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Alphabet or phonemes?

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SuperDuperTrooper · 08/10/2013 09:32

Hi my DS is 21 months and is doing really well with his understanding of numbers. I would like to try and teach him just a few letters now but am not sure whether I should introduce them as letters of the alphabet or as phonemes. Any ideas? Thank you.

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BarberryRicePud · 08/10/2013 12:53

I'd go phonics, just beware, they're not all like the little letter sounds when we were young! Mummy, not "muh" for example.

V confusing. Or maybe I'm just old!

BarberryRicePud · 08/10/2013 12:55

Oh stupid autocorrect...

Mmmm not muh

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YBR · 09/10/2013 13:56

Is anything wrong with both? My DD connected that "lion says roar" so very young that I can't believe she'd struggle with "M" says Mmmm etc?

I learnt to read (according to my mum) before starting at school and have no memory of ever learning phonics, so am a bit ignorant in how to encourage such things.

mrsmartin1984 · 09/10/2013 18:14

Letter are building blocks of words. Use phonics so they learn them. I was advised just to teach little letters first and then you can introduce big letters (capitals) once they get to gribs with it

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