Letter Knowledge

Knowing that letters look different from each other and have different names and sounds.

An early learning skill your child needs for school success.

• Write your child’s name and encourage your child to make the letters.
• Use magnetic letters and have your child recognize the difference between a “C” and an “O”, or a “L” and a “J”.
• Read alphabet books and point out the letters and the words that start with those letters.
• Write your child’s favorite words.
  (grandma, pap-pap, dinosaur, etc.)

Books to Help

• Baker, Keith: LMNO Peas
• Brown, Margaret Wise: Goodnight Moon ABC: An Alphabet Book
• Fleming, Denise: Alphabet Under Construction
• Lobel, Anita: Alison's Zinnia
• Sierra, Judy: The Sleepy Little Alphabet