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to think this is confusing for a small child?

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fishcake84 · 16/04/2016 21:07

My friend has a 3 year old DD and she is trying to teach her the alphabet a little bit. She is teaching her phonetically which makes a lot of sense, and is using a lot of family names in her alphabet, such as D for Daddy, N for Nanna, J for Jacob etc etc.

We see each other several times a week and are close friends and she wants to include my name in her DD's alphabet, but my name doesn't fit in her phonetic pattern - so she is saying to her "C for Cheryl" rather than, say, "C for cat".

'Cuh for Cheryl' makes no sense whatsoever to a 3 year old and I pointed this out and said I wouldn't be offended at all to be left out of her alphabet, especially as the little girl has an aunty Catherine who could easily be subbed in! But friend is having a strop with me for messing up her thing.

SIBU, right?

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nennyrainbow · 16/04/2016 22:21

It is confusing, but it's up to her how she does it, and not worth falling out over. If she wants to teach it according to phonics, it should be "Shuh is for Cheryl" .

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