How to Teach Your Child the Alphabet

One of our current learning goals is to learn our ABCs. There are many ways of going

about this really. We're currently using a Montessori inspired approach: 

Order of the Alphabet

The order suggested in How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way 

by Tim Seldin:

First set:        c  m  a  t 

Second set:    s  r  i  p

Third set:      b  f  o  g 

Fourth set:    h  j  u  l

Fifth set:       d  w  e  n

Sixth set:       k  q  v  x  y  z 

- Living Montessori Now

Core: We have a youtube ABCs playlist for M. It's composed of various Alphabet Songs.
Some songs are focused on the letters while others are focused on the phonics.

Every 2 weeks: We focus on a set of letters for the week:

- There's a separate youtube playlist for the specific letters of the week. I chose 4
songs per letter. This gets played after the Core playlist has finished.

- We started with 1 art activity per letter. We might progress to more if Tot M shows

interest in doing so.

Progress Report
- After 3 weeks of using this method, Tot M can recognize most of the letters. He still
needs to learn them all but I'm confident that he's getting there.
- We now need a new Core playlist. Tot M is bored with the old one. Yes, after 2-3
weeks!!!, Tot M has grown tired of his favorite alphabet and phonics songs. Time
for us to retire the set and create a new one.

Getting Started
* Living Montessori Now has an informative post on the Montessori way of introducing
the alphabet to a child.
* If you're looking for youtube videos for your child, here are some that you might
want to check out:
- KidsTV123 has a great collection of "starter" videos - ABCs, numbers, colors, shapes
and more.
- Sesame Street is a favorite for many kids. I grew up with Sesame Street so I used
classic Sesame Street videos.
- Hooked on Phonics has great catchy songs. As the name suggests, it's mostly a
phonics program.


Happy learning!


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