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Different Ways to Teach Alphabets to Young Children

Children love to sing and what better song to sing than the Alphabet Song. Start your day off with a song or two and be sure to include the ABC song.Children love cookies. So for them get alphabet cookie cutters or use frosting to write the letter on each cookie.

Author: Oak
Date: Apr 10, 2013 - 7:59:04 AM

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Most children begin recognizing some letters between the ages of two and three, and can identify most letters between four and five. This means that you can start teaching your child the alphabet when he's around two -- but don't expect full mastery for some time. What's more, toddlers learn differently from older children, so don't pull out the flashcards and audiotapes just yet. Instead, rely on visual aids such as colorful alphabet picture books -- your child will have a great time pointing out the letters he knows, as well as colors, shapes, animals, and other objects in the book.

There are many fun and creative ways to teach your child the alphabet.

Make your own alphabet book with your kids. Largest international schools in bangalore Help your child make a page with each letter. You can have him/her write the letter or find the letter in an old magazine and cut it out. Cut out pictures from an old coloring book or magazine that has words that start with the letter on the page. Whenever you drive anywhere play the ABC game. Have your child find the letter A on billboards, or license plates, or signs. Start with the letter A and then look for letter b, c, etc. Once you finish the alphabet you can play again.

Children love to sing and what better song to sing than the Alphabet Song. Start your day off with a song or two and be sure to include the ABC song. Children love cookies. So for them get alphabet cookie cutters or use frosting to write the letter on each cookie. Have your child tell you which letter he wants to eat! Make your own Bingo cards with construction paper. Write the letters of the alphabet on it. IB schools in bangalore can make this simple by making your Bingo cards more like a Tic-Tac-Toe game or you can make them like a traditional Bingo card. Call out the letters and have your child mark them or put a Bingo chip on the letter. When your child wins they can yell out Bingo! Purchase little prizes from the dollar store to make this even more fun.

Fill a bag with different objects that start with different letter sounds. For example, you could fill it with a car, a book, a pencil, etc. Show the child all the items in the bag. Then put all the items back in the bag. Have them find the items by touching them only. Say can you find something that starts with the letter B? Say what sound does the b make? Then see if they can find the book in your bag just by touching. This game is not only good for learning letters and sounds but also helps them with using their senses and tactile skills.

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