The Alphabet

[Remington]

Want your child to learn the alphabet shortly after they learn to talk?

My daughter learned the alphabet before she could say juice.

Ever since she was born I would sing the alphabet over and over again on the way to bed. In the car on trips. I would sing it slow, fast, I would sing it with different tempos and rhythms. I would sing it over and over again.

One day my daughter and I laid down to go to bed and she started right in... A... B... C.... D... and she made it all the way through and also sang Now I know my ABC's next time play with me.... :shock:

[mjknapp]

We did this with our daughter all the time too, she just turned three, and recognizes every letter when shown to her on a flash card. She is even singing the alphabet to our 6 month old, so I dont have to sing it as much, she does all the singing for me.

I am trying to teach her to write her letters now. We sit at the table every couple of days and I write a letter, and then she tries her best to write it after me. She tries so hard, but still alot of work left. I want to teach her to read to, but I havent found the right aproach without using hooked on phonics or any other commercialized product. I want to see if I can do it on my own.