My mother is a tutor and is working with a 5 year old who’s having great difficulty recognizing or naming numbers and letters. He can count to 100, recite the alphabet and name pictures of common items. He can match letters and numbers (find the 2 items that are the same in a set) but so far, after much exposure, has learned only the name of the letter that begins his name. She’s tried a multisensory approaches with minimal success.
She’s used sandpaper letters, written letters on his back, had him write the letter in the air with his finger, had him color giant letters, tried three period lessons, sequencing letter symbols (putting only A, B, and C in order). She’s sort of out of ideas right now (except for beginning with numbers as symbols instead of letters, as they are more concrete, and seeing if he match quantity in poker chips to the relevant symbol; he does have one to one counting). Does anyone else have any ideas to help this kid learn his letters?
Thanks,
Tyger
Learning the names and the sounds of the letters
Hi, If you will email me with your address, I will send you a copy of a letter I wrote telling how to teach letters and letter sounds. Anita [email protected] www.learntoreadnow.com
Well, in this situation I back off even further, not three letters, not two, but one at a time and super concentrating on it in ten different ways and over a long period of time.
I have posted many answers to many questions and after some time have saved down a bunch of posts which I will send out on request. There are two that answer just this question, at length.
Just email a request to [email protected]