The first thing a child needs to know when learning a foreign language is the English alphabet. alphabet quickly and for a long time?

Why is the child having difficulty?

Often children have problems and misunderstandings when learning the English alphabet. The first mistake is cramming. You need to remember: if you want your child to learn all the letters of the language for the rest of his life for the first time, then cramming should be excluded from the rule. The most important thing is to make learning the English alphabet enjoyable for the child himself. If a child perceives this as a game, then the opportunity to learn the English alphabet in 5 minutes can become a reality.

A child may encounter difficulties in learning the English alphabet also because he will not know why he needs to do this. If the child is very young, your assurances that he will need it in his later adult life may not be understood by him. It is clear to adults that knowledge of foreign languages ​​opens up great opportunities for a person. Your child will most likely not understand this. That is why it is better to turn the study of the alphabet into an exciting game.

English letters and pronunciation

How to quickly learn the English alphabet? The first thing to do in order to learn the English alphabet is to find the alphabet itself, where, in addition to capital letters, there will also be uppercase letters, the pronunciation of each letter in Russian, as well as a few words in English that begin with this letter. There are 26 letters in English.

Now that there is an English alphabet with and words, you can start learning.

Learning the English alphabet with the help of copybooks

How to quickly learn the English alphabet for a child? For everything to work out quickly, the child must have some association with letters. First, you can draw an analogy of the English alphabet with the Russian, and then show the words that are presented above. These very easy words that the child may have known before (some school programs start with learning words) will help you learn the English alphabet. How to learn it with these words? You need to open a notebook, take a pen and start writing first a capital letter, then a lowercase letter, and then words. It is important that the child writes only one letter on each line in the notebook and pronounces it. This method will take the child a lot of time (about an hour or two), but a parent will not be needed, writing skills in English will develop, and the alphabet will be remembered for sure for a long time!

If you have copybooks in a foreign language at home, you can use them. There are always fun coloring pages, pictures and easy English words in the copybooks for young children.

Learn the alphabet and sing songs

If you notice that your child's memory is not visual, but auditory, you are very lucky! On the Internet you can find a lot of audio and video recordings where children sing the English alphabet. Such songs help to learn it very quickly, literally in 5 minutes.

Learn the English alphabet with bright flashcards

Bright cards with words help you quickly learn the English alphabet. How to learn it with flashcards? Such cards can be bought at any bookstore or children's store, or you can make it yourself with your child, which will be quite long, but very effective. If you bought cards, then the instructions necessarily say what to do and how. Learning the English alphabet with a child is quite troublesome in this way, but words and letters will be remembered for a long time.

Usually cards are divided into letters of the alphabet. Each card has one word written and a picture is drawn that is interconnected with this word. The child can learn these words that begin with one letter, orally or in writing.

Various alphabet games

In fact, the child must perceive everything as a game in order to memorize the English alphabet. How to learn the letters of a foreign language if you constantly sit and cram? It will be quite difficult for a small child who still has to play and play. How to quickly learn the English alphabet - we learned earlier, but how to consolidate knowledge?

The first game. Write the English alphabet on paper in large letters, cut into squares. Distribute the cards randomly. The child must collect a complete alphabet from these cards.

Second game. This is a team game, for it you need at least two or three children. You pronounce the letter, and the children must add the corresponding letter for themselves. This game is very fun and exciting.

Third game. Take two sheets of paper, lay one sheet on top of the other in the middle. Write the letter so that its top is written on one sheet and the bottom is written on another. Remove the second sheet, leaving only the top of the letter. Ask the child to complete the missing part.

How to learn the English alphabet with a child? You just need to show a little imagination!

Starting to learn English, it is very important to know the pronunciation of letters in the Russian version. For this, there is a special table, which shows the entire English alphabet with transcription. For children, the pronunciation of the sounds of the English alphabet is best studied in pictures.

Of course, a plate where the English alphabet with transcription is presented in pictures will be much more interesting for children. Visual presentation of information is better and faster to remember, children will not have problems with associations and pronunciation of sounds. The study of letters and their transcription in pictures will also help to interest children in learning and make the lessons more interesting, informative and varied.

English - Game - With pronunciation

Learning by playing

The game form of learning the English alphabet will be preferable for children. Playing a game that is exciting for him, the child will be able to repeat the same sounds after you for a long time, thus memorizing them. This approach will be much more effective than if you forced the baby to study and pore over textbooks.

Try a game that is suitable for learning English sounds. First, your task is to show the child 5 letters and correctly name them. When the baby is ready, let him begin to repeat these letters after you and try to remember them better. The next stage - you yourself no longer name the letters, but simply show the baby. Let him strain his memory and remember what this letter is and try to guess. The game is simple and interesting, if you play it without pressure, then the child will very soon ask to play with him. So he will easily learn the entire English alphabet correctly.

Letters and sounds

Transcription helps to remember the correct pronunciation of sounds, so the baby will not memorize the letters incorrectly if you help him with transcription, which is the link between the letters and their corresponding sounds. It is better to learn the correct pronunciation of letters right away than to relearn everything later.

Try to get your child to learn how to write and pronounce letters right away. In childhood, knowledge is laid very solid and it will be very difficult to change what was learned in early childhood.

Vowels

The English alphabet has only 6 vowels. These are letters such as A, E, I, O, U, Y. An interesting fact concerns the letter "Y", it can mean both a vowel and, in some cases, a consonant.

The vowel sounds are:

1. 7 short vowels - ʌ, ə, æ, i, e, o, u.
2. 5 long vowels ɑ:, ə:, i:, ɔ:, u:.
3. 8 diphthongs ɑi, au, ei, əu, ɛə, iə, oi, uə.

Consonants

20 letters stand for consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z.

Consonants can be voiced or voiceless. When you pronounce voiced sounds, your vocal cords will vibrate, this does not happen when pronouncing the deaf.

1. Deaf ones are f, h, k, p, s, ʃ, t, θ, ʧ.
2. Voiced - b, d, g, ʒ, ʤ, ð, v, z.
3. There are also syllabic consonants - l, m, n, ŋ, r.
4. There are also semivowels - j, w.

Transcription and sounds in English (phonetics)

It is worth teaching children the English alphabet not earlier than the child begins to speak well, and not earlier than the beginning of learning the alphabet of the native language. It is desirable that the child already owns a small set of words in English, all the same as with his native language. That is, from 2–5 you can teach your child English words, more precisely, their pronunciation and meaning, short sentences, but the English alphabet for children can start from 5 years or older. Always, with the study of the alphabet, we continue to learn new English words and frequently used short sentences (questions, answers) - we expand our vocabulary and learn to communicate and interact.

The choice of methods for learning the English alphabet for children depends on the age and individual qualities of the child. It is necessary to take into account the characteristics of the child at each stage of the study, how he usually perceives information (visually, tactilely or aurally?), his temperament (diligent, active, creative, etc.), his interests today and many other factors. You should choose those tools that the child will be most interested in and will be able to do, so you will achieve greater involvement and success. Learning the alphabet can be organized in a playful way, using some of the techniques that are interesting to the child, described below.

Learning the English alphabet with flashcards for preschool children

So, one of the easiest ways to teach the alphabet is to use cards, on one side of which there are pictures with a word, on the other - the letters of the English alphabet. The child learns an English letter with visual support, hears how it is pronounced, what sound corresponds to each letter, and recognizes the word itself that begins with this letter. I also advise you to add associations that arise when we see this or that letter. For example, the letter U looks like a horseshoe, and S looks like a worm or a snake.

So, we learn the English alphabet with the help of cards and the following games that even a child of 3-4 years old will like:

• Children's favorite pastime is to search and solve. Hide a few cards in the apartment or classroom so that the child can easily find them. Then ask them to put them in the correct order, in a previously laid out alphabet, where they picked up the found English letters.
• A game of concentration and memory. Choose a few letters and randomly name words that begin with these letters, and the child must indicate and point to the letter with which this word began.
• Active play. Scatter English letters on the floor, name the letters to the child, and he must step on the correct card with the letter.
• In your games, ask to put the English letters in alphabetical order (but only when the entire alphabet has already been learned).
• If the alphabet is almost learned and needs to be reinforced, and the child has accumulated a certain number of English words that you called him to determine the letter with which they begin, ask him to name as many words as possible that he remembers, starting with some specific letters, etc.

Alternatives to cards

1. "Cheerful English. Talking poster» will help the child in self-study of the English letters of the alphabet. The poster contains: 3 modes (memory, checker, translator), 83 sound buttons, sound adjustment function. Voiced by an English teacher.
2. Set “English language. My first words. 15 cube books. uniquely engages children in learning the English alphabet and teaches new English words. The alphabet is written on the inside of the cover, inside the set there are beautifully and brightly illustrated books with thick cardboard pages.
3. Skylark English for Babies. All about me. English from England for children from birth»- both children and parents are delighted with this set. A set with beautiful, high-quality illustrations and good printing. This method of teaching English to children was developed by experts from Cambridge (Great Britain) together with the Umnitsa company, which develops educational materials for young children. Based on research from the best universities in the world, 100% authentic British English. Included: cards, books, manuals for parents, audio materials, games, toy glove for interacting with the child. Designed for children 0+.

Learn the English alphabet from a YouTube video for preschool children

When an adult learns English, it is recommended to watch films and programs in this language, everything is the same with children. Instead of the usual cartoons, include those that teach your child the letters of the English alphabet, correct pronunciation and new words, and in the future, reading English words. It is enough to use YouTube - there you can find cartoons and programs for every taste. The most common and useful are rhymes and jokes for children - Nursery Rhymes. Being very colorful, cheerful and melodious, they lure the child very much and want to listen to them again and again. Also, from the point of view of the development of speech skills, the song is the optimal tool. After all, it’s easier for us to memorize words this way and it’s much more interesting than methodically memorizing a sequence of letters.
Learn the English alphabet with cartoons for children, where there are songs and rhymes with funny pictures, and you can see the result in a week!

Learn the English alphabet on the move

This type of learning is especially suitable for the child who is vital to move, so he learns this world and everything that surrounds it. To do this, we can use various cubes, magnets with letters, toys (designer) with stickers with letters pasted on them, etc. Everything that may be interesting for your child. For boys, cars for girls are animals, or vice versa - whoever loves it.

Here are some ways:

• With the help of fingers in the air or hands and body movements, depict a letter.
• You can make a gymnastic ribbon (tie the ribbon to a thin stick) and let the child draw the necessary letters in the air.
• Arrange the letters around the apartment, stick them on objects, and the child must find and touch them. You can also include a song about the alphabet to diversify and make it a mini-game.
• Assemble a letter from cubes, constructor or mosaic. For these purposes, you can use any toys - lay them out on the floor in the form of letters.
• Write the letters on the circles of the Twister field, you can play with your mother or friends, naming which hand / leg should fall on which letter.
• Write letters on an inflatable big ball. Throwing a ball with mom, let everyone name the letter that is in front of their eyes.

Come up with similar games yourself - almost any favorite children's game can include elements of learning the English alphabet. Just glue or draw an alphabet on the toy, and according to the plot of the game, offer new tasks based on the letters. So in the process of playing, imperceptibly and not boringly, we learn the English alphabet with children.

We are engaged in creativity and learn the English alphabet

For those children who love to draw and create, this way of learning English letters will become one of the most favorite.

• For example, make a poster with all the letters of the alphabet (or only vowels, or only consonants), use scrapbooking elements to decorate your poster, stickers, colored paper.
• Create your own picture dictionary in the same way. In which each page can be decorated in its own way and even write a whole story with the adventures of a letter on it. Complete them with stickers, magazine clippings starting with a certain letter.
• Sculpt letters from plasticine.
• Assemble a collage of cut out letters from magazines/newspapers/old books.
• Make a garland and hang it in a conspicuous place. Every time you pass by, point to any letter and ask them to name it.

Again, in the version with creativity, you can do any crafts of the letters of the English alphabet, and learn them along the way. - Draw, glue, sculpt, cut, color. Learn letters with your favorite toy animals, this puppet show is perfect for the little ones. Books with favorite characters and English letters will warm up the child's interest in learning the language.

We learn the English alphabet from primers and teaching aids, for preschool children

They are suitable for children of older preschoolers and schoolchildren, although if your child is interested in books, you can start learning with this allowance earlier.

Classes should be on average no more than 15-20 minutes, as soon as the child begins to be distracted, it is necessary to switch to another type of study, for example, a game. You can’t force a child when he doesn’t want to, you risk repelling the desire in further education.

With such aids, it is easier for parents to teach their child English, since all the material is written on the pages, all that remains is to present it to the child and go through the exercises with him. Here are some of the more popular preschoolers:

1. "English for the little ones" Anna Kuznetsova
2. English before school. Allowance for children 5-6 years old "Radislav Milrud
3. “English for kids. The best tutorial (+CD)" Galina Shalaeva

Learning the English alphabet with copybooks and writing assignments for preschool children

This type of learning is suitable for older children who can already at least hold a pen or pencil, and later trace and write letters.

Among the wide variety of teaching aids, choose better ones, most of them are designed for older preschoolers and schoolchildren, but there are also notebooks for learning English for kids. For example, those who are already familiar with the well-known KUMON manuals - a methodology that teaches 4 million children in 49 countries - will appreciate them. Writing uppercase and lowercase letters according to these notebooks is the beginning of the development of writing along with the study of the letters of the English alphabet. Qualitatively designed manual, a popular proven technique.

1. “Learning to write capital letters of the English alphabet. Age 3, 4, 5 years. Tooru Kumon. KUMON"
2. “Learning to write lowercase letters of the English alphabet Age 4, 5, 6 years. Tooru Kumon. KUMON"

Show your child that learning the English alphabet is possible with these simple and fun games! And remember that the sooner you start teaching your child the English alphabet, the faster he will be able to learn it and the easier the learning process will be in the future.

And finally, we learn English letters with children regularly. This is one of the most important conditions if you want to learn English from any age, even at 3 years old.

English teacher
Lebed Evgenia

Educational cartoon "Learn the English alphabet" by Doman's method:

2016-05-02

Hello my dear readers.

The English alphabet for children and even for adults who are just starting to learn a language is a rather difficult thing, because they still know absolutely nothing, and pronunciation for a beginner is that difficult. But she will have to deal with it.

Therefore, today we are waiting for a lesson on how to remember it faster and more efficiently. I will have for you an exhaustive amount of materials for visual reference pictures, cards, letters with transcription and pronunciation), listening ( songs, audio), view ( video), download and print ( cards, poster (word, pdf)), as well as to consolidate the new with the help of interesting games and tasks.

Let's learn

Today I have prepared pictures for you that you can not only read and listen to online on my website, but also print for yourself and study at any free moment. And first, let's look at the entire alphabet (click on the picture to enlarge), listen to all its letters, and then listen to its classic and long-loved song:

If you also listen to these 2 songs, you will understand that there is an American version of the pronunciation of the alphabet, the difference of which is only in the pronunciation of the last letter. Let it be a trifle, but you need to know about it!

For many to help, there is a special audiobook for the little ones - "Alphabet for children" from Litres publishing house.

And here is the alphabet with uppercase and lowercase letters. Try doing the following with your child:

1. look at the picture next to the letter and say the word in Russian,
2. find the corresponding English word in the Russian-English dictionary,
3. check if it starts with a letter specified in the alphabet,
4. write down the English letter and word in a notebook or notepad and draw a picture next to it.

An alphabet with English and Russian transcription of letters will help you pronounce them correctly.

And you can study these letters with words online - by watching and listening to their pronunciation.

And here is the promised word file for downloading and printing. For each letters have your own English word. On page A4 - 2 letters.

How to work with it:

1. Print.
2. Take colored pencils or felt-tip pens and decorate the letters with your child (you can do this in the same way as the picture - add eyes or a mouth).
3. Try to draw what is written next to each letter.
4. In the process, be sure to tell the child about the drawn objects or animals or ask him questions about them.
5. Work without haste with every letter: first say it several times with different intonations, voice pitch, etc., then say the word written next to it. Then you can take 2 letters (previously cut into separate cards) and show them to the child - try to give him the opportunity to show the correct letter from the 2 you named.
6. If your child is already 5 years old, you can master not only capital letters, but also capital letters. It is necessary to explain to the baby that each letter has its own younger brother, who is smaller in stature and sometimes differs from the older one (you can see them in the picture below). On the printed cards, you can draw the younger brothers next to the older brothers - all the guys should like it!

I have another word file for you, where, unlike the previous one, colorful uppercase and lowercase letters as well English and Russian transcription for correct pronunciation. On sheet A4 - 2 letters. Download and enjoy health with your child:

And this is a pdf poster with the English alphabet - for printing. It can be printed on A4 or A3 sizes. Colorful English letters are supplemented with transcription (Russian and English), which will help any child and adult quickly memorize English letters and their correct sound.

Alphabet in colorful videos

Yes, the most effective and fastest way for a child to learn new English letters is to watch a video as well. Now it's not hard to find them. Here are some fun ones:

And here is a whole series of cartoons, each of which is dedicated to a separate English letter. Video in Russian.

The last two videos are very good material for learning not only English letters, but also the sounds they make in some words.

poems

Videos are always exciting, but what about rhymes for quickly memorizing English letters? Haven't tried? Then go ahead! Children like them very much. Click on the icon in the upper right corner for increase...

Games and tasks

I can offer you at least 10 more entertaining games and tasks to remember the new letters of the English alphabet for the child and their sequence ( about learning in games for children also read and). These games can be played as one-on-one with a child and organize them for a group of children.

• Learning with a ball

Variations of fun with a ball for children can be very different. For example, you can throw a ball to each other and take turns saying the next letter. Or, for example, throw the ball against the wall and call it with each hit.

• Draw a letter

• Guessing cards

Try this option: you show your baby a picture of an apple - and he calls you "a" - apple. Or you show a kitten, and he calls you "c" - cat. Of course, this game is more of a memory game and is suitable for more conscious children. But for repeating what has been learned, it fits perfectly like no other.

• alphabet train

The goal of this easy task game is to make a train from a pile of cards with English letters, each trailer of which must stand in its place. Only then will he go!

• stop song

The task here is to listen carefully to the alphabet song, and when the recording stops (the adult pauses at any place in the song), the children must repeat the last letter they heard and show a card with it.

• Neighbours

From a pile of cards with letters turned upside down, the child chooses any. The task is to remember the letter-neighbor of the one that is in the child's hands. In this case, you can call the previous letter or the next one. Any answer will be correct.

• guess faster

The goal of the game is to guess as quickly as possible what letter an adult writes (who slowly and slowly draws a large English letter on a board or piece of paper).

• Add dance to the song

One of my students was wildly restless. And in order to learn everything, we had to come up with a real dance with her, where for each letter we made a new movement that resembled it in shape. Surprisingly and incredibly strange, I tell you, but we managed to master it.

• Point connectors

This interesting and favorite activity for all the children will help them quickly remember not only the letters of the English alphabet, but also their sequence. Here are 4 such pictures that you can download, print and use.

• Letter - picture

Another exciting activity that will require children to know words (rather, it will be an association of a letter with a picture) that begin with certain letters of the alphabet. Here you need preliminary preparation and work with pictures-words. Here are 6 pictures for printing I found on the site "Preschooler" (kindereducation.com). We connect letters with the necessary pictures, and then decorate for fun.

Don't try to force everything. I know from my own experience of working with children that if they are not interested, but forced to remember something, there will be absolutely no effect. The kid will only hate the language, and then it will be even more difficult for you and him ( How to start teaching English to a child).

Also, don't try to memorize without the help of a song, video, or photo. The child will not even begin to turn on his "memory" processes. These words should burn red in your mind when it comes to learning: HE SHOULD BE INTERESTING!

And lastly, he must somehow understand why this is necessary. Yes, it is difficult to explain to a little man of 3-5 years old why he should learn any other sounds at all, if everyone speaks those that he already knows. Therefore, come up with some kind, or watch a cartoon with him, where individual words speak a foreign language. This, perhaps, will awaken in him the desire to learn them himself.

• You can purchase a wonderful sound alphabet with your favorite characters, such as Book-toy with the English alphabet "Dasha the Traveler"
• If your child is under 5 years old, you can try Fascinating puzzles with English letters
• And everyone's favorite service for online learning English in a playful way LinguaLeo has released a new course " English for the little ones". Learning in this course begins with the basics - the alphabet. I recommend this service and all its products, as it has already won my trust with the quality of its approach to teaching children and adults. You can watch my short review of the course in the video below.

And finally...

Of course, all children are different, and not all of these methods of work will suit everyone. Therefore, I can immediately advise you to look for the right path to your baby. He will love English if you show it to him in the right light.

And remember, dear ones, that I regularly share tips on how to help you and your children learn the language effectively. Subscribe to my blog newsletter and follow the news. It will be even more interesting soon.

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The English alphabet with transcription and in pictures is suitable for learning, both for children and adults. First, let's remember the English alphabet with transcription, and for this we have prepared such a simple picture that you can easily save to your computer, or go to our website to view it.

English alphabet with transcription and Russian pronunciation:

And now the English alphabet with transcription for children, by which you can learn the English alphabet from pictures. Each picture shows not only a letter of the English alphabet with transcription, but also a word that begins with this letter.

To learn the English alphabet, you need transcription, because especially for children, it is very important to immediately memorize the correct sound of a particular letter of the alphabet. Otherwise, if a child remembers the wrong sound of a letter, it will be very difficult to relearn it. After all, it is in early childhood that the foundations of knowledge are laid, like a foundation of bricks - pulling out one brick and replacing it with another is not so simple. It’s better to do everything right right away, and the English alphabet with transcription will help you learn the letters by their correct sound.

Try to learn the English alphabet with transcription with children in a playful way. Because in a playful way, the child will be able to repeat and learn the letters of the English alphabet with you for a long time, but if everything is according to the “must!” and “already!”, nothing good will come of it - memorization, without the child’s interest in the subject of study, is ineffective.

We offer you such a game for learning the English alphabet with transcription. First, you simply show the child the first 5 letters of the English alphabet, correctly naming them according to transcription. Let the child repeat the names of the letters after you and try to remember them. Then the game begins - you show the child any of these five letters, and he must guess what letter it is. If he doesn’t guess, you suggest, if he guesses, praise, and continue the game, showing the next letter of the English alphabet for guessing. What is good about this English alphabet learning game? The fact that later the kid himself will run to you with letters, so that you show him, and he guesses - he is interested in this, this is a kind of excitement. And so, by playing, you can learn the entire alphabet. And by the way, not only the English alphabet with transcription, but any other.

And now the English alphabet with transcription and pictures for children

The English alphabet with transcription represents the letter A, here you can find out how it will be in English "apple".

English alphabet with transcription- let's move on to the second letter of the English alphabet, this is the letter B and of course, everyone's favorite bear!

The third letter of the English alphabet is the letter C and together with her you can learn how a cat will be in English.

And now the English alphabet with transcription represents the letter D and funny dolphin!

Fifth letter of the English alphabet, this is the letter E and everyone's favorite elephant!

Letter F of the English alphabet with transcription and of course the frog!

And now the English alphabet with transcription represents the letter G and the word giraffe, it can be learned or read.

The English alphabet with transcription and the letter H with a beautiful horse, it seems she came to us from the Circus!

English alphabet with transcription opens letter I for kids and with it the delicious word ice cream.

The time has come for the letter J with transcription, and also for the dangerous jellyfish that lives in the seas and oceans.

A kangaroo galloped to our letters of the English alphabet It's definitely a girl! And together with it we will learn the letter K by transcription.

What letter does the King of Beasts begin with in English? Do you know? It's a LION! And it starts with the letter L.

And now the letter M in English with transcription, and a small, white mouse.

And who would have thought that the chick in English begins with the letter N?

And here is the letter O of the English alphabet with transcription, and a beautiful octopus.

It's time to find out how the letter P will sound in English by transcription, and Panda will help us with this.

Well, it's time to meet the real Queen, and the letter Q.

A kind raccoon will tell us how the letter R will sound in English with transcription.

Next in line is the letter S, English with transcription will help to learn and protein!

And here is the real tiger, English with transcription represents the letter T.

The English alphabet with transcription continues with the letter U, and a lovely red umbrella!

English alphabet with transcription for children will help to learn even a terrible and mysterious monitor lizard, and here is the letter V.

The wolf is also involved in learning the English alphabet from transcription, and his letter W.

English alphabet with transcription represents the letter X, it helps to master the xylophone.

And now the letter Y and delicious yogurt! It's time to take a break, there is only one letter left to the end of the English alphabet with transcriptions!

And the last letter of the English alphabet is Z! Of course, where would she be without a zebra!