Learning letters 3 year old

10 ways to start teaching the alphabet to a toddler

If you are looking for the step by step guide on how to teach the alphabet to a toddler, look no further! This is the ultimate guide and will give you all the steps you need to go from zero to recognizing letters.

Is it just me with anxiety when it comes to start teaching? there are so many resources out there but everything seems to be broken down in pieces?

What do I do first? what letters? upper case? lower case? do I d letter of the week? do I pick a theme?

If you want to start teaching the ABCs but don’t know where to start or how, follow along. When I started searching for answers I found a lot of activities but not a clear direction on what to do first and how to move forward. I did my research, I consulted with Pre-K teachers, put It all together in an easy to follow path.

This ultimate guide will answer all your questions, give you a path to follow and ease up the anxiety.

To help you get started teaching the alphabet to a toddler, this article will discuss how you can introduce the alphabet to a toddler for the first time, What letters to teach first, and finishing with various activity ideas to fast-track their learning.

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For us teaching the alphabet came at closer to three years old but for you it might come earlier or later. It really doesn’t matter, kid develop at different times and that is true when it comes to earning Preschool concepts too.

How do you know if your toddler is ready for learning the alphabet?

Before you start teaching the alphabet you want to make sure your toddler is developmentally ready for it. There is no point in creating a bunch of activities about letters if your child could care less about the letter at this time.

The very step in learning the alphabet is to start with letter recognition.

In order to evaluate if a toddler was ready for letter recognition activities, leave letters around the house. Take out those alphanet puzzles you have, the letter magnets for the bathtub and the magnet ones for the refrigerator.

Things to notice:

Will he/she be attracted to the letters? Will he/she bring it to you and ask “what is this”, will he/she play and arrange the letters. Basically, is your child interested?

For a while, he could care less about these letters, but once he hit 2.5 and we started working on recognizing numbers, he quickly shifted to asking me “what letter is this” as he grabbed one and gave it to me.

BINGO!

That was my sign he was ready to start learning the alphabet!

When should a child recognize letters of the alphabet?

• By age 3: Kids start recognizing some letters and can sing or say aloud the “ABC” song.
• By age 4: Kids may recognize about half the letters in the alphabet and start to connect letters to their sounds. (Like s makes the /s/ sound.)
• By age 5: Kids often know all the letters of the alphabet and their correct order.

Methods to teach the ABCs

Start Teaching letter recognition first of their first name

The first step in getting exposure to the alphabet is to start working on letter recognition. This means, that a child can see a letter and identify what letter it is and what sound does it make.

Write your child’s name in a paper with a yellow highlighter and laminate it. Each morning, grab a marker and review each of the letters as you mark them. Have them practice the tracing. You can place your hand over his/hers as you practice.

In an ideal world, you would start the alphabet from the beginning, in chronological order. However, despite popular belief, this is not the best way of teaching the alphabet to a toddler. To increase memory function, alongside sparking interest, it’s advised to teach the letters of their name first.

Begin by slowly introducing the letters of their name. Their name is very special to them and it attached meaning to them. perhaps after saying their name. For example, “Manuel” your name starts with M, mmm this is the letter M.

Repetition is key; the more you can repeat this, the better and quicker they will begin to associate that letters have meaning, even if this is subconscious.

There are various other activities you can use to teach them the letters of their name, too. For example, you could read activity books, placing greater emphasis on these letters, get creative with some alphabet-themed arts and crafts, or begin naming objects and spelling these out as you go.

In essence, it’s all about creating a fun and rewarding learning environment. This stimulates learning, allowing your toddler to progress quickly, best preparing them for their lower years of school and life.

Should I teach capital or lowercase letters to introduce the alphabet?

Some people say that lowercase letters should be taught before uppercase ones. Their argument is that they are exposed to the lower case letters more often than the upper, and that’s a valid point.

But…. I also learned that:

Lowercase letters are more complex and are harder to draw compared to uppercase letters. It is also, more common to see on books they read and sighs around their town.

The Handwriting Without Tears Method (I researched and fell in love with their system, and although implemented mostly at schools, it is a method I will be implementing at home and creating worksheets and activities based on their system).

This system says that when teaching upper letters you will recognize 4 common shapes. Little stick, big stick, little curve and big curve.

Upper letter cases all start at them same place, while lowercase letters have many shapes and every letter start in different places.

I was sold on that technique! I definitely want to make it easier for my child to start recognizing letters so we will start with uppercase letters.

I want my child to be able to build upper case letter with wooden sticks without having to learn how to write them first, and this method seems easy to grasp.

Do you have to start with either or? Not at all. You can do them both, choose one or the other. The fist step is to get them expose to the letters as much as you can. Point them out and show what sound does the letter make as well as things and animals associated with each letter.

What to teach after their name?

The Jolly Phonics Program is a proven, fun, and multi-sensory method of learning used to excel children’s learning in both reading and writing from an early age. After teaching your toddler, the letters of their name, adopting this method is an excellent next step. This method consists of teaching groups of letters in sets;

the entire phonics programme can be seen below:

1. s, a, t, i, p, n
2. c, k, e, h, r, m, d
3. g, o, u, l, f, b
4. ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or
5. z, w, ng, v, 00, oo
6. y, x, ch, sh, th, th
7. qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar

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Jolly Phonics is a widely popular method in the United Kingdom, however, also used in various schools and pre-schools in the U.S. Past studies have shown great success with this method when you teach the ABCs to 3 year old, resulting in improved selling, comprehension skills, reading, writing, and whole word phonics, from a young age.

Furthermore, this method or similar adaptations allow toddlers to begin forming whole words quickly. After learning a small minority of the phonics, children can begin forming words, such as: “at,” “in,” and “an.”

Introducing these letters one by one, and as quickly as possible (this is entirely individual-based) creates a sense of pride and accomplishment for your child. There’s no better feeling than understanding, and for a parent, watching your child learn and utilise their new words in everyday life.

Over time, after repetition has kicked in, your toddler will begin forming whole words with ease, perfecting the sounds, and perhaps actions that go with them. This can be difficult, however, ensure your child is ready to learn, becoming less frustrated and more likely to actively participate.

Remember: repetition is the key to success. Whilst it’s okay to have a day off once in a while, ensure to resume a regular schedule to fast-track their learning. Oh, and remember to keep it fun – that’s the heart of stimulation!

When your toddler starts showing show an interest in learning the alphabet here are a few ideas of fun activities you can introduce to aid the learning process.

Fun Activities to teach the ABCs to 3 year old

These activities can be centered around multiple letters, or individual letters, spending more or less time on each one depending on how quickly they pick it up.

Alongside these individual tasks, implementing regular reading with your toddler is an excellent way to increase comprehension and phonic skills.

Use flashcards to Teach ABCs

Using flashcards to create games is a great way for visual associations of each letter.

Flashcards help with the visualization and association of each letter with an object, piece of fruit, or person. For example, “a” could be associated with an apple or an animal, such as an 🍎 apple.

Try to look for flashcards that are simple and visually attractive. Get two sets. This way, you can play a variety of games. Start by matching the images, and then moving on to matching the image that is associated with each letter. Lastly, move on to match letters.

Start with only 2 sets, and move on gradually adding more as your toddler starts learning and recognizing more letters.

Use Sensory activities to learn the alphabet

A favorite of mine is teaching using sensory play. Creating activities around a letter will allow time for them to play, explore and really soak in the information. I have done full sensory classes to talk about the letter A as pictured above. We did an messy apple pie, activity, had apples and flashcards and letter A puzzles laying around. They fully dove into (literally) into the letter A.

You can recreate this with any letter, creating fun sensory bins.

Use playdough Mats to learn the ABCs

Not feeling like getting messy with a sensory bin? another great idea is the use of playdough. Playdough is a great activity for hand motor skill development which eventually will translate in learning how to hold a pencil, tie their shoes, buttoning a jacket among other things.

Use playdough mats to trace each letter with the playdough. You can do these by combining the mat with a theme like we did above for the letter M. We made galaxy playdough because our theme was THE MOON.

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Use Games to teach the alphanet

A fun and easy game you can play is naming objects. This can be done anywhere and requires no equipment, also making for a great road trip game. Each time you spot an object, animal, say the sound of the letter it starts with with your toddler repeating this motion. Mmm-Mmm-Mmm is for Monkey. Focus on the sounds of the letters, as this is what their most responsive too.

We do this often as a game during our letter of the week while we are on the swing. I stand in from and while the swing comes closer to me I say a word that starts with the letter we are working on. Example: Mmm-Mmm-Mmm is for Moon

While the swing goes back, is his turn to repeat. Do it a few times and they will catch on. Suddenly, your toddler will want to be interested in learning more words that start with that letter so that he can participate in saying new words.

While there are other better methods out there, this is a quick and easy one that you can do while having fun. And besides, repetition and learning through fun is key to successful and engaging learning.

Use ABC books to teach the alphabet

You’ve probably already have a few ABC books at home. This is similar to flashcard activity; for example, the letter “a” may contain a picture of an apple. Reading these books regularly is a great way to reinforce pre-existing knowledge and association of the letter A sound with the word apple.

As a general rule of thumb: aim to read these books at least once to two times a week, more if your toddler requests them, as they usually do! Even if they are more focused on the images, ensure to point out and read out each letter and the associated object. It’s about exposing them to the letters as much as we can and pointing the letters to slow down and recognize each one.

This strengthens knowledge and subconsciously contributes to a better understanding of the alphabet and individual letters as a whole.

Use the ABC song but make it fun!

Rhymes and songs can be extremely effective, so be sure to implement these to reinforce your child’s alphabet learning.

It’s well-known and a widely acknowledged fact that rhymes are an important part for language development, well they are a great tool for learning the ABCs as well.

A fun way I learned you can sing the abc and make it fun is to do it as if other animals are singing.

Say woof woof woof instead of abc.. as you point each letter on a poster. This sure grabbed by son’s attention more at the beginning than singing the ABCs as I followed the poster.

When singing the ABCs using a poster, grab a stick or a spoon and tap each one as you sing. This way they can visually see the letter and associate it with how it looks.

A fun activity we do is that each morning, my son gets to pick what we use to point to the letters. Sometimes is a stick we painted and decorated together and another days is a spooky skeleton hand we got during Halloween.

My son loves o be the one who points as we sing, so I guide his hand as we do. This technique for him more interested and focused!

Use Poems and Rhymes

Besides from singing the ABC song, use poems and make up your own rhymes that reinforce what sounds start with each letter.

Don’t worry, you don’t need to come up with these by yourself, unless of course, you’re feeling creative!

This one we used for our Letter of the week M.

Often, these rhymes and songs will be paired with follow-along dances, actions, and animations. These are designed to get your child actively involved in the learning process.

If they need to remember a specific letter, they will refer back to the song in their mind in search of the letter or piece of information they are looking for.

Use crafts to learn Letters

Kids learn through doing, and crafts are often a very exciting activity for them. They get explore their creative side and the brain is able to make connections between the left and right side.

If you are following the letter of the week approach or a theme a week approach, you can implement letter crafts.

Print out one letter per page and glue items that start with that letter onto the paper. Or you can create different animals or objects using the letter as a base.

Use printables and coloring pages

Coloring pages and printable worksheets are fun to use from time to time. Get your favorite markers, watercolors, stickers and use coloring pages featuring the letters and things that start with each letter. The above was one of the pages we used for our letter P weekly activities.

Last thought on introducing the alphabet to a toddler

Around the ages of two and three, your toddler may begin to take an interest in learning, in particular, the alphabet. Teaching the alphabet can be fun when using creative activities like matching, sensory bins, playdough mats, printables and crafts. No matter what activities you choose, by implementing various fun and interactive activities letter recognition will come naturally.

Remember that we are starting to teach them that words have meaning and words are made up of letters.

Start by teaching your child the letters that make their name up followed by the Jolly phonics program. This is immersive and fun, and creates an excellent stepping stone and drive for wanting to learn other letters.

Teach lowercase first, as this is easier to teach and to learn. Unlike uppercase letters, lowercase is much simpler, both in design and understanding. Ensure not to mix the two up, or this could cause confusion for your toddler.

Remain consistent with your approach, reinforcing repetition in whatever method you choose. To experience the greatest success, fast-tracking their learning of the alphabet, implement a variety of activities, whether that’s reading books, listening to nursery rhymes, creating fun songs, or engaging in various arts and crafts.

Most importantly, however, remain patient with your toddler. It takes time to learn; some kids have it easier than others. But if you stick with it, they will eventually get it, at their own pace.

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30+ Awesome Ways to Teach the Alphabet

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March 5, 2020 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: 30 Awesome Ways to Teach the Alphabet -And You Won’t Need Flashcards. Free printables included!

Preschool parents are concerned their children won’t learn their ABCs. I get that. I was that parent.

Then I became a preschool teacher. I relaxed. As a teacher, I know that alphabet learning  should be hands-on. It’s not about flash cards or workbooks. It’s about providing playful literacy activities that excite young children to want to learn more.

If you are a preschool teacher, you might wonder at what part of your day should you include alphabet learning. My answer? All day long.

Remember my post about how to add literacy in all areas of the classroom? (If not, I’ve got you covered. Just click here.) Parents can add similar activities in the home.

Bottom line: keep it fun while you teach the alphabet and let them explore!

Download these free alphabet printables that can be used with Do-a-Dots. (Tot School)

Trace letters using cars and these free road letter printables. (Playdough to Plato)

Practice writing letters in spices for an additional sensory experience. (Frog in a Pocket)

Download these free block letter printables and see over 150 ways your child can fill them. (The Measured Mom)

Use recycled materials to make a Feeding the Alphabet Monster Game. (I Can Teach My Child)

Create lines and curves on rocks to teach preschoolers correct letter formation. (You Clever Monkey)

Children can make their own watercolor alphabet chart to hang in their rooms. (Homegrown Friends)

Do you explore a letter of the week? If so, check out B-Inspired Mama’s letter-of-the-week collection.

Enjoy listening to a variety of alphabet books. (This Reading Mama)

Write letters on beans for a simple letter matching activity using muffin tins. (The Imagination Tree)

Add literacy to music with some fun alphabet songs. (Fun-a-Day)

Create letters with Duplos after downloading these free letter printables. (123 Homeschool for Me)

Add letters to your block area for some added literacy fun.

Explore letters in the sensory table. Both toddlers and preschoolers love this activity!

Make your own tactile cards! Tactile cards allows children to explore the alphabet by tracing the letters with their fingers. (Teaching Mama)

Add some science to your literacy activities – one for each letter of the alphabet. (Science Sparks)

Break the ice and find the letters. (Super God Not Super Mom)

Find out what happens when you drop watercolors onto letters with glue and salt. (A Dab of Glue)

Help children learn their letter sounds while playing an alphabet sorting game. (Free printable from Tot Schooling)

Feed the shark some alphabet fish. (Toddler Approved)

Use letters in small world play by making a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree. (Buggy and Buddy)

Explore the alphabet while baking a variety of foods with your children. (Life at the Zoo)

Get in the kitchen and make alphabet pretzels. (Simple Today Life)

Get your body moving while learning the alphabet with bean bags. (Teach Preschool)

Identify letters by name and sound while kicking a ball. (Fun Learning for Kids)

Practice the alphabet outside by making a letter museum. (Rubberboots and Elf Shoes)

Trace letters on the ground and watch them erupt. (Learn, Play, Imagine)

Help your children learn the letters in their names with fun, hands-on name activities.

Press letters into playdough to make your name. (123 Homeschool 4 Me)

Build your name using Duplo bricks. (No Time for Flashcards)

Make a simple letter box for recognizing and sorting letters.

Use magnetic letters on a cookie sheet. (Free printable from The Intentional Momma)

If you have some magnetic letters, you will want to try one of Growing Book By Book’s ideas from their magnetic alphabet collection.

FREE alphabet matching printables!

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5 Ways to Learn the Alphabet Quickly and Easily with a 3-6 Year Old Child – Somersault

Before learning the alphabet with a child, it is important to understand what you are not going to do. Namely, learning to read. This is a more complex skill, so it is worth putting it off until the time when the child gets acquainted with all the letters and will confidently recognize them and write on their own. Until then, put off the alphabet and reading by syllables.

In this article, we have put together the basic principles to quickly learn the Russian alphabet with a 3-6 year old child in a playful way. For all games with letters, you can use plasticine, paints and any improvised means or magnetic letters - they will easily attract the attention of the child.

Contents:

1. Learn the Alphabet Easily: Basic Principles
2. 5 ways to learn the alphabet with your child
3. From alphabet to reading

How to Learn the Alphabet Easily: Basic Principles

Each child can find an easy way to learn the alphabet that suits him or her, but there are basic principles that are important for all children. If you do not follow them, study will turn into drill and the child is unlikely to ever love to read. Here are a few such principles on how to properly learn the alphabet for a child.

1. Learn sounds first, not letters . At the first stage of learning, it does not matter how the letters in the alphabet are called correctly. Now only sounds are important for the child - "d", and not the letter "De". The names of the letters will only confuse the child, who first needs to learn to recognize the shape of the letters and their sound.
2. Not learning the alphabet in the correct sequence . Until a child goes to school, it is of no use to him to know how the letters are arranged in the alphabet. This information will only distract him from what is really important: how the letters look and sound. The sequence of the alphabet can be learned later or even at school, where this knowledge will be tested by the teacher.
3. Do not turn learning into a lesson . Learning from call to call is difficult even for children at school, let alone a baby. Therefore, all learning should take place in a playful way and not for long: 5-7 minutes a day to get acquainted with the letters will be enough. Gradually, this time can be increased, especially if the child likes the proposed games with letters.
4. Use material objects . At the age of 3-6 years, the child learns the world by touch and taste. It is difficult for him to work with abstract letters spoken aloud. Therefore, it is better to stock up on plasticine and paints and create letters that are more understandable to the child and can be touched. Such a game for children will allow the child to learn the letters of the alphabet and he will recognize them in different forms regardless of what they are made of.
5. First vowels, then consonants . Vowel sounds are easier to pronounce, so it's worth starting with them.

The main thing is not to force anyone. If you see that the child is inquisitive, enjoys exploring the world and is ready to learn, you can move on to learning letters and the alphabet. So the child will be happy to learn the alphabet in a playful way and gradually learn to read. So that the game is not abstract, you can use the magnetic letters TUMBLING.

5 ways to learn the alphabet with your child

1. Use an interesting topic to study

Use your child's interest to spur his motivation to learn. For example, if your kid is crazy about cars, let them be the topic in which you learn the alphabet. Use any words related to cars:

"A" - bus
"B" - trunk
"C" - driver, etc.

You can show cars and their parts, draw or sculpt from plasticine. It is important that the child's focus shifts from learning to doing what they love. Additionally, the method will help expand vocabulary and knowledge about the world.

2. Cross out a letter of the alphabet in the list

Fill in a small square with arbitrary letters. The task is to cross out only the letter that you are studying. This will help the child focus on one letter and not get distracted by the ones he doesn't remember or don't know.

3. Pulling the letters of the alphabet out of the pouch

The soft-touch magnetic letters are perfect for this method. Put the letters in a bag and give the child the task, without looking, to pull out only the letter that you thought of. Let there not be too many letters in the bag, otherwise the child will get confused. 6-7 pieces will be enough. To start, use letters that are very different in shape, such as "O" and "M". Gradually, the complexity can be increased and searched among similar letters, for example, "K" and "X". Don't forget to praise and encourage your child. You can alternate the learning process with desktops.

4. Recognize letters of the alphabet by ear

You pronounce a word, and if it contains a hidden letter, the child claps his hands.

With this game for kids, you can learn individual letters or the entire alphabet. For example, you name a word, and the child inserts its first letter into the insert frame. To stimulate your child's interest, you can use only words from his favorite topic, for example, the names of animals.

5. Guess words starting with the first letter

You choose one letter and think of a word that starts with that letter. For example, the letter "Z":

- What is this animal with big ears and loves carrots?
- Hare!

This game form is again suitable for learning individual letters or the entire alphabet. If you learn only one letter, the child gets used to quickly recognizing it in different words. And if you give words with different letters, the child as a whole learns to understand with which letter they begin. With the study of the account and the English language will also help TUMBLING.

From the alphabet to reading

When a child learns the Russian alphabet, confidently recognizes all the letters in different words and can draw or mold them on his own, it is worth moving on to reading. Because you need to learn the alphabet just so that the child can read. If knowledge is not used, it will hang as an extra burden, and by the time school will be forgotten. Therefore, you should not learn the alphabet too early: at 3-4 years old, a child is simply not interested in reading books in order to learn something new. He is more interested when his mother reads. Conversely, by the age of six, the child will be glad to have his own books to read them himself.

How to learn letters and the alphabet with a child aged 3-6

Do you want to know the most effective way to teach your child letters and learn the alphabet in the shortest possible time? With our recommendations, it will not be difficult for you to teach your child the alphabet at 3-6 years old. In just a month of short lessons, you can learn vowels and consonants with your child and start reading.

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Why teach your child the alphabet

Before introducing your child to the letters of the Russian alphabet, answer yourself the question WHY you want to do it right now. Is your child 5 or 6 years old and you want to prepare him for school? He is 2 years old and you want to show off the successes of the little genius to your friends and relatives? The kid is 3 years old and you want to "invest in him the maximum" in all ways available to you, so as not to miss the optimal moment for all-round development? What?

Of course, you can teach your child the alphabet at any age. You can show letter cards from the cradle, but... Let's put parental ambitions aside and focus on the object - the child. Why does he need to know letters? Right to read! Are you sure that right now he is READY to learn the basics of reading? Read what conditions are necessary in order to teach a child to read in our articles and only after that make the right decision:

• How to teach a child to read at 3 years old: pros and cons
• How to teach children 4 years to read
• How to teach a child to read in syllables
• How to teach a child to read well: methods of teaching reading

Any knowledge must be applied in practice. You must clearly understand that the study of letters and the alphabet is teaching the child to read. Otherwise, there is no point, there are a lot of other effective ways to develop memory, thinking, speech. It is not necessary for this to learn letters with a one and a half year old malupas, who is not yet able to pronounce them correctly. If you start learning the alphabet too early, there is a high chance that the child will simply forget the letters by the time he is ready to learn to read. Or the second, more "terrible" moment. Having learned “be”, “ve”, “de”, the child will not be able to read, because other rules work when reading. To merge syllables and turn them into words, you need to pronounce sounds completely different. Relearning is always harder. Be careful with the choice of talking toys and books: they do not always pronounce the letters correctly!

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The knowledge of the alphabet alone will not give the baby anything. He will simply memorize it like a song or a rhyme, but this will not teach him to read. Therefore, leave the study of the alphabet for children 5-6 years old, who will need it at school, and with toddlers, just learn the letters without adhering to the alphabetical sequence.

• The alphabet is not just all the letters, it's the letters in a CERTAIN sequence.
• The alphabet is the base of any language.
• The alphabet is the key to all dictionaries, reference books, encyclopedias and other documents where order and systematization are important.
• Knowing the alphabet saves time.

Learning letters: where to start

In what order to learn letters? Do I need to learn the alphabet? Start with vowels or consonants?

Let's be clear, so:

1. No need to learn letters in alphabetical order.

2. Do not learn letters mixed up: either vowels or consonants.

3. First, learn the 10 vowel letters with your child.

We wrote in detail about how to learn 10 vowels in 5 lessons. The technique is really very effective and simple. Any mom will do.

4 . Consonants are best taught after vowels.

5. Name the sounds, not how the letter is pronounced in the alphabet.

Why is it important to learn 10 vowels well?

As practice shows, children who read badly stumble because they forget how to read vowels. So that the child does not “stumble” while reading, take your time learning the letters. At the initial stage, pay attention to the vowels: how they are pronounced, how they look in writing. And only after that go to the consonants.

How to teach a child the alphabet at 3-4 years old

If you decide to teach your child the letters at 3 years old, remember that nothing can be done by force, only games, only entertaining exercises and NO FORCE. These recommendations are relevant for any age, because you do not want to develop a reluctance to study and go to school in the future.

• Don't expect your child to memorize many letters at once. Do not aim to learn the entire alphabet, it will take time.
• Twice a week give your child new material, and on other days repeat and reinforce what has been learned.
• With a child of 3-4 years old, it is enough to do 2-7 minutes a day.
• Learn vowels in pairs, so it will be easier for the child to remember: A - I, O - E, U-Yu, Y - I, E - E.
• Before introducing the child to consonants and starting to learn to read, make sure that the knowledge of all vowels is brought to automatism.

How to learn consonants: a game method

There are many more consonants than vowels. It will take more patience, effort and time to study them. But everything will work out if you strictly follow the recommendations and take your time.

Prepare a table. Each table has six rows. In the top line, write or print hard consonants in blue, soft consonants in green. In the rest of the lines, write short open syllables.

• Together with your child, sing songs of vowel sounds: in a rough low voice A, O, U, Y, E and in a high thin voice Ya, Yo, Yu, I, E.
• Clearly pronounce the consonants in the top line of the table. In each lesson, work with 6 tables.

IMPORTANT! Make sure that the child and you yourself pronounce the consonants clearly, so that after them no extraneous vowels are heard Ы or I. E if the child gets used to speaking D s, C s instead of pure sounds D 9000, 50006 , then it will be incorrect to read.
The most difficult thing is to pronounce pure sounds B, C, D, D; B, B, G, D . The rest are easier, especially the deaf.
Teach a child to pronounce correctly Z and 3b, for example, very simple. Ask your child: “How big is a mosquito buzzing? Z-Z-Z. No, not Z s, but Z-Z-Z! Mosquito cannot speak Z s, he does Z-Z-Z . And how does a small mosquito buzz? 3b-3b-b . Mosquito cannot speak Z and, he does 3-3-3 . This is how we call these letters: З-З-З and ЗЗ-ЗЗ-З ".