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The English Alphabets for Beginners

Hello! 

How was your day? I hope it is all well and.. 

are you ready for another interactive activity for early learners? We will be doing the English language this week so, I am starting with the alphabets. You can do either the letter sound first and then use the same chart for the name of the letter or you can do both. It's up to you (or rather, the child's learning abilities). 

WEEK 3: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

TOPIC: ALPHABETS

Note: This activity helps a child to have an idea of what alphabets are for.

If you have read the activity on WEEK 2, you would have an idea on how to go about this one. 

PROJECT: DIY ALPHABET CHART

Note: One chart for each alphabet 

1. Prepare the materials as in the pictures A and B below. 

  • One glue stick
  • Labeling stickers, and write the words on.
  • Pictures of words beginning with the alphabet you are teaching. In this case, I am teaching the alphabet "K" and the words are "kiwi", "kite", "king", "kettle" and "key".  You can print the pictures out or cut them from old magazines. Alternatively, you can buy preschool alphabet books (there are a lot of cheap ones you can get from the bookstores). NOTE: Buy two of the same books so you can have a complete set of pictures because different alphabets could be printed back to back. 
  • Capital letter "K" and small letter "k" in big sizes, using patterned foam sheets. You can print out the alphabets on paper and trace them on the foam sheets. Alternatively, you might be able to get the ready made ones from your local stationery store. I couldn't find them at my area so i have to made them. Attach double-sided tapes at the back of the alphabets so the child can stick it on the chart without much difficulties. 
  • Double-sided tape as mentioned above. 
  • A3 drawing paper and prepare it as the picture below. 
  • Coloured markers to write the words on the chart and on the stickers


You will have to prepare all these before the lesson so you can concentrate on helping your child to complete the chart. 

NOTE: The child will have to put the items in Picture A on the chart in Picture B. 



Picture A
Picture B

Below is how the completed chart would look like. 




HOW DID WE GO ABOUT IT 

 1. I showed my son the alphabets and asked him to tell me what they were. Then we did the letter sound.

2. Then, I told him to stick the alphabets in the box next to the word "LETTER".

3. Next, we read the words on the chart. NOTE: Pick a few words that are familiar to the child and introduce one or two new words. It makes the lesson easier and gives the child a higher confidence to complete the chart. 

 4. After reading the words, I told me son to match the pictures to the words and stick them on top of the correct words.

5. Lastly, he was to stick the words below the ones written on the chart. NOTE: This activity is an introduction to words.



Some of the alphabet charts my son did in 2013. 


I always believe that effective learning is a result of hands-on work.

This activity may look complicated due to the work involved in the materials preparation but it was worth it. My second child started attending school at the age of three but was still struggling with alphabet after a year and I decided to let her do what her brother did (this chart) and soon after, she was able to recognise all 26 alphabets. 


Important note: 
The teacher/parent is advised to guide the student/child along the way. Once the student/child had done if for a few times, he.she would be able to do it with minimal assistance. 

P/S: Hope you find this useful and do drop a comment if you have any feedbacks. 😀😀

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