Learning Your Letters and Sounds
The Alphabet Chart
Recognition of capital and lower case letters, as well as the sound that the letter makes is important to sounding out words. Once they are familiar with the alphabet and sounds (A says /a/ as in apple, /a/ /a/ /a/) then you can give them a word such as “basket” or “pumpkin” and have them tell you the letter and sound it begins with, or ends with. Another skill is to sound out a word and ask your child what word it is. What word is /c/ /a/ /t/? (Just say the sound of the letter) The child’s response is “cat”.
Fun Ways to Learn Your Letters and Sounds
Go on an alphabet scavenger hunt- Look for letters around your house in magazines, books, your mail, groceries around your house or even use your cell phone's touch pad or text messages.
If you're in your car have your child find letters on signs. You can make flash cards of the letters using paper and crayons. Try to read the letter and the sound and then try to make words. Play games with the cards like concentration, Go fish, etc.... There are lots of free letter apps and gamesyou can download too! Make the learning fun!!!