letter bag.

Show and Tell Tips:

• Don’t send anything valuable, irreplaceable, fragile or dangerous to school.
• Make sure your child is able to tell about the object they are bringing for show and tell.
• Plan ahead. Nothing is more stressful that running around your house at 7:10 a.m. before the bus arrives trying to find something that starts with the letter z on a whim. Remember, this is a fun activity that is meant to enhance your child’s learning!
• Involve your child. Let them choose what object they want to show and tell! They are the ones learning the alphabet after all!

Show and Tell in the Classroom

Are you a teacher planning show and tell for your classroom? Check out this post on how to use show and tell to teach phonics and this printable Alphabet Show and Tell Journal.

Show and Tell Alphabet Ideas

Now before we get started, I totally understand that a few of the Show and Tell ideas below can’t really be brought to school.

For example, under the letter Q I have the word quarterback. I know that you probably can’t track down your favorite quarterback and fit him in your child’s backpack. If you can, feel free to send Dak Prescott my way, but maybe you have a jersey of your favorite quarterback, or a trading card or picture of a quarterback, or an autograph from a quarterback…

Don’t be afraid to think outside of the box and encourage your child to be creative! There are also a lot of objects on the list that you probably have around the house in a picture, toy, or stuffed form!

Letter A Ideas

• apple
• ant
• acorn
• axil
• arch
• art
• arrow
• arm
• artist smock
• alligator
• armadillo
• airplane
• aluminum foil

Letter B Ideas

• bottle
• bandaid
• basket
• butterfly
• baby
• box
• boat
• bat
• bear
• bagel
• barometer
• banana
• ball
• book
• BINGO card
• bird
• birdhouse
• block
• basketball
• baseball
• blanket

Letter C Ideas

• cup
• candle
• cat
• caterpillar
• cinnamon
• clothespin
• crayon
• card
• cotton
• carton
• car
• collar
• cereal
• cucumber
• cabbage
• carrot
• cake
• cookie
• cupcake
• celery
• candy
• corn
• comb
• coffee
• cardinal
• camera
• crib
• composition book
• cottonball
• cotton candy
• cactus
• clock
• cookbook

Letter D Ideas

• doll
• dinosaur
• domino
• dice
• dollar
• dime
• duck
• DVD
• dog
• doctor 
• diaper
• Dallas
• donkey
• drum

Letter E Ideas

• elephant
• egg
• ear
• earring
• envelope
• egg carton
• eraser

Letter F Ideas

• foil
• fork
• fruit
• farm
• food
• funnel
• floss
• frame
• face
• fire
• frog
• fern
• flag
• flower

Letter G Ideas

• glasses
• game
• goat
• gorilla
• glow in the dark
• grocery bag
• grass
• garbage
• glitter
• something that is gold
• something that is green
• gum

Letter H Ideas

• hat
• horse
• heart
• hula hoop
• ham
• honey
• house
• hummus

Letter I Ideas

• index card
• inchworm
• ice
• inch
• introduction
• iris
• ice cream cone
• icing 

Letter J Ideas

• Jello
• jellybeans
• jet
• jingle bells
• jeans
• juice
• jacket
• jam

Letter K Ideas

• key
• kite
• keychain
• ketchup
• keyboard
• koozie
• kangaroo
• kitten

Letter L Ideas

• lotion
• ladybug
• lion
• lollipop
• lanyard
• leaves
• lid
• licorice
• LOL Dolls
• lemon
• lemonade mix
• lime

Letter M Ideas

• magazine
• mouse
• monkey
• math
• mustache
• movie
• medicine
• magic 

Letter N Ideas

• noodles
• numbers
• ninja
• necklace
• nut
• notepad
• note
• newspaper
• nickel
• napkin
• nurse
• nightlight
• nutcracker
• necktie

Letter O Ideas

• orange
• onion
• Oreo
• owl
• olive
• octopus
• oatmeal
• ornament

Letter P Ideas

• pine cone
• picture
• pig
• pen
• pencil
• picture frame
• popcorn
• purse
• paper clip
• ping pong ball
• penny
• peach
• pear
• play dough
• plum
• patch
• pumpkin
• pajamas
• princess

Letter Q Ideas

• quarter
• queen
• quilt
• quarterback
• Q- Tip
• question mark

Letter R Ideas

• radish
• race car
• rainbow
• remote
• rabbit
• Ranch dressing
• rice
• rubberband
• ring
• robot
• ribbon

Letter S Ideas

• shirt
• scarf
• shorts
• shoe
• sunglasses
• stickers
• Smarties
• straw
• stethoscope
• Skittles
• stem
• swimsuit
• spoon
• sign
• sprinkles
• sunflower
• snake
• sandwich
• sour cream
• Sour Patch Kids
• slime
• song
• Santa Claus
• soup
• sun
• spider
• spaghetti
• soccer ball
• school box
• school bus
• submarine
• strawberry
• spatula

Letter T Ideas

• toy
• turtle
• toothbrush
• truck
• tarter sauce
• tree
• ticket
• tricycle
• timer
• thyme
• tape
• telephone
• tea
• tomato
• T-Rex
• towel
• Twizzlers

Letter U Ideas

• umbrella
• UV Rays
• unicorn
• uncle
• unicycle
• ukulele
• undershirt
• uniform

Letter V Ideas

• vegetable
• volcano
• velvet 
• vase
• vine
• vegetable
• van
• vest
• violin
• vulture
• vanilla

Letter W Ideas

• watch
• wrench
• wallet
• wood
• wings
• wagon
• watermelon
• something that is white
• wig
• wand
• witch
• water
• wash
• washcloth 
• whisk
• wall paint (a paint sample card from a home improvment store)

Letter X Ideas

• X Box Game Box
• X-Ray
• xylophone

Letter Y Ideas

• yoyo
• yogurt
• young
• yoga mat
• an object that is yellow

Show and Tell Letter Z Ideas

• zoo
• zebra
• zipper
• zucchini
• zig zag
• Zinnia
• zero
• zoodles

Show and Tell Final Thoughts

Show and tell doesn’t have to be a last-minute scramble! With this A-to-Z list in your back pocket, you’ll always have a fun, letter-perfect idea ready to go. If you thought of something that didn’t make the list, drop it in the comments — I’d love to hear what your little one brings to class!