Learning and teaching kids the alphabet

Families and caregivers play an essential part in teaching early childhood literacy skills.  

Being able to read is a vital life skill, so make the early stages of learning the alphabet as fun as possible for your little ones. Young children learn and develop best through using their whole body, all of their senses and their natural environments. You’ll find that most children begin to recognise letters when they’re about 2-3 years old, and are able to identify a large number of letters between 4 and 5 years old.
   
When teaching a child a new letter of the alphabet, ensure that the child can:

• HEAR the letter 
• SEE the letter  
• SAY the letter 
• TOUCH the letter  
• CREATE the letter 
• READ the letter 

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