![]() My reasoning is that children are more likely to see more lower case letters in books and the environment. I prefer to introduce the letters formally in lowercase format first. When I'm teaching kids I make sure they know about letters, sounds, uppercase, and lower case when the need arises. This is what makes our language so confusing! We also write the letters two ways, as uppercase (capitals) or lower case. Some letters, like "g," make different sounds as in goat and age, and then make a whole new sound when in combination with another letter as in cough. The letter "b" (bee) makes the sound "b" as in bat, except at the end of words like thumb, when it makes no sound at all. The letter "b" for instance, we pronounce as "bee." The letters also make sounds within words. They are the building blocks of words and underpin children's development of skills in reading, writing, and spelling. In English, the letters A-Z are commonly referred to as the alphabet. ![]()
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