Learning the ABC’s - Matching Capital to Lower-Case Letters

Learning the ABC’s - Matching Capital to Lower-Case Letters

As children are learning the names of the letters, they often begin connecting the capital letters to their corresponding lower-case letters, as well. There are tons of worksheets available online to work on this skill, but playing games is much more developmentally appropriate and more fun, too! 

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Learning the ABC’s - Naming the Letters

Learning the ABC’s - Naming the Letters

In the midst of all the playing and matching and pointing to letters, your child is likely to begin naming the letters as well. While associating the names of letters with the symbol does not really enable you to read (you need to know the sounds to do that), it does make spelling and other skills much easier, and it is part of the natural progression of learning to read.

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Learning the ABC’s - Identifying Letters by Pointing

Learning the ABC’s - Identifying Letters by Pointing

After your child is able to match letters, it is time to move to the next step. Identifying letters by pointing as they are called out is a much higher level skill, so it may take longer for your child to master, but also signifies that they actually know the letter, so it is quite an accomplishment!

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Learning the ABC's - What Comes First?

Learning the ABC's - What Comes First?

Learning the ABC’s is always one of the early educational milestones that parents look forward to, yet there are so many smaller steps leading up to it. This series focuses on ways to help your child learn the alphabet in a developmentally appropriate way.

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