Letter Knowledge includes knowing that letters are different from each other, knowing letter names and sounds, and recognizing letters everywhere.
What Can You Do?
- Look at and talk about different shapes (letters are based on shapes)—circles, triangles with diagonals, squares.
- Play “same and different” type games.
- Look at “search for the picture” books.
- Notice different type styles of letters (“a” or “A”).
Suggested books include:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
ABeCEdedarios by Cynthia Weill (bilingual)
The Hullabaloo ABC by Beverly Cleary
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Walsh
Read about the Phonological Awareness skill or return to 6 Early Literacy Skills overview.