Alphabet

Hey, so my LG knows her ABC (as in song) but then I have an alphabet puzzle and she’s learning phonics that way. So I’ll say find me ‘ma’ for mummy and she’s finding it. So doing both I guess! My LG learnt ABC song first and is one of her favourite songs. Now she’s starting to grasp the phonics! X

I'm doing phonics. I also read somewhere teaching them the letters in random orders can be good fir reading. Apparently focusing on S A T P I N helps them pick up reading quicker. But ultimately, they will learn both ways one day, it's just what ever is your preference xx

I do both

It's amazing that your babies are picking it up! But alphabets are quite advanced for this stage 😊 do you mean the ability to do sounds? It's usually by the age of 4 that they are likely to be able to say the alphabet 😊

My little on associates the letter with the sound - not all but about 5 or 6 atm

Thanks for your feedback ladies! Much appreciated 😊

I teach infants in primary school and we much prefer it when parents have taught children the letter sounds as opposed to their names (although there's no harm in also mentioning that the letters have names). The reason being that we teach reading phonetically at first, starting with CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant - e.g. cat) and practising sounding out the phonemes (individual sounds) then blending them together. At the same time, we will introduce some common 'sight words' that cannot be sounded out (e.g. the, no, put) to expand vocabulary and improve reading skills. Another thing to try to avoid is teaching children to write using capital letters, as they will start with lower case letter formation. Aside from the capital at the start of their name, but explaining why this is. Xxx