The study adopted descriptive research design to find out the main challenges that pre-primary school teacher’s encounter in the implementation of the play- based teaching method in letter learning. The objectives of this study explore the use of play for letter learning; assess teachers’ perceived value of play-based learning in preschool children letter learning and to assess the factors of play as a teaching method in letter learning appropriately in early children’s classrooms. In this study the researcher used the qualitative research method and descriptive research design. The key findings of the study revealed that the use of play-based teaching in pre-primary school teachers is marred with a lot of challenges. The study find out that lack of experience, motivation and management as well as availability of materials are obstacles to implement play-based preschool teaching. The researcher recommended that play-based teaching techniques enhanced by providing enough material availability, training teachers, and assigning experienced teachers will alleviate the problems