Preschool children spend a lot of their day learning letters. One way you can help your child learn their letters is by associating the letter with the beginning sound of a word. For example, have a picture of a bear along with the letter b. To start, you would talk to your child about the first sound they hear when saying bear (you should say the word bear and emphasize the b sound). The first couple times you may have to help your child identify the letter but then you should slowly let your child label the letter after hearing the sound by his or herself. Your child will now have a connection to the letter sound as well as the letter. Remember, this is a process that should be done slowly and over a span of time (letters will need to be repeated and only a couple of letters should be done each day-start with A and B then the next day review A and B while adding C).
When your child seems to have this down, you can have a collection of 3 or 4 pictures. You can then say a letter sound while asking the child to find the picture that has the matching beginning sound.
-Miss Sarah
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