The plasticware alphabet game is a creative way for early learners to practice recognizing and matching uppercase and lowercase letters. It can also be modified for beginning letter/beginning sound practice as well.
The first step is to buy a set of plastic forks and plastic spoons. It is best to have the largest plasticware possible....within reason. Then, with a permanent marker, print one uppercase letter on each fork until you have one fork with each letter of the alphabet on it. Do the same for the lowercase letters on the spoons.
The original game is to match the lowercase letters on the spoons to the uppercase letters on the forks. In a whole group, you might spill the spoons on the floor. Then, have students choose a fork randomly from a container and find it's partner on the floor. Go around the circle once or twice so that each student can have either one or two turns. In a center, the forks and spoons can be mixed together. The activity would be for one or a small number of students to match the entire alphabet.
If you have a few minutes at the end of a subject or during transition times, you could even choose a spoon out of a container and see how many words students can come up with that starts with the letter on the spoon.