Young children learn the alphabet by memorizing it. Parents and teachers help children learn it by singing alphabet songs, exposing children to alphabet books that display a letter and picture of something that starts with the same letter (for example: "A is for apple") and by writing the letters in the alphabet. In classrooms teachers have charts displaying the alphabet and pictures to go with each letter.
Once children have memorized the alphabet they may not need to rely on picture cues and/or songs.
This may seem like a simplistic example of an activity that involves memorization, but it is an important one.
2 comments:
Songs and chants are a great way to ensure long term memorization. I still sing songs for the Days of the Week and Months of the Year. We also just finished the Water cycle song this month!
I had a great song that I paired with an alphabet poster and had children in kindergarten practice pointing to the visuals as we sang the song daily. It also incorporated the sound each letter made. Yes, Katherine, songs are a huge help to our students when paired with the visuals!
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