What you need to know
Focus: letters, uppercase and lowercase forms, vowels, consonants, alphabetical order.
Keep sentences short, concrete and familiar.
Learn with examples
CapitalA B C
Smalla b c
Vowelsa e i o u
Alphabet explorer
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. Each letter has an uppercase (capital) form and a lowercase (small) form. Five letters are vowels: A, E, I, O, U. The other 21 are consonants.
A avowel
B bconsonant
C cconsonant
D dconsonant
E evowel
F fconsonant
G gconsonant
H hconsonant
I ivowel
J jconsonant
K kconsonant
L lconsonant
M mconsonant
N nconsonant
O ovowel
P pconsonant
Q qconsonant
R rconsonant
S sconsonant
T tconsonant
U uvowel
V vconsonant
W wconsonant
X xconsonant
Y yconsonant
Z zconsonant
Letter sounds
Letters have names and can represent sounds in words.
For example, B says /b/ in bat, and M says /m/ in map. Learning letter names and sounds together prepares children for phonics and reading.
Try it
- Write your name using one capital letter at the beginning.
- Circle the vowels in the word APPLE.
- Put these letters in alphabetical order: D, A, C, B.
- Match each capital letter with its small letter: G, M, T.
Answers: 2) A, E · 3) A, B, C, D · 4) g, m, t
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