It may be that up until this point she just hasn't been all that interested, especially if she is gifted in another area (like creativity). I would definitely tell you to work with her, but to be honest.you still have another 4 months so there is still time! Not everyone's child is going to be on the exact 'learning schedule' as everyone else's! And on top of that.what I have learned, is that many, MANY children who are very advanced academically seem to struggle in other areas (socially, making friends, maturity, etc). Immediately in K they begin working on 'sight words'-220 words that they need to recognize by 'sight' rather than by decoding ('sounding out'). At our school, there is not a lot of emphasis on learning each letter (as there was when I was in Kindergarten)-if they don't come to K knowing their letters, they do struggle. As a first grade teacher, I do know firsthand that the pressure on kids as young as preschoolers is HEAVY. Now she is doing well (just turned five last week-will begin K in the fall). Until it became 'real' to her, it didn't sink in. Putting that in a little photo album with a sticker of the corresponding letter attached helped her quickly. I took a picture of her holding something from our house for every letter of the alphabet ('v' was her holding her vitamins, etc). When my daughter was about to start three year old kindergarten, we were having a hard time with letters. My daughter loves the little activities on there. Here is a website that i was introduced to a few weeks ago as well. Maybe go to your local library and find some dvd's with some catchy tunes about the alphabet and then sit with her and ask her if she remembers what letters they went over. I believe she is doing so well because she has a great memory.

So as you can see EVERY child is different. I never sat down and went over the letters with her until right before she turned 4 and to my surprise she knew every letter I wrote. She still sings the songs to this day and has not seen those shows in over a year.

They go over so many letters and they have so many catchy songs and that is how my daughter learned her letters and numbers. I know it goes against what pediatrians say but my daughter loves to watch Sesame Street and Blues Clues.

My daughter will be 5 in June and she can spell her full name. For instance my daughter knew her abc's before she was 3 and my niece is a week older and still doesnt know hers. Good luck and have fun! Don't worry - she'll be great!Įvery child is different. Then, you can teach her more each week and switch to flashcards for practice once she's got several of them down pretty well. Once she starts learning one, two, three letters she will feel proud and motivated. If I were you, I think I'd focus on one letter for several days before moving on to the another letter. As they got used to learning letters, we would introduce more each week. It was all about that one, single letter for what seemed like forever! We would find 'hidden a's' in books - just having kids point to every 'a' they saw. They would color pictures with a's and items that started with a. I haven't taught in a kindy classroom in years and years (I teach third grade), but when I did, we would focus on one letter for a whole week when they first started learning the alphabet. To ease your mind, please know that MANY, MANY children come into Kindy knowing NO letters and NO numbers - none of it! But, to help her out, my suggestion would be not to focus on more than one letter a day.

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