How to Teach the Alphabet to Preschoolers

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Is your preschooler ready to learn the alphabet? If so, this post is for you!

 

What Is Letter Recognition?

Letter recognition—also known as alphabet recognition—is the ability to:

  • distinguish between the 26 letters of the alphabet
  • say the letter name

If your child already knows “The Alphabet Song,” that is a great start! But there is more to letter recognition than being able to sing the ABCs.

You want your child to be able to pick out the individual letters and name them, and that’s where the downloadable activities that follow really shine.

 

 

Should Uppercase or Lowercase Letters Be Taught First?

Developmentally, it will be easier for your child to learn capital letters first. That’s because the visual form of the capital letters is more distinct. Take a look at this row of capital letters:

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

The only letters that could be flipped and mistaken for another letter are M/W.

Now take a look at this row of lowercase letters:

 

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

 

With the lowercase letters, there are several pairs of letters that could be flipped.

  • b/d (flip on the vertical axis)
  • b/p (flip on the horizontal axis)
  • d/p (flip on the horizontal and vertical axis)
  • p/q (flip on the vertical axis)
  • n/u (flip on the horizontal and vertical axis)

 

So that’s why its recommend starting with the “easier” uppercase letters.

 

Keep Track of Which Letters Your Child Knows

When you are teaching letters to your child, make sure that you get to the end of the alphabet. This may seem obvious, but all too often, young children don’t master the last several letters. Be sure that your child knows U, V, and W as well as he knows A, B, and C!

 

Source – https://blog.allaboutlearningpress.com/teach-alphabet/

 

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