Parents are always asking about how they can support their child's learning. For children who are beginning to recognize letters and sounds, a really easy way to promote this learning is to point out letters in everyday life. For example, your child is enjoying a bowl of cereal, and you can point out the letters on the box, talk about what they look like, what sounds the are, if it is an upper or lower case letter, is there letters in their name that are the same, etc. When out and about, point out letters on signs.
Here is an example of a conversation: hey look at that s at the beginning of the word. It is curvy like a snake. Do you think it is an upper case or lower case s? Look at the letter at the end? What do you notice? Are the rest of the letters upper or lower case letters? Are there letters that are the same as in your name? S makes a ssssssss sound.
Learning can happen all around us, it does not have to be hard and arduous and using flash cards!
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