Fun with Letters and Phonics

Songs

A great way to teach small children letters. The songs can be simple alphabet songs or you can use songs that have small words in them. Children love songs, especially the young ones. You can use the songs to help them spell out words and recognize letters for these words. Anything can be put into music.

Beginner books

Many of the small beginner books will have loads of colors and big pictures in them. This will be very attractive to your toddler. Most toddlers are fascinated by colors and shapes. These color and shapes are based around letters, which grabs your child attention and helps them learn.

Children games

There are literally thousand of phonics games on the Internet to help you child learn. Schools are even starting to use computers as early as pre-school. The possibilities are almost endless in what kind of games you can find. Board games have also brought many different things to life for learning. Many board games have started using letters and phonics to play in the game. Children love games and when you can put fun into their learning, it will help them better.

Flash cards

Flash cards are a learning tool that has been around for ages. It can be very helpful if you use the right cards. You will need to know what stimulates your child\'s interest and make sure you use cards that will coincide with these interests. If you child is not interested in what you are trying to do, they will not learn.

Magnetic letters

Every parent probably already has a set of these on their refrigerator. This is a great tool in helping your child to learn their letters. They can play with these anytime they want and you can still be working on dinner. Many of the magnets come in different shapes, numbers and animals. All these things put together can help you child learn while they think they are just playing.

Have fun with your kids

Having fun with your kids is the easiest way to help them learn. Use your imagination and put things into games or songs. Children are pretty easily amused for the most part, so it should not be hard finding ways to keep them interested. And that is the big key. Because if your child is not interested in what you are trying to teach them, they will get frustrated and you could lose your patience with them. The sillier the game or song, the better your child will remember it.