Top 5 Tips for Teaching the Alphabet
to Preschoolers & Kindergartners
Do you have questions about teaching the alphabet to kids in preschool and kindergarten? I’ve answered the five most common questions that I receive in the following video:
- When should we begin teaching the alphabet?
- In what order should we teach the letters?
- Should we start with upper or lowercase?
- Should we teach letter names or sounds first?
- What are the best methods for teaching the alphabet?
Recommended products:
- Letter and photo cards
- Letter of the Week curriculum
- Guidebook – How to Teach Letters and Their Sounds
Blog series:
Free printables you might enjoy:
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Tarekegn Legesse says
Dear Anna, I would like to say thank you for the educational video of your presentation. It was highly educative and impressive. I have learned much since the time I got your address. For your surprise my first degree background is natural science and Masters degree is curriculum and instruction. Attending Such online education is the first form. I got much more than expected and I still need your unstopped support until the time of God. Thank you so much.
Anna G says
I’m so glad my resources have been helpful for you, Tarekegn!
Lara says
Thanks Anna. This was quite informative!
Anna G says
You’re welcome, Lara!
Margie Yemini says
Anna! Beautiful. Intelligent, clear and very helpful. Thanks again and again. From a grandma teaching the alphabet as a second language to some grandchildren!
Anna G says
Thank you for the kind words, Margie!
Libba Hartzog says
Love your work! Would like to BUY it all in a very expensive book! All in one place- printables- checklists- all without me having to view all separately and print out and file! God bless – and everything you put your hand to will prosper.
Anna G says
That would be a quite a big book, lol! Probably not a realistic project, but I agree it would be great to have! Thank you for your kind words, Libba. 🙂
Liliana Pino says
Thank you Ana, for reassuring what I’m doing and for sharing new strategies for learning approache.
Love your ideas
Liliana
Anna G says
You’re welcome, Liliana!
Grammy says
THANK YOU!!!!!! for the wonderful insight. I too believe you have to meet the child where they are at and the more exposure they receive the better!!! As a retired teacher, I still volunteer at our local school and I am TRUELY grateful for your FABULOUS free products. Boredom is one of the culprits of repetition – not only for the student but for me as well. If I can’t be excited I can’t expect my students to..
Again …THANK YOU
Anna G says
I agree – teachers need to mix it up or it stops becoming fun. I think it’s fantastic that you’re still helping students in your retirement! 🙂
Mina says
Hi! Anna… I’ve been using your printables for quite sometime now.
It’s been truly helpful as a teacher for it saves time, they are wonderful and you made really kids friendly and it’s for free.
Thank you so much.
Anna G says
I’m so glad you can use them, Mina!
Tina says
Hi Anna,
Can u plz help me out regarding reading of my daughter. She knows phonics very well but during reading she pronounce every single letter clearly but I don’t know why she read wrong. E.g. she was reading together, she was pronouncing single letter nicely but when she have to read it she will speak g first t later or something strange word she say. Plz help me regarding this. I need Ur help badly.
Anna G says
Hi Tina,
You’re welcome to send me an email so I can get more information about your daughter’s age and development and suggest some things. My email is anna(at)themeasuredmom(dot)com.
Oyintonbra Timbuodo says
Dear Anna, thank you so much for the video. it was quite insightful and it really answered a lot of the questions I had about teaching the alphabets. May I also use this opportunity to thank you for all the freebies. thank you so much and God bless you real good.
Anna G says
You’re very welcome, Oyintonbra! 🙂
oma says
Thanks Anna, This is very informative and helpfull.
Anna G says
You’re welcome, Oma!
Precious says
Thank you so much Anna for the daily teaching ideas. You’re a sweetheart
Delores says
Thanks for the video.
I currently work in a self contained class. I have 2 kindergarteners struggling to learn the letters/sounds. I believe they are not developemtally ready to learn the letters/sounds. Any suggestions on how to support these students and future students.
Anna G says
Can you back them up to a simpler skill – like visual discrimination? Instead of expecting them to remember letter names, could you just focus on having them sort letter cards? For example, have a set A cards and a set of B cards. They put the A cards in a pile, and the B cards in a pile, even if they can’t remember what each letter is called.