English alphabet for children. English alphabet

Children should be taught the English alphabet no earlier than the child begins to speak well, and no earlier than the beginning of teaching the alphabet of their native language. It is advisable that the child already knows a small set of words in English, just like with his native language. That is, from 2–5 you can teach your child English words, more precisely, their pronunciation and meaning, short sentences, but the English alphabet for children can begin from 5 years or older. Always, while learning the alphabet, we continue to learn new English words and frequently heard short sentences (questions, answers) - we expand our vocabulary and learn to communicate and interact.

The choice of methods for learning the English alphabet for children depends on the age and individual qualities of the child. It is necessary to take into account the characteristics of the child at each stage of learning, how he usually perceives information (visually, tactilely or auditorily?), his temperament (assiduous, active, creative, etc.), his interests today and many other factors. You should choose those tools that the child will be most interested in and able to do, so you will achieve greater involvement and success. Teaching the alphabet can be done in a playful way, using some interesting techniques for the child, described below.

Learning the English alphabet using cards, for preschool children

So, one of the easiest ways to teach the alphabet is to use cards, on one side of which there are pictures with a word, on the other - letters of the English alphabet. The child learns an English letter with visual support, hears how it is pronounced, what sound corresponds to each letter, and recognizes the word itself that begins with this letter. I also advise you to add associations that arise when we see a particular letter. For example, the letter U looks like a horseshoe, and the letter S looks like a worm or snake.

So, we learn the English alphabet with the help of cards and the following games that even a 3-4 year old child will like:

• Children's favorite pastime is searching and solving. Hide a few cards around your apartment or classroom so that your child can easily find them. Then ask them to put them in the correct order, in a pre-arranged alphabet containing the English letters found.
• A game for concentration and memory. Choose several letters and randomly name words starting with these letters, and the child must point and point to the letter with which this word began.
• Active game. Scatter English letters on the floor, name the letters to the child, and he must step on the correct card with the letter.
• In your games, ask to arrange English letters in alphabetical order (but only when the entire alphabet has already been learned).
• If the alphabet is almost mastered and requires consolidation, and the child has accumulated a certain number of English words on his ear, which you told him to determine the letter with which they begin, ask him to name as many words as possible that he remembers, starting with a certain one. letters, etc.

Alternatives to cards

1. “Fun English. Talking poster" will help your child independently learn the English letters of the alphabet. The poster contains: 3 modes (memorization, checking, translation), 83 sound buttons, sound adjustment function. Voiced by an English teacher.
2. Set “English language. My first words. 15 book cubes." definitely attracts children to learn the English alphabet and teach new English words. The alphabet is written on the inside cover, and inside the set are beautifully and brightly illustrated books with thick cardboard pages.
3. “Skylark English for Babies. All about me. English from England for children from birth"- both children and parents are delighted with this set. A set with beautiful, high-quality illustrations and good printing. This method of teaching children English was developed by specialists from Cambridge (UK) together with the Umnitsa company, which develops educational materials for young children. Based on research from the best universities in the world, 100% genuine British English. Included: cards, books, manuals for parents, audio materials, games, a toy glove for interaction with the child. Designed for children 0+.

Learning the English alphabet using YouTube videos, for preschool children

When an adult learns English, it is recommended to watch films and programs in this language; the same thing applies to children. Instead of regular cartoons, include those that teach your child the letters of the English alphabet, correct pronunciation and new words, and in the future, reading English words. Just use YouTube - there you can find cartoons and programs for every taste. The most common and useful are nursery rhymes and jokes for children. Being very colorful, cheerful and melodic, they are very captivating to the child and he wants to listen to them again and again. Also, from the point of view of developing speech skills, song is the optimal tool. After all, this makes it easier for us to remember words and it’s much more interesting than methodically memorizing a sequence of letters.
Learn the English alphabet with cartoons for children, where there are songs and rhymes with funny pictures, and in a week you can see the result!

Learning the English alphabet on the move

This type of education is especially suitable for the child who vitally needs to move, this is how he gets to know this world and everything that surrounds him. To do this, we can use various cubes, magnets with letters, toys (construction sets) with stickers with letters glued on them, etc. Everything that might be interesting to your child. For boys, cars are beasts for girls, or vice versa - as you like.

Here are some ways:

• Using your fingers in the air or your hands and body movements, draw a letter.
• You can make a gymnastics ribbon (tie the ribbon to a thin stick) and let the child draw the necessary letters in the air.
• Place the letters around the apartment, stick them on objects, and the child must find and touch them. You can also include an alphabet song to add variety and make it a mini-game.
• Assemble a letter from cubes, construction sets or mosaics. For these purposes, you can use any toys - lay them out on the floor in the shape of letters.
• Write the letters on the circles of the “Twister” field; you can play together with your mother or friends, calling which hand/leg should fall on which letter.
• Write letters on an inflatable big ball. While throwing the ball with mom, let everyone name the letter that appears before their eyes.

Come up with similar games yourself - almost any favorite children's game can include elements of learning the English alphabet. Just glue or draw the alphabet on the toy, and according to the plot of the game, offer new tasks based on the letters. So, in the process of playing, quietly and not boringly, we learn the English alphabet with children.

Let's get creative and learn the English alphabet

For those children who love to draw and create, this method of learning English letters will become one of their favorites.

• For example, make a poster with all the letters of the alphabet (or only vowels, or only consonants), use scrapbooking elements to decorate your poster, stickers, colored paper.
• Use the same principle to create your own picture dictionary. In which each page can be decorated in its own way and even a whole story can be written on it with the adventures of the letter. Supplement them with stickers, magazine clippings starting with a certain letter.
• Make letters from plasticine.
• Make a collage with cut out letters from magazines/newspapers/old books.
• Make a garland and hang it in a visible place. Every time you pass by, point to any letter and ask to name it.

Again, in the creative version, you can make any crafts of the letters of the English alphabet, and learn them along the way. - Draw, glue, sculpt, cut out, paint. Learn letters together with your favorite toy animals, this puppet show is suitable for the little ones. Books with favorite characters and English letters will warm up your child’s interest in learning the language.

We learn the English alphabet using ABC books and teaching aids for preschool children

Suitable for children of older preschoolers and schoolchildren, although if your child is interested in books, you can start learning from this manual earlier.

Classes should last no more than 15-20 minutes on average; as soon as the child begins to get distracted, it is necessary to switch to another type of study, for example, gaming. You can’t force a child when he doesn’t want to, as you risk discouraging his desire for further education.

With such manuals, it is easier for parents to teach their child English, since all the material is written on the pages, all that remains is to present it to the child and go through the exercises with him. Here are some of the most popular benefits for preschoolers:

1. "English for the little ones" Anna Kuznetsova"
2. “English before school. Benefit for children 5-6 years old" Radislav Milrud
3. “English for kids. The best tutorial (+CD)" Galina Shalaeva

We learn the English alphabet with the help of copybooks and written tasks, for preschool children

This type of learning is suitable for older children who can at least hold a pen or pencil and then trace and write letters.

Among the wide variety of teaching aids, choose better ones, most of them are designed for older preschoolers and schoolchildren, but there are also notebooks for learning English for kids. For example, those who are already familiar with the well-known KUMON manuals, a methodology used by 4 million children in 49 countries, will appreciate them. Writing uppercase and lowercase letters using these notebooks is the beginning of the development of writing, along with learning the letters of the English alphabet. A well-designed manual, a popular, proven technique.

1. “Learning to write capital letters of the English alphabet. Ages 3, 4, 5 years. Toru Kumon. KUMON"
2. “Learning to write lowercase letters of the English alphabet. Ages 4, 5, 6 years. Toru Kumon. KUMON"

Show your child that learning the English alphabet is possible with these simple and fun games! And remember that the sooner you start teaching your child the English alphabet, the faster he will be able to learn it and the easier the learning process will be in the future.

And finally, we teach English letters with children regularly. This is one of the most important conditions if you want to learn English at any age, even at 3 years old.

English teacher
Lebed Evgeniya

Educational cartoon “Learning the English alphabet” by Doman:

Nowadays, knowledge of foreign languages ​​is a guarantee of additional opportunities and success in life. Knowledge of English is in some way a necessity. It is used everywhere, which means it makes it possible to understand and be understood in any corner of the world. It is not surprising that a huge number of parents strive to teach their child English. And any training, as you know, begins with the basics. That is why today we will look at the English alphabet for children, analyze its features and methods of memorization.

First, however, let's address the issue of age. Often, mothers and fathers may have doubts about whether it is possible to start teaching English from the first years of a child’s life. The answer is simple: you need it! The fact is that during the first years of a person’s life, his brain goes through the first stage of development. This stage is characterized by the fact that the brain has many more neurons than it can use. Thus, the child’s brain is preparing to master the world. However, subsequently the excess neuron cells that were not used disappear. Therefore, if you take advantage of the moment and start learning as early as possible, the process on a purely physiological level will be easier and faster for children.

In addition, children, as a rule, do not have any stereotypes, and therefore they have an easier attitude towards languages ​​and their learning. Plus, they have more time and fewer excuses like adults. It is worth noting that this does not mean that the child needs to be stuffed with a large amount of information at once, just as it does not mean that learning at another age is not even worth starting. From 3 years old or 5, 15, 30, 60 or 80 – you can start learning a language at absolutely any age. Therefore, if you were once planning to learn English, you can start learning the language with your child.

English alphabet for children: composition

English alphabet [ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ˈalfəbɛt] or the English alphabet consists of 26 letters, of which 5 are consonants and 21 are consonants. English letters are practically not similar to Russian ones; they differ both in their appearance and pronunciation. Therefore, it is very important that when teaching children, the English alphabet with transcription and Russian pronunciation is used in order to avoid mistakes in their subsequent use. Having studied the introductory information, it’s time to move on to the English alphabet itself.

Letters of the English alphabet with pronunciation and examples for beginners
№	Letter	Name	Transcription	Pronunciation	Examples
1.	A a	a		Hey	apple [ˈap(ə)l] (epl) – apple; ant (ant) – ant
2	B b	bee		bi	brother [ˈbrʌðə] (braze) – brother; bear (bea) – bear
3	C c	cee		si	computer (computer) – computer; cow (kau) – cow
4	D d	dee		di	desk (desk) - desk; dog (dog) – dog
5	E e	e		And	elephant [ˈɛlɪf(ə)nt] (elephant) – elephant; earth [əːθ] (ес) – earth
6	F f	ef		ef	father [ˈfɑːðə] (phase) – father; flower [ˈflaʊə] (flave) – flower
7	G g	gee		ji	goat [ɡəʊt] (goat) – goat; garden [ˈɡɑːd(ə)n] (gaden) – garden
8	H h	aitch		HH	house (house) – house; horse (hows) – horse
9	I i	i		ah	ice cream [ʌɪs kriːm] (ice cream) – ice cream image [ˈɪmɪdʒ] (image) – picture
10	Jj	Jay		Jay	jam (jam) - jam; juice (juice) – juice
11	K k	kay		kay	key (ki) – key; kindness [ˈkʌɪn(d)nəs] (kindness) - kindness
12	Ll	el		el	love (love) – love; lion [ˈlʌɪən] (layen) – lion
13	Mm	em		Em	mother [ˈmʌðə] (maze) – mother; monkey [ˈmʌŋki] (monkey) – monkey
14	Nn	en	[ɛn]	en	nose (nose) – nose; name (name) - name
15	O o	o	[əʊ]	OU	orange [ˈɒrɪn(d)ʒ] (orange) – orange / orange; oxygen [ˈɒksɪdʒ(ə)n] (oxygen) – oxygen
16	P p	pee		pi	pig (pig) – pig; potato (pateytou) – potato
17	Q q	cue		Cue	queen (queen) - queen; queue (kyu) – queue
18	R r	ar	[ɑː,ar]	a, ar	river [ˈrɪvə] (rive) – river; rainbow [ˈreɪnbəʊ] (rainbow) – rainbow
19	Ss	ess		es	sister [ˈsɪstə] (siste) – sister; sun (san) – sun
20	T t	tee		you	teacher [ˈtiːtʃə] (tiche) – teacher; tree (three) – tree
21	U u	u		Yu	umbrella [ʌmˈbrɛlə] (umbrella) – umbrella; uncle [ˈʌŋk(ə)l] (uncle) – uncle
22	V v	vee		in and	vase (vase) – vase; violin (vayelin) – violin
23	W w	double-u	[‘dʌbljuː]	double	wolf (wolf) – wolf; world (world) - world
24	X x	ex		the ex	xerox [ˈzɪərɒks] (ziroks) – copier; x-ray [ˈɛksreɪ] (exray) – x-ray
25	Y y	wy		wy	you (yu) – you / you; yoghurt [ˈjəʊɡət] (yogut) – yogurt
26	Z z	zed		zed	zebra [ˈziːbrə] (zebra) – zebra; zip (zip) - lightning

Pronunciation of English letters

• A = (a-n-d, a-f-t-e-r, a-p-p-l-e)
• B = (b-a-n-a-n-a, b-a-t-h-r-o-o-m, b-o-y)
• C = (c-a-r, c-o-a-t, c-o-l-o-u-r)
• D = (d-o-g, d-r-e-a-m, d-o-l-l-a-r)
• E = (e-l-e-p-h-a-n-t, e-y-e, e-x-t-r-e-m-e)
• F = [ɛf] (f-i-n-g-e-r, f-o-u-r, f-i-r-e)
• G = (g-i-r-a-f-f-e, g-i-r-l, g-r-e-e-n)
• H = (h-o-t-e-l, h-a-p-p-y, h-o-l-i-d-a-y)
• I = (i-m-a-g-e, i-s-l-a-n-d, I-n-d-i-a-n-a)
• J = (j-u-n-g-l-e, j-o-l-l-y, J-o-s-e-p-h-i-n-e)
• K = (k-a-n-g-a-r-o-o, k-o-a-l-a, k-a-r-a-t-e)
• L = [ɛl] (l-o-w, l-e-v-e-l, l-i-o-n)
• M = [ɛm] (m-o-t-h-e-r, m-o-m-e-n-t, m-e-s-s)
• N = [ɛn] (n-o, n-i-g-h-t, n-o-o-n)
• O = (o-l-d, o-b-j-e-c-t, o-a-t)
• P = (p-e-n-g-u-i-n-e, p-i-a-n-o, p-a-c-k-e-t)
• Q = (q-u-i-e-t, Q-u-e-e-n, q-u-o-t-e)
• R = [ɑr] (r-e-d, r-i-g-h-t, r-a-b-b-i-t)
• S = [ɛs] (s-t-r-o-n-g, s-e-v-e-n, s-i-l-v-e-r)
• T = (t-e-a, t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d, t-w-o)
• U = (u-s-e, u-n-f-a-i-r, u-n-d-e-r)
• V = (v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n, v-e-r-y, v-a-m-p-i-r-e)
• W = [ˈdʌbəl juː] say: double-ju (w-e-s-t, w-o-r-m, w-h-i-t-e)
• X = [ɛks] (X-r-a-y, x-y-l-o-p-h-o-n-e, X-m-a-s)
• Y = (y-a-r-d, y-e-l-l-o-w, y-e-a-h)
• Z = in British English, in American English (z-e-r-o, z-e-b-r-a, z-i-l-l-i-o-n)

In addition to these letters, the English language has digraphs or signs that consist of two letters. There are 5 of them in total:

Digraphs
Digraph	Transcription	Pronunciation	Examples
ch	, sometimes like [k]	h or k	chocolate [ˈtʃɒk(ə)lət] (choklet) - chocolate; echo [ˈɛkəʊ] (ekou) - echo
sh	[ʃ]	w	shine [ʃʌɪn] (shine) - shine
th	[ð] or [θ]	h (for pronunciation, the tongue must be located between the teeth)	article the [ðə]; noun thought [θɔːt] (hundreds) - thought
kh	[x]	X	surnames: Akhmatova (Akhmatova), Okhlobystin (Okhlobystin)
zh	[ʒ]	and	surnames: Zhulin (Zhulin), Zhirinovsky (Zhirinovsky)

Explain to your child that English letters have their own sounds, which can sometimes change with different combinations of letters. Pay his attention to letters such as g and j, e and i, a and r, since the pronunciation of these letters is often confused with each other. Try to explain everything in simple words so that the child understands what he is being taught and does not close his eyes with the thought: “Why do I need these English letters?”

It is probably better to refrain at the initial stage from explaining digraphs, which may subsequently lead to descriptions of the people indicated in the examples. Just be aware of their existence and when learning a word in English that contains a digraph, tell your child how this or that combination of letters is read.

How to teach the English alphabet to children

Of course, you won’t be able to get by with an ordinary table on top when working with children, and therefore we offer several options on how to help your child learn the English alphabet faster.

First and foremost, create a pleasant learning environment. If your child whines, denies and is distracted by other things, you will not get the same result. It is important not to force, but to be able to interest the child. Therefore, your English lessons should not be like training, they should be like a game. If the English alphabet is presented in a fun and interesting way, the child will remember the information much faster and will be interested in further learning the language. How can you teach a fun lesson in a playful way?

English alphabet in pictures

We are all different from each other and perceive information in different ways. Your child may remember information better using visual memory. If so, then let him learn the English alphabet with pictures. These can be simply brightly drawn cards with letters, or cards that, in addition to letters, contain some images. It is not necessary to buy such cards with the English alphabet; you can make them yourself or even involve your child in this process.

English alphabet

Where do you usually start learning the Russian alphabet? That's right, from the alphabet. So why not apply the same method to English? There are now a lot of English primers for preschoolers on the book markets. All you have to do is check that each drawing matches the contents of the page and buy the book that you like best.

Songs

If your child does not like books or does not perceive visual information at all, you can try using auditory memory to learn English. And don’t say that you’ve never heard a song with the English alphabet. Perhaps it is even more popular than the anthem of Great Britain itself. Sing it yourself or play it on an electronic device. Besides the standard version, you can also look for other versions of songs with English letters. There are quite a lot of them on the Internet.

You can also play association games. For example, learning the English alphabet with animals. Tie words on the topic “animals” to the letters. These animals should begin with the letter that you want to explain to the child. Then play the sounds these animals make and let your child guess who you wished for them. Animals are usually remembered by a child much faster, so a similar exercise can be used from the moment the child begins to repeat after you and pronounce his first words.

Items

The English alphabet for little ones can be taught using various things. Show an object to your baby and name it in English. In the future, this will greatly simplify his understanding of the letters, since he will already have an idea of ​​how they are pronounced.

At older ages, you can also use stickers. You need to write words on them that denote the objects that are in your house and, in fact, stick them in their places. Constantly noticing a word, the child will involuntarily associate it with the object to which the sticker is attached.

Educational cartoon

Another way of visual learning is watching cartoons. The alphabet in pictures for children may not seem very interesting, because there is no movement in it, there are no characters. But cartoons will probably attract the attention of any child. At the moment, there are a huge number of educational cartoons in which the main theme is English for children. Typically, such cartoons present basic English language topics, including the alphabet, in an entertaining way. They come in both Russian and English. Decide for yourself which one to choose. But if your child does not yet speak Russian, then he can be shown cartoons exclusively in English, while for older children, Russian cartoons about English will be more understandable at first.

Subsequently, the child can also include some ordinary cartoons or the same films about superheroes. First, in this case, those cartoons and films, phrases from which your children know by heart, may be suitable. Accordingly, by giving them the English version, you can be sure that they follow the plot and understand everything that happens on the screen.

Computer game

Not all parents agree with this method, but it is still worth mentioning. If you want to enrich your child's learning and add more interactivity, you can use electronic gadgets. On the Internet you can find a huge number of games that help solve the question of how to learn English. This method can probably replace the first 3 at once, because these games can have cards with the English alphabet, “talking alphabet”, animals with their own sounds, and funny songs. There is also a training game in which the child needs to, for example, determine the order of letters or choose one letter out of two. Children will undoubtedly enjoy such exercises and will help them with their learning, because a child does not associate the word “game” with something tedious and dreary.

Checking what you have learned

Learned letters and words tend to be forgotten. To prevent this, periodically return to the topic of the alphabet. Listen to how your child speaks, pay attention to those moments when he chooses a letter at random rather than actually remembering its pronunciation or spelling. Don't swear if your child forgets something. When a person learns a large amount of information at once, this happens.

Nanny

There is, of course, another training option. Probably one of the most effective methods, which was used by the families of the Pushkins, Lermontovs, Griboyedovs and other famous Russian people. If you do not want or do not have the opportunity to move to an English-speaking country, but want your child to speak with a native speaker on a daily basis, a nanny or teacher who will communicate more than teach your child at a desk is the most faithful helper. When a person is not understood in one language, he has no choice but to learn the language of his interlocutor. In children, this process occurs spontaneously without any wasted effort. They will not be confused about which person to speak which language with, and will switch from one language to another instantly. A native speaker will save you from English classes with your child and will save you time, but, unfortunately, not money, so approach this option wisely.

It is also worth noting that you don’t need to think about how to quickly learn a language or teach it to someone. You will agree that you cannot learn even the same English alphabet in 30 seconds. Yes, sometimes even one letter may not be mastered in 30 seconds. Therefore, we teach or study English gradually, dwell on each letter, and learn its pronunciation.

We hope that the question of how to remember the English alphabet for children has become less pressing for you. Games, songs, cartoons, interactivity and simple patience - this is what English for children consists of. As you can see, there is nothing complicated about this, and therefore you should not wait for the first grade, start teaching your children right now.

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English for children

Fun English for children: learning the alphabet

It is better to learn any foreign language from childhood. It is known that children who grew up in a multilingual environment adapt much more easily and absorb new information much faster.

In order for a child to start learning English as early as possible and not get bored from this process, it is enough to turn tedious learning into a game. This will make it much easier for your baby to remember new words and phrases, and you will spend time with your child not only fun, but also productive.

In this article we will talk about how to simply and easily learn the English alphabet for both children and all beginners and give several poems and songs to study.

English alphabet

The alphabet in English is called alphabet or simply ABC. It has 26 letters, of which 20 are consonants and only 6 vowels (vowels).

Vowels: A, E, I, O, U, Y
Consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z

Alphabet with transcription and pronunciation:

Aa [ei] [hey]
Bb [bi:] [bi]
Cc [si:] [si]
Dd [di:] [di]
Ee [i:] [and]
Ff [ef] [ef]
Gg [dʒi:] [ji]
Hh [eitʃ] [eych]
Ii [ai] [ai]
Jj [dʒei] [jay]
Kk [kei] [kei]
Ll [el] [el]
Mm [em] [um]
Nn [en] [en]
Oo [ou] [oh]
Pp [pi:] [pi]
Qq [kju:] [cue]
Rr [a:] [aa, ar]
Ss [es] [es]
Tt [ti:] [ti]
Uu [ju:] [yu]
Vv [vi:] [vi]
Ww [ `dʌbl `ju: ] [double]
Xx [eks] [ex]
Yy [wai] [wai]
Zz [zed] [zed]

Americans and British pronounce almost all letters of the alphabet the same way, except for the last one. In American English, Z would sound like "zee".

Learning the alphabet usually begins with an alphabet song: this makes it easier for the child to remember the pronunciation. She sings line by line:

Do you know your ABC?
You can learn along with me!
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
H, I, J, K
L, M, N, O, P
Q, R, S,
T, U, V
W, X, Y and Z
Now you know your alphabet!

By the way, due to the difference in the pronunciation of the letter “Z”, the end of this song in the British and American versions will sound differently:

British

X, Y, Z - Now I know my alphabet(Now I know my alphabet) or Now you know your alphabet(Now you know your alphabet).

American

Now I know my ABC, twenty-six letters from A to Z(Now I know my alphabet, twenty-six letters from A to Z) or Now I know my ABC, next time won't you sing with me(Now I know my alphabet, would you like to sing with me next time).

It is with learning the alphabet that a fascinating journey into any foreign language begins. Everyone needs to know ABC by heart in order to know how to correctly write and pronounce individual letters. Especially if you need to spell a word. Spelling is how a word is spelled. There is no direct analogue of spelling in the Russian language, but the Americans even have a whole game called Spelling Bee, in which you need to spell a word without making mistakes. In the USA, Spelling Bee competitions and competitions are often held.

But you need to start simple, especially for children. We tell you a few tricks on how to make it as easy as ABC for your child to learn the alphabet.

Cards with words

One of the effective ways to learn new words and remember the alphabet is to make your child bright cards with letters and the words that begin with them and hang them in a visible place.

The same technique can be used to enrich vocabulary: just hang translation cards over the objects you have in your apartment - let the child remember how words are written and pronounced.

One of the easiest options is to use words that are familiar to the child. These could be names of animals or everyday objects.

Here are the letters with the corresponding words that will allow you to remember not only the spelling, but also practice pronunciation:

A - Apple
B - Banana
C - Cat
D - Dog
E - Elephant (Elephant)
F - Fox (Fox)
G - Giraffe (Giraffe)
H - House
I - Ice-cream (Ice cream)
J - Jam (Jam)
K - Key
L - Lemon
M - Mouse
N - Nose (Nose)
O - Owl (Owl)
P - Panda (Panda)
Q - Queen
R - Rabbit
S - Squirrel
T - Turtle
U - Umbrella (Umbrella)
V - Violin (Violin)
W - Wolf
X - Ox (Ox)
Y - Yacht (Yacht)
Z - Zebra

You can find a set of such cards in any bookstore, or you can make them yourself.

Poem for learning the English alphabet

In poetic form it is much easier to remember the order of letters and words starting with that letter. Many teachers read this rhyme to their youngest students to introduce them to the alphabet:

There's a knock on our door.
- Who's there?
- Letter A and autumn - autumn.
To everyone, so as not to be sad,
They give an apple - an apple.

Letter B, like a ball - ball
Jumps and hides under the table.
It's a pity I don't have time to play:
I'm reading a book - book

S. went hunting.
- Mice! Get your paws off!
For lunch today
Don't get it from a cat - cat.

Don't go near the letter D
Otherwise D will bite.
The cat runs without feeling his feet,
There is a dog in the yard.

The letter E is whiter than snow.
E begins with egg,
Egg is hatching a quonk.
Here is the end - the end. And period!

Sitting on a green leaf,
The letter F will croak loudly,
Because frog is a frog,
The famous wah.

Don't be friends with this letter
The letter G is arrogant.
It’s important to raise your head,
Looks down - giraffe.

H will wipe anyone's nose.
My horse is rushing like a whirlwind.
There is no barrier for him
If the rider is wearing a hat - hat.

With the letter I we are so similar:
I and I are one and the same.
We don't cry, we don't mope,
If there is a ice cream - ice-cream.

Sweet tooth letter J
Sweeter than buns and cakes.
The letter J is familiar to everyone,
Who tasted the sweet jam.

K will open the locks for everyone,
She has a key - key,
It will take you to the kingdom,
The magical world will open up.

The letter L came next,
To help the lamb - lamb,
He's afraid to go to bed
He asks to light the lamp.

The letter M is for monkey,
For a cheerful, nimble monkey.
She's waiting for treats
Melon - she needs a melon.

N don't get tired of hanging.
There is a nest on the branches - a nest.
There are chicks in it. We wish we could
Count their number - number.

From dawn to dawn
Oak-tree waving a branch.
He calls everyone under the arch of branches,
Mumbling under my breath: “O.K.”

Pirate - young pirate
With parrot - the parrot is glad:
- Look, this is for us
The palm tree is waving its branch!

Here I'll sing a song
In honor of the beautiful letter Q,
Because the queen is a queen
He loves to have fun.

Why is there word of mouth?
"Beware of the letter R"?
I'll tell you a secret
There is nothing more disgusting than a rat - rat!

It's no coincidence that the letter S
Piques interest:
In the sky - the sky sparkles star -
A very bright star.

T is calling us to Children's World.
We are happy to visit:
He'll make friends with you there
Every toy is a toy.

If you see the letter U,
It means it will rain soon.
U got better today -
Gave me an umbrella.

Hey! Run, hold, catch!
There is a V on the serve.
The ball went straight into the sky,
I love volleyball.

W, everyone knows
Inverted M.
In the darkness, flashing his fang,
A gray wolf is walking - a wolf.

The doctor said from behind the door:
- I'm taking you to X-ray.
- What's happened? Maybe captured?
- No, just for an x-ray.

Hey, lean on the oars!
The letter Y is rushing into the sea.
Calls the guys on a long journey
White sailboat - a yacht.

What is the letter Z?
You will see when you take the ticket,
Wolf, tiger, and goat
In the zoo - in the Zoo.

Games for learning the English alphabet for children

Interesting games using the same cards will allow the child to get used to it faster and not get bored while learning the English alphabet. What you can play with your child:

"Draw a letter"

Tell your child a letter of the English alphabet and ask him to represent it with his fingers or with his body. You can play in turns and show some letters yourself.

"Draw a letter"

Place alphabet cards in front of your child and invite him to draw the letter himself on a piece of paper. This way he will quickly learn not only to visually recognize letters, but also to write them in the future. Similarly, you can take plasticine and ask your child to mold the letters of the English alphabet from it.

"Word-ball"

A more active game in which you can pass a ball to each other and name letters in alphabetical order or, for more advanced players, words starting with that letter.

"Stop Song"

Place letter cards in front of your child and play an alphabet song in English. Stop it at any moment - the child must repeat the last letter he heard and show the corresponding card.

"Not really"

For this game you can use cards with both letters and words. Show your child the picture and say the word. So, you can show a picture of a pig and say “tiger” out loud. If the child says “no,” then he must name what is actually shown in the picture.

Come up with your own games and tasks, ask your child what he would like to play. Watch cartoons in English together and sometimes turn to him with ordinary requests in English and let him also sometimes use English words in everyday speech.

2016-05-02

Hello my dear!

Today we have an interesting lesson ahead of us "English alphabet for children" , which will also benefit adults just starting to learn the language.

The article is devoted to how remember faster and more efficiently English alphabet with unfamiliar letters and sounds. And for this I collected in it exhaustive amount of materials:

• for visual reference ( pictures, letters s and pronunciation),
• for listening ( songs, audio),
• to view ( video),
• for downloading and printing ( cards, poster (word, pdf)),
• and of course, to consolidate new things with the help of interesting games and tasks.

Let's study

Today I have prepared pictures for you that you can not only read and listen to online on my website, but also print out for yourself and teach in any free minute. First, let's look at the entire alphabet (click on the picture to enlarge), listen to all its letters, and then listen to its classic and long-loved song:

If you also listen to these 2 songs, you will understand that there is an American version of the pronunciation of the alphabet, the difference of which is only in the pronunciation of the last letter. It may be a small thing, but you need to know about it!

• An ideal assistant in learning letters for a child aged 3-5 years will be Sound poster with Russian and English alphabet !
• Also be sure to try A fascinating soft mosaic with English letters.
• If your child loves to communicate with gadgets, be sure to purchase an online course from LinguaLeo « English for little ones» . After completing this exciting game course, your child will be able to recognize and correctly pronounce all the letters of the English alphabet, and will also learn to talk about his family and how he feels. Once upon a time, my daughter was simply begging to let her study more. In general, I recommend it!

You can watch my short overview of the course in the video (min. 3:15) .

And here is the alphabet with uppercase and lowercase letters. Try the following activity with your child:

1. look at the picture next to the letter and say the word in Russian,
2. find the corresponding English word in the Russian-English dictionary,
3. check if it starts with a letter indicated in the alphabet,
4. Write down the English letter and word in a notebook or notepad and draw a picture next to it.

An alphabet with English and Russian transcriptions of letters will help you pronounce them correctly.

And you can study these letters with words online - by watching and listening to their pronunciation.

And here is the promised word file for downloading and printing. For each letters have your own English word. On page A4 - 2 letters.

How to work with it:

1. Print it out.
2. Take colored pencils or markers and color the letters with your child (you can do this in the same way as the picture - add eyes or a mouth).
3. Try to draw what it says next to each letter.
4. During the process, be sure to tell your child about the drawn objects or animals or ask him questions about them.
5. Work slowly with every letter: First say it several times with different intonations, pitch of voice, etc., then say the word written next to it. Then you can take 2 letters (previously cut into separate cards) and show them to the child - try to give him the opportunity to show the correct letter from the 2 you named.
6. If your child is already 5 years old, you can master not only capital letters, but also lowercase letters. You need to explain to the baby that each letter has its own little brother, who is smaller in height and sometimes different from the older one (you can see them in the picture below). On the printed cards you can draw the younger brothers next to the older brothers - all the kids should like this!

I have another word file for you, where, unlike the previous one, colorful uppercase and lowercase letters and also English and Russian transcription for correct pronunciation. On sheet A4 - 2 letters. Download and enjoy it together with your child:

And this is a pdf poster with the English alphabet - for printing. It can be printed on A4 or A3 sizes. Colorful English letters are complemented by transcription (Russian and English), which will help any child and adult quickly remember English letters and their correct sounds.

Alphabet in colorful videos

Yes, the most effective and fastest way for a child to learn new English letters is to also watch a video. Now they are not at all difficult to find. Here are some fun ones:

And here is a whole series of cartoons, each of which is dedicated to a separate English letter. Video in Russian.

The last two videos are very good material for learning not only English letters, but also the sounds they make in some words.

Poems

Videos are always fascinating, but what about rhymes for quickly memorizing English letters? Have you tried it? Then go ahead! Children really like them. Click on the icon in the upper right corner for increase...

Games and tasks

I can offer you at least 10 more entertaining games and tasks to remember the letters of the English alphabet that are new to your child and their sequence ( about learning through games for children, also read). These games can be played as one-on-one with the child, and organize them for a group of children.

• Learning with a ball

There can be many different variations of ball games for children. For example, you can throw a ball to each other and take turns saying the next letter. Or, for example, throw a ball against a wall and call it with each hit.

• Draw a letter

• Guessing cards

Try this option: you show your baby a picture of an apple - and he calls you “a” - apple. Or you show a kitten, and he calls you “c” - cat. Of course, this is more of a memory game and is suitable for more conscious children. But for repeating what you have learned, it is ideal like no other.

• Alphabet train

The goal of this easy task game is to build a train from a pile of cards with English letters, each carriage of which must stand in its place. Only then will he go!

• Stop song

The task here is to listen carefully to the alphabet song, and when the recording stops (the adult pauses at any point in the song), the children must repeat the last letter they heard and show the card with it.

• Neighbours

From a pile of cards with letters turned upside down, the child chooses any one. The task is to remember the neighboring letter of the one that is in the child’s hands. In this case, you can call the previous letter or the next one. Any answer will be correct.

• Guess it quickly

The goal of the game is to guess as quickly as possible what letter the adult is writing (who slowly and slowly writes a large English letter on a board or piece of paper in parts).

• Add a dance to the song

One of my students was wildly restless. And in order to learn everything, we had to come up with a real dance with her, where for each letter we made a new movement, reminiscent of its shape. It’s amazing and incredibly strange, I tell you, but we managed to master it.

• Connectors by points

This interesting and favorite activity for all children will help them quickly remember not only the letters of the English alphabet, but also their sequence. Here are 4 such pictures that you can download, print and use.

• Letter - picture

Another exciting activity that will require children to know words (rather, it will be an association of a letter with a picture) beginning with certain letters of the alphabet. This requires preliminary preparation and work with pictures and words. I found these 6 printable pictures on the Preschool website (kindereducation.com). We connect the letters with the necessary pictures, and then color them for fun.

Don't try to do everything by force. From my experience working with children, I know that if you don’t interest them, but force them to remember something, there will be absolutely no effect. The baby will only hate the language, and then it will be even more difficult for you and him ( Where to start teaching your child English).

Also, don't try to memorize without the help of a song, video or photo. The child will not even begin to turn on his “memory” processes. These words should burn red in your mind when it comes to learning: HE SHOULD BE INTERESTED!

And lastly, he must at least somehow understand why this is necessary. Yes, it’s difficult to explain to a little person of 3-5 years old why he needs to learn any other sounds if everyone speaks the ones he already knows. So come up with some kind of fairy tale ( you can use), or watch a cartoon with him where individual words are spoken in a foreign language. This may arouse in him a desire to learn them himself.

And finally...

Of course, all children are different, and not all methods of work are suitable for everyone. Therefore, I can immediately advise looking for the right path to your baby. He will love English if you show it to him in the right light.

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Learning English begins with the alphabet. How best to teach the English alphabet with a child - this is exactly what I want to talk about. The easiest way for a child to remember all the letters is to song about the English alphabet.

From the article you will learn:

How children can learn the English alphabet correctly

So how to properly structure teaching the English alphabet for children?

First of all, you need to know the transcription of each English letter, that is, its pronunciation. The child's level is . In this case, you can learn the pronunciation of English letters only through transcription.

Below is the English alphabet with Russian transcription.

The English alphabet for children can also be presented in the form of cards, where each card has its own letter of the English alphabet - and for each letter there is either an object or an animate creature.

It will also be quite educational to listen to the English alphabet by ear. Below I have collected several songs about the English alphabet that will help your child memorize the alphabet by ear.

Watch the video with your child several times, after the second or third time try to sing along so that the child remembers the motive and words of the song about the English alphabet.

Song about the English alphabet

There are many songs about the English alphabet, for every taste and color.

The most famous song about the English alphabet is ABC song (Alphabet song). The motive of this song is very easy to remember at any age. Just sing it under your breath a few times and you will immediately remember the order and letters of the alphabet.

ABC Song (Alphabet Song for Children) - UK version

Below is an interesting and funny version of this song, which children will definitely enjoy, and adults will also find it entertaining. This version of the song suggests using imaginative thinking.

We are the alphabet

ABC (alphabet) song “zee” version (American version)

Below are the lyrics of the song with translation into Russian.

Aa-Bb-Cc-Dd-Ee-Ff-Gg
Hh-Ii-Jj-Kk-Ll-Mm-Nn-Oo-Pp
Qq-Rr-Ss, Tt-Uu-Vv
Ww--Xx, Yy-and-Zz,
Now I know my A-B-Cs ( now I know my alphabet)
next time won't you sing with me ( next time won't you sing with me).

Aa-Bb-Cc-Dd-Ee-Ff-Gg
Hh-Ii-Jj-Kk-Ll-Mm-Nn-Oo-Pp
Qq-Rr-Ss, Tt-Uu-Vv
Ww--Xx, Yy-and-Zz,
Now I know my A-B-Cs ( now I know my alphabet)
Tell me what you think of me ( Tell me what you think of me).

A song about the English alphabet is perfect for learning.

Good luck to you and your child in learning the English alphabet!