Teaching the alphabet

You didn't say how old he is. Try what they usually try in kindergarten or 1st grade if he seems to understand. Choose an object that starts with the letter you are teaching him. (Sometimes it works better to teach then consonants first because they have easier to make sounds.) For example, if he has a toy bear, tell him b is for bear. Draw a b at the top of a sheet of paper and tell him b says b. Then find pictures of things like a bear, a bug, a bee, a box, etc. and tell him these are all b things. Let him cut out the pictures. Keep saying the words over and over, emphasizing the b sound. The next day, pick a new letter to work on. C is for carrot, cake, candy, cookie, etc. Each day, review all the letters you have learned so far. If you have pasted pictures under each letter, go down them one by one and say, C arrot, C ake, C andy, etc. Only introduce about 5 letters and keep going over them until he really gets the idea. Then begin adding more. Maybe at bedtime you can ask him, "What are some b words we learned today." Or you could read him a bedtime story and point out the b each time you find a word that begins with a b like a bed, and ask if he thinks maybe you could find a picture about that word the next day. Good luck.

I remember I learned the letters when I was younger because there used to be a paper border up in our classroom. I looked at it every day and learned them. Could you do something like that? Also, there are really cool toys out there. My son is 2 and loves this little plastic laptop toy. It has little games on there to learn letters and numbers.

My daughter first learned also colors, counting, animals etc before she learned to recognize letters/alphabet. I dont pressure her of not learning that fast. What I do, I post an alphabet poster in her room, together with the colors & number posters. Now that she's in nursery, it helped her a lot to easily recognize the alphabet because she's been used to the "picture" of the letters.

i have the same problem with my son! he is really into numbers but has little or no interest in letters! for xmas his aunt bought him a little toy that teaches how to spell simple words, and teaches the sounds of the letters ect.. my son actually likes that toy and plays with it from time to time and is learning a little bit with it so far.. so maybe u may want to look into something like that? i wish you the best of luck!

I've taught preschool through high school and I really wouldn't be worried about a three year old not being interested in the alphabet. Don't push him - the more stressed you are about it the more resistant he will be to learning. That said, you could do some fun things with letters - go on a walk and look for a certain letter on signs, have him circle or cut out a particular letter in newspapers or magazines, have him trace his name with fingerpaint or shaving cream.

The suggestions are all good, but I'll offer another one. Take some 3 x 5 note cards and write the names of objects on them. Take the cards and tape them to the objects around the home, ex. television, wall, lamp, chair, etc. Without prompting, he will learn to associate the name with the letters (characters) of the object. It's all about association. This was how I taught my daughter to read, as I began this process when she was just a few months old. Give it a try. I'd love to hear how it works out. Good luck!

Three is really young. His little brain might just not be ready yet. It souns like there are other things that he is learning, so I wouldnt worry. He will learn the alphabet soon enough.

You can buy a leapfrog learning aid which was a great help to my daughter.The electronically recorded voice captivated her attention.She used to press with the leap pad pen all the letters and smiled with glee.She was perfectly under the spell of this learning aid.Hope this aid works for you too.