How to teach alphabets?
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innocentwar
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Does she have any learning difficulties?
Start from singing ABC song. Point to the alphabets as u sing. Can use board books, fridge magnet or flash cards to reinforce the letters. If u r teaching her phonics, she needs to know not only the name of the alphabet & the sound. One alphabet a day, familiarise her with words starting with same alphabet & play games like scavenger hunt around the house for objects starting with the same alphabet. Do craft related to the alphabet, eg. E for elephant. Get ideas from website like "no time for flashcards" http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/letter-e-theme
don't stop there. Read & bring the letters to live. Read books, labels, road signs, magazines
last but not least, have fun!
don't stop there. Read & bring the letters to live. Read books, labels, road signs, magazines
last but not least, have fun!
mumusings
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Hi,
My son's 3 and doesn't do alphabets the conventional AtoZ ways so I am letting him do individual letters in his own time (started off with the more prominent ones like A, B, E, M, S, X etc) and through play. Sometimes invent games so it's more fun/useful for all of us. He seems to learn faster this way.
I also bought foam letters from Value Shop (cheap and can keep spare sets, $2.05 each set). Pictures here here:
http://mumusings.blogspot.com/2011/06/language-learning-alphabets-ala-carte.html
http://mumusings.blogspot.com/2011/06/language-learning-can-i-buy-alphabet.html
I'm not too anxious and prefer to let him learn through playing at home. We're not making things compulsory/routine and it's working well this way - he requests to read/play alphabets rather than we approach him with the resources.
Hope this is of help. Also learning from many mommies on this forum.
My son's 3 and doesn't do alphabets the conventional AtoZ ways so I am letting him do individual letters in his own time (started off with the more prominent ones like A, B, E, M, S, X etc) and through play. Sometimes invent games so it's more fun/useful for all of us. He seems to learn faster this way.
I also bought foam letters from Value Shop (cheap and can keep spare sets, $2.05 each set). Pictures here here:
http://mumusings.blogspot.com/2011/06/language-learning-alphabets-ala-carte.html
http://mumusings.blogspot.com/2011/06/language-learning-can-i-buy-alphabet.html
I'm not too anxious and prefer to let him learn through playing at home. We're not making things compulsory/routine and it's working well this way - he requests to read/play alphabets rather than we approach him with the resources.
Hope this is of help. Also learning from many mommies on this forum.
ai_sakura
Member
ABC Song, and of course try to keep it interesting and show her how it is actually used. Like A is for apple, the show her the apple.. just saying the alphabets by itself might be a lil tough for kids to understand.
And I find that kids like to learn how to spell their own names or family members, friends name so that will help them remember alphabets better I guess
Ai @ http://sakuraharuka.blogspot.com
And I find that kids like to learn how to spell their own names or family members, friends name so that will help them remember alphabets better I guess
Ai @ http://sakuraharuka.blogspot.com
ai_sakura
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Maybe not through a specific alphabet learning app, but an edutainment app like "Doctor for a Day".
It helps my daughter to train her memory, her basic motor skills, her observation skills, increase her vocabulary, learn more about the medical industry and appreciate the hard work of doctors. Free app too!
More details: http://www.sakuraharuka.com/2014/12/bub-me-doctor-for-day-mount-elizabeth.html
Download for iPad, iPad mini and androids here: http://bit.ly/1DTKl9h
It helps my daughter to train her memory, her basic motor skills, her observation skills, increase her vocabulary, learn more about the medical industry and appreciate the hard work of doctors. Free app too!
More details: http://www.sakuraharuka.com/2014/12/bub-me-doctor-for-day-mount-elizabeth.html
Download for iPad, iPad mini and androids here: http://bit.ly/1DTKl9h
Mel_Lee
New Member
For introducing phonetic sounds of the letters of the alphabet, my favourite book is "rhyming around the alphabet big book" by sunshine books. It's very straightforward and children can learn the letters of the alphabet by singing along or reading along the contents of the book. It's also very easy for mummies to pick up the letter sounds as well. 
You can go google this book online. It's a big green book with all 26 letters of the alphabet on the borders of the book.
Learning to write the letters of the alphabet needs to be fun and interesting for young ones. Let her practise writing in sand, on a tray of flour or use pipecleaners to form the letters of the alphabet! Good luck!
You can go google this book online. It's a big green book with all 26 letters of the alphabet on the borders of the book. Learning to write the letters of the alphabet needs to be fun and interesting for young ones. Let her practise writing in sand, on a tray of flour or use pipecleaners to form the letters of the alphabet!
Good luck!
