Learn Your ABCs with Sounds
๐ฏ Learning objectives
After this article, you should be able to:
- Recognize the 26 letters
- Match letters to their most common sounds
- Sing the alphabet song
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. Every word you will ever read is made from them โ so let us make friends with all 26!
The letters
Big letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Small letters: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Letters make sounds (phonics)
This is the real magic. Each letter has a sound:
- A says "a" like in apple ๐
- B says "b" like in ball โฝ
- C says "c" like in cat ๐ฑ
- D says "d" like in dog ๐ถ
- S says "s" like in sun โ๏ธ
When you know the sounds, you can start to read! C + A + T saysโฆ cat! ๐ฑ
The alphabet song
Sing it slowly, then fast, then super fast (giggling is allowed):
A B C D E F G โ H I J K L M N O P โ Q R S โ T U V โ W X โ Y and Z. Now I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with me!
Play with letters
- Find the first letter of your name everywhere you go.
- Play "I spy" with letter sounds: "I spy something starting with bโฆ"
- Practise first words in the word studio.
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