My 5 years old is in reception this year but still can't recognize the alphabets any help?

Answer 1

help like a is 4 apple b is 4 boat c is 4 cookies 4 the letters put something they like

Answer 2

I wouldn't be too concerned right now. Some children excel at slower rates. Just continue working with your child at home as much as possible. Things as simple as singing the ABC song while pointing to each letter will help. Read books together and have your child find all the As on a page or all the ms on a page. Make it fun, while driving down the road, point out all the letters you see. Magnetic alphabet letters are very helpful because they can not only see the letters, but feel the shape. Children learn in different ways, you just have to find the way to interest your child in the letters. But like I said, don't start worrying too much and don't go get him tested for anything. He's only 5, many 5 year olds don't know their letters yet. That is what kindergarten is for. Good luck!

Answer 3

There is a wonderful program type curriculm that is currenly being sold. It is called zoo-phonics. It uses the letters of the alphabet and twists them into pictures of animals. THis is very hard to describe in words so go to this web site. WWW.zoo-phonics.com. THere you can see what I am talking about and also order it. It is a little expensive but I will tell you the best part of the curriclum is the computer game. The game is only like 20 dollars and it is well worth it. I have used it in my classroom and have not found a child yet that it did not benefit. If you can afford the flash cards and all that would be even more helpful. Also I have seen used sets being sold on ebay. Check this stuff out becuase it is the best thing made for teaching a child to recognize their letters and learn to read.

Answer 4

As a Kindergarten teacher, I can tell you that there is no one way to teach your child. Everyone learns differently. Some kids can learn from songs, some from games, some from art (like the posting about the flashcard letters- great suggestion).Spend one day introducing your child to a new letter. First do the letters in his/her name and have him practice writing his name often. He can write his name with markers, pencils, glitter pens, magnets, a stick in the sand, etc. There are so many educational games to help kids learn letters. Try the leappad series. It's great!! DO NOT follow the advice to have your child for dyslexia. Most schools won't even do that until around 2nd or 3rd grade, because at 5 it may be a developmental problem and not a learning problem. Your child just needs the opportunity to be exposed to it more at school. Don't stress. Your child will learn. You just need to figure out HOW he learns.

Answer 5

What I did to help my 5 year old, I put both the Capital and Lower case Letters on pitchers of Cars for him. My son loves any thing with wheels and an Engine in it so I thought sens he know so many different cars by the head lights I would try it.

Find some thing that your kid likes and give it a wheelie. I would go throw the ABC's every night for 30 min. He know has them down.

Answer 6

Start with the letters in your childs name. This is what we do when teaching the alphabet in school. Then you branch out from there. Start helping your child recognize print in the enviroment (McDonalds, store names).

Often parents are so overwhelmed by what their child may be struggling with that this burden is pushed on the child and the child then becomes aware of the "problem" and may get nervous about getting the answer wrong. Be positive and make it fun. Also check out this site it is wonderful and I use it in my class often!
www.starfall.com

Answer 7

Get him tested for dyslexia. Until the test is complete, make the school aware of the issue so they don't have him down as a disruptive student. Many children with learning difficulties are branded as disruptive when all they need is some extra help to concentrate.

IT is most likely that your son is dyslexic or a slow learner. Either way he will need lots of extra support both from you and the school. Home tutoring can really make a difference to the performance at school. Also restrict TV until after homework is done, to less than 1 hour a day on school nights and 2 hours a day at weekends.

Answer 8

ok..i was having this problem to..have a 5 and a 6 yr old both whom at the beginning of the year still could not identify letters...dont depend on the school to teach it to them..they obviously cannot...i had to literally sit them both down with a marker and white board and flash cards and start teaching them myself..about an hour a day..only 3 or 4 letters at one time..make sure they have those down or most of them down before moving on..mine really like to "Write" so i had thgem each practice writing the letters we learned about on the white board and then on their own with a pencil and a piece of paper..and they got it!! i was so happy when my 6 yr old finally wrote his name correctly..my 5 yr old knows about 3/4 of the alphabet..we keep working at it..about 3 times a week..more if im up to it..be persistant..it gets very frustrating sometimes..

Answer 9

Well it's said that people can only learn 7 new things at a time so you might want to just help her with A-G, take a break then go over A-G and then teach her H-N, take a break, and so on doing the same thing. if she has trouble on certain letters just spend more time working on that.

Answer 10

Begin with the letters in his name, as these have meaning to him on a personal level. Start with the first letter. Find it everywhere, on cereal boxes, signs, and newspapers, and books, etc. Say "Oh look Mark, I see your M! It's right here, do you see it? When he seems to be recognizing it, make a game of it: I see Mark's M on this box. Can you find it?" without pointing it out to him. When he is finding it on his own and starts pointing it out to you, he is ready for the next letter, and so on. When he knows all the letters in his name, go on to more letters that you know will appeal to him, such as maybe his last name, or m-o-m, d-a-d, d-o-g, l-o-v-e, etc. I bet you will be amazed how quickly this game style method of teaching will help!