Tips to Help Your Child Learn Letter Names and Sounds
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Create fun experiences with letter names and sounds. Talk, sing and read with your child every day from birth. Sing the Nemours Alphabet Song and other alphabet songs with your young child. As your child grows, begin to point to the letters and pictures on the cards as you sing. Do not be surprised if your child knows a letter and its sound but then can't remember it the next time you sing the song. This is normal when your child is first learning. There's no need to pressure your child to remember the letters every time.
"Show me the letter" is easier than "tell me the letter. " Ask your child to point to or touch a letter instead of trying to tell you the letter name. Once your child can show you the letter easily, ask him or her to tell you the letter's name.
Use your child's name to practice letter recognition. Children usually learn the letters in their name before learning other letters.
Play with letters together. Bring the alphabet cards with you when you shop or go to a restaurant. Give your child a card and ask him to find the matching letters on products or on a menu. Go on a scavenger hunt with your older child and encourage her to find items that begin with the sound of the letter on a card. For example, "b" is for ball, bag, button and book. Have your child trace the letters on the card with a finger and then try to write them. You can also play with alphabet blocks, magnetic or puzzles. Make learning fun.
Create fun experiences with
letter
names
and sounds. Talk,
sing
and read with your
child
every day from birth.
Sing
the
Nemours
Alphabet Song and other alphabet songs with your young
child
. As your
child
grows,
begin
to point to the
letters
and pictures on the
cards
as you
sing
. Do not
be surprised
if your
child
knows a
letter
and its sound
but
then can't remember it the
next
time you
sing
the song. This is normal when your
child
is
first
learning. There's no need to pressure your
child
to remember the
letters
every time.
"
Show
me the letter
"
is easier than
"
tell
me the
letter
.
"
Ask your
child
to point to or touch a
letter
instead
of trying to
tell
you the
letter
name
. Once your
child
can
show
you the
letter
easily
, ask him or her to
tell
you the letter's name.
Use
your child's
name
to practice
letter
recognition. Children
usually
learn the
letters
in their
name
before
learning other letters.
Play with
letters
together. Bring the alphabet
cards
with you when you shop or go to a restaurant. Give your
child
a
card
and ask him to find the matching
letters
on products or on a menu. Go on a scavenger hunt with your older
child
and encourage her to find items that
begin
with the sound of the
letter
on a
card
.
For example
,
"
b
"
is for ball, bag, button and book. Have your
child
trace the
letters
on the
card
with a finger and then try to write them. You can
also
play with alphabet blocks, magnetic or puzzles.
Make
learning fun.
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