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3 Tips For Teaching Your Child The Alphabet At Home
If you have a Pre-School or Kindergarten aged child, then you are aware that a large part of their reading readiness instruction at school is focused on the alphabet. The alphabetic principle is one of the first, and most important, skills a student needs to learn in order to be a successful reader.
The alphabetic principle means developing the understanding that letters are symbols that have a specific sound or sounds.