Im tutoring a little boy that just cant recognize his alphabet in print.I've tried everything! Any Suggestions

Question

Looking for hands on ways to help him catch on and am having no success

Answer 1

Try AppleJack's Art. Attempt one or two letters a week. On a thick sheet of paper out line the letter in pencil . Then have the boy trace it with his finger, saying the letter out loud. Then the fun starts. Let him use Elmer's glue to outline the letter on top of the pencil marking, while he is doing this have him repeat the sound. Next have him place the cereal on top of the glue. Repetition is key.

Answer 2

My brother had the same problem. He was having a hard time recognizing and remembering the alphabet. In my brother's problem he is hyper active so he was daydreaming instead of trying to learn some how he passed the grade because, according to the teacher he was going to fail. I bought flash card and would sit down with him in a really really quite place and I would go over the alphabet's about 10 times and the ones he didnt recognize I would put them aside and go over those another 10 times. In about month the teacher told my mom that there was a really big improvement and he ended up passing the grade. Good luck!!!

Answer 3

It depends on his age... Sometimes sensory activities can help to incorporate the shape of the letter into the brain. Try things like: tracing letters that have been cut out of sandpaper with his finger, writing letters in play sand or shaving cream, making letters out of playdough or spaghetti noodles, eating ABC foods like spaghettios or alphabits cereal or letter cookies, letter searches (put up construction paper letter shapes on the walls and have the child search for specific ones), letter matching games (such as memory). You haven't specified the age of the child, so it may be that he just isn't ready for sight reading of letters yet. Point out letters in the environment... the words at the grocery store that have a letter of his name in it, a movie title that starts with the same letter as his first, etc. Make it interesting and personal. Flash cards are really not that effective when teaching someone their letters unless they are just playing with them. Remember, kids learn best when the activity is FUN, and the more senses of the body you involve in the process.

Answer 4

Hmmm... I would try to keep things light and fun. If you are feeling frustrated, then he likely is, too.
One thing I did when my kids were little was to spread a flat, smooth surface (like a table or floor) with shaving cream. I would then give them words to write in the shaving cream with their index fingers. The shaving cream makes it fun and I would work little questions into it... like write the name of an animal that is grey, big, has four legs....
In your case you could have the letters you are first working on to show him. Maybe once he can form them himself he will be able to recognize them better.

Answer 5

let him read some books. Even though he can not understand anything, the image of the letters would stick in his mind. If that does not work, well, keep letting him do it until he does recognize the letters. He does not need to understand, does he?

Answer 6

Maybe dyslexia or problems with eyesight? I was born with poor eyesight and spent the first 6 years of my life not really being able to see anything but fuzzy blobs of color.

Answer 7

Can you draw? Maybe try making the letter shapes into animals or objects, using words that begin with each letter.

Answer 8

I think that you need to try everything because kids that are harder to teach tend to be the smartest kids in the world so dont give up on our future

Answer 9

how about alphabet associated with pictures? like have them in the same cardboard A for apple like that.

Answer 10

thats easy use the allorgirical beta study of 1979 and u will have no worries , if that doesnt work hold him upside down and then ask him , i bet his memory gets a lot quicker .