Posts Tagged ‘Alphabet’
Alphabet letter cards are useful for building words!
Small alphabet letter cards for individual/ pair use are an essential tool in the early childhood classroom. They give young learners the opportunity to use a kinaesthetic approach to learning by handling the letters and physically placing them in order to make words. Please find a free downloadable printable set of alphabet letter cards for…
Read MoreUse alphabet flashcards and charts to teach letter names and sounds
Teaching the Alphabet using Alphabet Flashcards and Charts The very first thing children need to learn is that written letters represent sounds. As adults, we often forget how difficult this is. They need to learn that letters have names (for example, Aa – Ay Bb – Bee Cc – Cee Dd -Dee) and that each…
Read MoreTeaching Phonics – how to sound the letters
This video clip demonstrates how to pronounce the letter sounds, with special reference to vowel sounds which differ from language to language. This can cause confusion and mispronunciation when reading in English. Simply explained, phonics is the teaching of letter sounds. Each of the 26 letters in the alphabet has a name and a sound.…
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