5 ways to teach the alphabet

Teaching the alphabet is foundation for reading and

writing. around the age 2, children begin showing
interest in learning alphabet letter. While some kids
learn letters very quickly, others need more repetition
and time to learn. Today I’m going to share with you
some of my favorite ways to teach the alphabet to
little ones.

Here’s what a preschool should know

before kindergarten
Recite/sing the alphabet
Identify uppercase letters
Identify lowercase letters
Match uppercase letter to
lowercase letters
Identify the sounds each
letter makes
Traces letter
Write some alphabet letters

1. Sing song
 Singing the alphabet song to your child
introduces the letters to them in a fun way.
Start singing to them as a baby and as they
get older, have them start singing along
 some kids love by discovery toys that has a
song about alphabet letters and sounds
they make. It really helped my kiddos learn
their letters as well as the sounds.

2. Read alphabet books

 Read all sorts of alphabet books to your
children, even starting as babies. The repetition
will really help your child learn the alphabet at
a young age. When my oldest was born, I was
surprised at how many alphabet books we had
been given as gifts. We love reading all of them
because they were different from each other
3. Sandpaper letters
 Using sandpaper letters is a great way to
introduce letters to children. This a perfect pre-
writing activity because children use their
finger to trace the sandpaper letters. I love that
the cards tell the child where to start and which
direction to go.

Teach letter to child in the 3period

lesson

1st period
oIs introducing the letter. Show
your child the letter. Have them
trace the sandpaper letter. the best
way to teach children alphabet
letters is by telling them their
phonetic sound.
2nd period
o Is association (“show me” stage). Ask your
child to follow simple direction with the
letters. For example, please pick up the /m/
and set it by the window. Continue to do this
with each letter several times to reinforce
this. If it is too difficult, return to the first
period.

3rd period
o Is recall (“what is this?” period). Only go to this
period when they’ve mastered the other two
periods. Put a letter in front of the child and say
“can you trace this and tell me what it is?”
continue with the other letters in the same way.

o When you use these sandpaper letters, you are

teaching them 3 things: the shape of letters, the
feel of its shape and show its written, and how you
pronounce its sound.
4. Alphabet puzzle
 I think teaching letters with alphabet
puzzles are an amazing tool for teaching
the alphabet. This is my favorite puzzle,
from Melissa and Doug, it’s beautiful
wooden puzzle with neat pictures. This is
a great way to practice vocabulary and
verbal skills, too.

5. Alphabet Printable
 I love pulling out for a quick and easy
activity. I’m always advocating for hands-
on learning, but sometimes it’s nice to do
a few paper activities. Using do a dot
makers or dot stickers is great for hand-
eye according and fine motor sill.
 Here are tools for teaching the alphabet

A. Tactile sandpaper letter

I love using sandpaper letters to introduce
alphabet letters to little ones. It is tactile ways
to show the letters. They can feel the cards
and trace them with their fingers. Plus they
think they are fun! You can find them here.
 B.wiki stick alphabet
wiki sticks are a great hands-on way to show
children how to make the alphabet letters.
You trace the alphabet letters with these
bendy sticks, which you can use over and
over again. It’s a great way to teach correct
letter formations!
 C. Leapfrog letter factory
This is awesome DVD! Some moms have even
told me this DVD taught their child all their
alphabet letters. This cute 35-minute movie
teacher children alphabet letter name and
their sounds! My kids really liked it.
 D. Alphabet formation rhymes
You know that I’ve created alphabet rhymes
to teach writing the ABDs! Each of the letters
have rhymes to teach how to write each
letter. We put them in a 3-ring binder inside
of plastic sheets and I have my kids trace the
letters with dry erase markers
 E.Letter construction set
this is a great hands-on way to “construct” the
alphabet letters! They are really fun to use on
a light table, too!
 F.Learning resources alpha pops
This is great tool for matching uppercase
to lowercase letters. Awesome for
working fine motor skills, too, because
you stick the two popsicles together.
 G. Alphabet sound box
Not only is important for to recognize
and name letter, they need to know
what sound they make. You can make a
sample alphabet sound box to do this.