Special Education - My Child Doesn’t Know the Alphabet Yet!

By Stuart Ackerman

     There is seriously no need for panic here. 

     THEY ALL LEARN IT SOONER OR LATER!

     Your child will not be left behind if he/she doesn’t know the alphabet when all the other kids do.  Now, if your child doesn’t know the alphabet, and your are very concerned,  I suggest you speak to your child’s teacher and work together to come up with a plan to get your child back on track.

     Try some of the following techniques to help your child learn the alphabet:

1.    Buy, or create on the computer, the letters of the alphabet and put them on your child’s wall in his/her bedroom.

2.    Buy a printing booklet with all the letters of the alphabet.  Have your child copy, trace, or print a new letter each day or so.

3.    Reward your child with praise or a hug every time he/she recognizes a letter.

4.    Teach your child ‘letter partners’.  For example, have your child write Aa, Bb, Cc and so on.

5.    Sing the alphabet song with your child as often as you can.

6.    Buy or make flash cards with each letter.  You can play a matching game with the flash cards (the classic concentration game whereby you place the cards face down and your child has to try to match them...for younger children, let them turn over 5 cards at a time).  Another game (which I played with my kids) is hide and go seek.  Take some cards with letters on them and hide them throughout the house. Have your child go and find the cards.  When your child returns with the card, he/she must tell you which letter it is (my kids had tons of fun playing this game and they learned their letters!).

7.    Read alphabet books and play alphabet computer games with your child when possible.

8.    Have a letter of the day.  Put the letter on the fridge and make a big deal about it to the family.

     Try to follow as many of these tips as you can and in no time you will find your child knows his/her ABC’s.

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