The first thing a child needs to know when learning a foreign language is the English alphabet. How to learn the English alphabet quickly and permanently?
Why does the child have difficulty?
Children often have problems and misunderstandings when learning the English alphabet. The first mistake is cramming. You need to remember: if you want your child to learn all the letters of the language for the rest of his life for the first time, then cramming should be excluded from the rule. The most important thing is to make learning the English alphabet enjoyable for the child himself. If a child perceives this as a game, then the ability to learn the English alphabet in 5 minutes can become a reality.
A child may have difficulty in learning the English alphabet also because he will not know why he needs to do it. If the child is very young, your assurances that he will need it in his later adult life may not be understood by him. It is clear to adults that knowledge of foreign languages opens up great opportunities for a person. Your child will most likely not understand this. That is why it is better to turn the study of the alphabet into an excitinggame.
English letters and pronunciation
How to quickly learn the English alphabet? The first thing to do in order to learn the English alphabet is to find the alphabet itself, where, in addition to capital letters, there will also be uppercase letters, the pronunciation of each letter in Russian, as well as a few words in English that begin with this letter. There are 26 letters in English.
| Aa | hey | apple - apple | ant - ant | air -air |
| Bb | bi | bee - bee | boy - boy | ball - ball |
| Cc | si | cat - cat | cake - cake, pie | camera - camera |
| Dd | di | dog - dog | date - date | dress - dress |
| Ee | and | egg - egg | eye - eye | ear - ear |
| Ff | ef | frog - frog | face - face | farm - farm |
| Gg | ji | garden - garden | girl - girl | grass |
| Hh | h | hat - hat | history - history | hour - hour |
| Ii | ai | ice - ice | idea - idea | insect - insect |
| Jj | jay | jump - jump | journey - journey | judge - judge |
| Kk | kay | kiss - kiss | kangaroo - kangaroo | knife |
| Ll | love - love | land | letter - letter | |
| Mm | um | mother - mother | man - man | mist - mist |
| Nn | en | name - name | night - night | news - news |
| Oo | ow | orange - orange | oil - oil | owner |
| Pp | pi | paper - paper | pig - pig | price - price |
| cue | question - question | queen - queen | ||
| Rr | ar(a) | rabbit - hare, rabbit | rain - rain | river - river |
| Ss | es | sea - sea | soup - soup | son - son |
| Tt | tee | table - table | talk | time - time |
| Uu | yu | umbrella - umbrella | uncle - uncle | up - up |
| Vv | vi | voice - voice | view - view | violin - violin |
| Ww | double-u | wall - wall | window - window | watch |
| Xx | ex | xylophone - xylophone | ||
| Yy | wye | year - year | ||
| Zz | zed | zebra - zebra |
Now that we have the English alphabet with the correct pronunciation and words, we can start learning.
Learn the English alphabet with copybooks
How to quickly learn the English alphabet for a child? For everything to work out quickly, the child must have some association with letters. First, you can draw an analogy of the English alphabet with the Russian, and then show the words that are presented above. These quite easy words that the child may have known before (some school programs start with learning words) will help you learn the English alphabet. How to learn it with these words? You need to open a notebook, take a pen and start writing first a capital letter, then a lowercase letter, and then words. It is important that the child writes only one letter on each line in the notebook and pronounces it. This method will take the child a lot of time (about an hour or two), but then a parent will not be needed, writing skills in English will develop, and the alphabet will be remembered for sure for a long time!
If you have copybooks in a foreign language at home, you can use them. There are always fun coloring pages, pictures and easy English words in the copybooks for young children.
Learn a foreign alphabet and sing songs
If you notice that your child does not work better with visual, but with auditory memory, you are very lucky! On the Internet you can find a lot of audio and video recordings where children singEnglish alphabet. Such songs help to learn it very quickly, literally in 5 minutes.
Learn the English alphabet with bright flashcards
Bright word cards help you quickly learn the English alphabet. How to learn it with flashcards? Such cards can be bought at any bookstore or children's store, or you can make it yourself with your child, which will be quite long, but very effective. If you bought cards, then the instructions necessarily say what to do and how. Learning the English alphabet with a child is quite troublesome in this way, but words and letters will be remembered for a long time.
Usually cards are divided into letters of the alphabet. Each card has one word written and a picture is drawn that is interconnected with this word. The child can learn these words that begin with one letter either orally or in writing.
Various alphabet games
In fact, the child must perceive everything as a game in order to memorize the English alphabet. How to learn the letters of a foreign language if you constantly sit and cram? It will be quite difficult for a small child who still has to play and play. How to quickly learn the English alphabet - we learned earlier, but how to consolidate knowledge?
First game. Write the English alphabet on paper in large letters, cut into squares. Distribute the cards randomly. The child must collect a complete alphabet from these cards.
Second game. This is a team game, for it you need at least two or threechildren. You pronounce the letter, and the children must add the corresponding letter for themselves. This game is very fun and addictive.
Third game. Take two sheets of paper, lay one sheet on top of the other in the middle. Write the letter so that its top is written on one sheet and the bottom is written on another. Remove the second sheet, leaving only the top of the letter. Have your child complete the missing part.
How to learn the English alphabet with a child? It just takes a little imagination!
