Letters And Sounds Teaching Letter Names. As kids become more familiar with letters and sounds, they can start to distinguish beginning letter sounds in words. Most children learn to recognize the letters in the alphabet between the ages of 3 and 4.
Make a point of teaching letter sounds for letters that look the same (e.g. I use this resource when teaching the children about letter names and the sounds that they make. Learning these letters back to back can be very confusing for kids.
For example, the letter d makes the /d/ sound, as in the word dog.
Expand students’ reading knowledge by teaching that long vowels say their own names! This is a visual support for a predominantly oral activity. Each player gets five cards and the rest of the cards go in a pile in the center of the table. Alphabet song resources alphabet song