Interactive game English alphabet. English alphabet

2016-05-02

Hello my dear!

Today we have an interesting lesson ahead of us "English alphabet for children" , which will also benefit adults just starting to learn the language.

The article is devoted to how remember faster and more efficiently English alphabet with unfamiliar letters and sounds. And for this I collected in it exhaustive amount of materials:

for visual reference ( pictures, letters s and pronunciation),
for listening ( songs, audio),
to view ( video),
for downloading and printing ( cards, poster (word, pdf)),
and of course, to consolidate new things with the help of interesting games and tasks.

Let's study

Today I have prepared pictures for you that you can not only read and listen to online on my website, but also print out for yourself and teach in any free minute. 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. It may be a small thing, but you need to know about it!

An ideal assistant in learning letters for a child aged 3-5 years will be Sound poster with Russian and English alphabet !

Also be sure to try A fascinating soft mosaic with English letters.

If your child loves to communicate with gadgets, be sure to purchase an online course from LinguaLeo « English for little ones» . After completing this exciting game course, your child will be able to recognize and correctly pronounce all the letters of the English alphabet, and will also learn to talk about his family and how he feels. Once upon a time, my daughter was simply begging to let her study more. In general, I recommend it!

You can watch my short overview of the course in the video (min. 3:15) .

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

look at the picture next to the letter and say the word in Russian,
find the corresponding English word in the Russian-English dictionary,
check if it starts with a letter indicated in the alphabet,
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 transcriptions 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:

Print it out.
Take colored pencils or markers and color the letters with your child (you can do this in the same way as the picture - add eyes or a mouth).
Try to draw what is written next to each letter.
During the process, be sure to tell your child about the drawn objects or animals or ask him questions about them.
Work slowly with every letter: First say it several times with different intonations, pitch of voice, 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.
If your child is already 5 years old, you can master not only capital letters, but also lowercase letters. You need to explain to the baby that each letter has its own little brother, who is smaller in height and sometimes different 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 kids should like this!

I have another word file for you, where, unlike the previous one, colorful uppercase and lowercase letters and also English and Russian transcription for correct pronunciation. On sheet A4 - 2 letters. Download and enjoy it together 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 complemented by transcription (Russian and English), which will help any child and adult quickly remember English letters and their correct sounds.

Alphabet in colorful videos

Yes, the most effective and fastest way for a child to learn new English letters is to also watch a video. Now they are not at all difficult to find. 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 fascinating, but what about rhymes for quickly memorizing English letters? Have you tried it? Then go ahead! Children really like them. 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 letters of the English alphabet that are new to your child and their sequence ( about learning through games for children, also read). These games can be played as one-on-one with the child, and organize them for a group of children.

Learning with a ball

There can be many different variations of ball games for children. For example, you can throw a ball to each other and take turns saying the next letter. Or, for example, throw a ball against a 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 is more of a memory game and is suitable for more conscious children. But for repeating what you have learned, it is ideal like no other.

Alphabet train

The goal of this easy task game is to build a train from a pile of cards with English letters, each carriage 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 point in the song), the children must repeat the last letter they heard and show the card with it.

Neighbours

From a pile of cards with letters turned upside down, the child chooses any one. The task is to remember the neighboring letter 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 it quickly

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

Add a 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, reminiscent of its shape. It’s amazing and incredibly strange, I tell you, but we managed to master it.

Connectors by points

This interesting and favorite activity for all 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) beginning with certain letters of the alphabet. This requires preliminary preparation and work with pictures and words. I found these 6 printable pictures on the Preschool website (kindereducation.com). We connect the letters with the necessary pictures, and then color them for fun.

Don't try to do everything by force. From my experience working with children, I know that if you don’t interest them, but force them to remember something, there will be absolutely no effect. The baby will only hate the language, and then it will be even more difficult for you and him ( Where to start teaching your child English).

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 INTERESTED!

And lastly, he must at least somehow understand why this is necessary. Yes, it’s difficult to explain to a little person of 3-5 years old why he needs to learn any other sounds if everyone speaks the ones he already knows. So come up with some kind of fairy tale ( you can use), or watch a cartoon with him where individual words are spoken in a foreign language. This may arouse in him a desire to learn them himself.

And finally...

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

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English has become the most popular language all over the world and it is not surprising that many parents want to teach their child English from a very early age. If you decide start classes , then start by learning the alphabet. There are a variety of methods for mastering English letters. It is advisable that the child already knows his native alphabet quite fluently. Then it will be much easier for him to learn foreign letters. Use as educational materials during training. English alphabet for children with color images starting with one letter or another, and the letters themselves can have funny faces. Children's perception works much more effectively when learning occurs in a playful, entertaining form. The main thing is that the baby is interested and colorful, funny English alphabet for children will definitely attract his attention.

The alphabet is the basis of any language and it must be memorized so that the learned English letters literally “fly off the teeth.” Now let's talk about how to teach the alphabet to a small child. Of course, first you need to ensure that the baby knows every letter in sight. But it won’t be easy for your baby to remember the name of each letter individually. It will be easier for him to master the letters in the “legalized” sequence. So that the alphabet literally flows like a children's song. English letters must be connected and inseparable, as in words. Correct pronunciation of English letters is the key to success in learning English . Remember the legendary group ZZ top? Knowing how to pronounce the letter Z in English, you can easily pronounce the name of the group. Considering English alphabet for children with pictures accompanying each letter, try to clearly pronounce the name of the image, focusing the child’s attention on the pronunciation of the first letter (which is located next to the picture).

The English alphabet is derived from the Latin alphabet and the first manuscripts in English are found in the Anglo-Saxon runes dating from the fifth century AD. The English alphabet contains 26 letters, of which 21 are consonants and only five are vowels. It is advisable that in the English alphabet for children, according to which you teach your child, contained a transcription next to each letter. Transcription of English letters helps you learn the correct pronunciation of each letter from the very beginning, especially if you don’t know English very well yourself. If a child remembers the incorrect pronunciation of English letters, it will be difficult for him to relearn them later. For example, a very common mistake is the incorrect pronunciation of the letter G (transcription) - instead of this letter they pronounce J (transcription). Or, instead of the English letter E (transcription), they pronounce I (transcription).

When teaching a small child the alphabet and English, it is advisable to use game techniques and exercises. The most common and effective exercise is to pronounce English words that begin with the letter being studied. This technique allows you to learn not only English letters and new words, but also learn how to pronounce them in various situations.

Studying English alphabet for children The child learns most letters and their pronunciation in a matter of weeks. But do not forget to accompany the study of the alphabet with a demonstration of the applied use of the English language. Video and audio materials for children in English, which can easily be found on the Internet, will help you with this. We have prepared some videos for your child to help them learn the English alphabet:

For memorizing English letters, such game techniques as connecting pictures are very useful. In these tasks for little children you need to connect the dots arranged in accordance with the order of the English alphabet. If the child completes the task correctly, the result will be a drawing that the child can color.

English for children

Fun English for children: learning the alphabet

It is better to learn any foreign language from childhood. It is known that children who grew up in a multilingual environment adapt much more easily and absorb new information much faster.

In order for a child to start learning English as early as possible and not get bored from this process, it is enough to turn tedious learning into a game. This will make it much easier for your baby to remember new words and phrases, and you will spend time with your child not only fun, but also productive.

In this article we will talk about how to simply and easily learn the English alphabet for both children and all beginners and give several poems and songs to study.

English alphabet

The alphabet in English is called alphabet or simply ABC. It has 26 letters, of which 20 are consonants and only 6 vowels (vowels).

Vowels: A, E, I, O, U, Y
Consonants: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z

Alphabet with transcription and pronunciation:

Aa [ei] [hey]
Bb [bi:] [bi]
Cc [si:] [si]
Dd [di:] [di]
Ee [i:] [and]
Ff [ef] [ef]
Gg [dʒi:] [ji]
Hh [eitʃ] [eych]
Ii [ai] [ai]
Jj [dʒei] [jay]
Kk [kei] [kei]
Ll [el] [el]
Mm [em] [um]
Nn [en] [en]
Oo [ou] [ou]
Pp [pi:] [pi]
Qq [kju:] [qu]
Rr [a:] [aa, ar]
Ss [es] [es]
Tt [ti:] [ti]
Uu [ju:] [yu]
Vv [vi:] [vi]
Ww [ `dʌbl `ju: ] [double]
Xx [eks] [ex]
Yy [wai] [wai]
Zz [zed] [zed]

Americans and British pronounce almost all letters of the alphabet the same way, except for the last one. In American English, Z would sound like "zee".

Learning the alphabet usually begins with an alphabet song: this makes it easier for the child to remember the pronunciation. She sings line by line:

Do you know your ABC?
You can learn along with me!
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
H, I, J, K
L, M, N, O, P
Q, R, S,
T, U, V
W, X, Y and Z
Now you know your alphabet!

By the way, due to the difference in the pronunciation of the letter “Z”, the end of this song in the British and American versions will sound differently:

British

X, Y, Z - Now I know my alphabet(Now I know my alphabet) or Now you know your alphabet(Now you know your alphabet).

American

Now I know my ABC, twenty-six letters from A to Z(Now I know my alphabet, twenty-six letters from A to Z) or Now I know my ABC, next time won't you sing with me(Now I know my alphabet, would you like to sing with me next time).

It is with learning the alphabet that a fascinating journey into any foreign language begins. Everyone needs to know ABC by heart in order to know how to correctly write and pronounce individual letters. Especially if you need to spell a word. Spelling is how a word is spelled. There is no direct analogue of spelling in the Russian language, but the Americans even have a whole game called Spelling Bee, in which you need to spell a word without making mistakes. In the USA, Spelling Bee competitions and competitions are often held.

But you need to start simple, especially for children. We tell you a few tricks on how to make it as easy as ABC for your child to learn the alphabet.

Cards with words

One of the effective ways to learn new words and remember the alphabet is to make your child bright cards with letters and the words that begin with them and hang them in a visible place.

The same technique can be used to enrich vocabulary: just hang translation cards over the objects you have in your apartment - let the child remember how words are written and pronounced.

One of the easiest options is to use words that are familiar to the child. These could be names of animals or everyday objects.

Here are the letters with the corresponding words that will allow you to remember not only the spelling, but also practice pronunciation:

A - Apple
B - Banana
C - Cat
D - Dog
E - Elephant (Elephant)
F - Fox (Fox)
G - Giraffe (Giraffe)
H - House
I - Ice-cream (Ice cream)
J - Jam (Jam)
K - Key
L - Lemon
M - Mouse
N - Nose
O - Owl (Owl)
P - Panda (Panda)
Q - Queen
R - Rabbit
S - Squirrel
T - Turtle
U - Umbrella (Umbrella)
V - Violin (Violin)
W - Wolf
X - Ox (Ox)
Y - Yacht (Yacht)
Z - Zebra

You can find a set of such cards in any bookstore, or you can make them yourself.

Poem for learning the English alphabet

In poetic form it is much easier to remember the order of letters and words starting with that letter. Many teachers read this rhyme to their youngest students to introduce them to the alphabet:

There's a knock on our door.
- Who's there?
- Letter A and autumn - autumn.
To everyone, so as not to be sad,
They give an apple - an apple.

Letter B, like a ball - ball
Jumps and hides under the table.
It's a pity I don't have time to play:
I'm reading a book - book

S. went hunting.
- Mice! Get your paws off!
For lunch today
Don't get it from a cat - cat.

Don't go near the letter D
Otherwise D will bite.
The cat runs without feeling his feet,
There is a dog in the yard.

The letter E is whiter than snow.
E begins with egg,
Egg is hatching a quonk.
Here is the end - the end. And period!

Sitting on a green leaf,
The letter F will croak loudly,
Because frog is a frog,
The famous wah.

Don't be friends with this letter
The letter G is arrogant.
It’s important to raise your head,
Looks down - giraffe.

H will wipe anyone's nose.
My horse is rushing like a whirlwind.
There is no barrier for him
If the rider is wearing a hat - hat.

With the letter I we are so similar:
I and I are one and the same.
We don't cry, we don't mope,
If there is a ice cream - ice-cream.

Sweet tooth letter J
Sweeter than buns and cakes.
The letter J is familiar to everyone,
Who tasted the sweet jam.

K will open the locks for everyone,
She has a key - key,
It will take you to the kingdom,
The magical world will open up.

The letter L came next,
To help the lamb - lamb,
He's afraid to go to bed
He asks to light the lamp.

The letter M is for monkey,
For a cheerful, nimble monkey.
She's waiting for treats
Melon - she needs a melon.

N don't get tired of hanging.
There is a nest on the branches - a nest.
There are chicks in it. We wish we could
Count their number - number.

From dawn to dawn
An oak tree is waving a branch.
He calls everyone under the arch of branches,
Mumbling under my breath: “O.K.”

Pirate - young pirate
With parrot - the parrot is glad:
- Look, this is for us
The palm tree is waving its branch!

Here I'll sing a song
In honor of the beautiful letter Q,
Because the queen is a queen
He loves to have fun.

Why is there word of mouth?
"Beware of the letter R"?
I'll tell you a secret
There is nothing more disgusting than a rat - rat!

It's no coincidence that the letter S
Piques interest:
In the sky - the sky sparkles star -
A very bright star.

T is calling us to Children's World.
We are happy to visit:
He'll make friends with you there
Every toy is a toy.

If you see the letter U,
It means it will rain soon.
U got better today -
Gave me an umbrella.

Hey! Run, hold, catch!
There is a V on the serve.
The ball went straight into the sky,
I love volleyball.

W, everyone knows
Inverted M.
In the darkness, flashing his fang,
A gray wolf is walking - a wolf.

The doctor said from behind the door:
- I'm taking you to X-ray.
- What's happened? Maybe captured?
- No, just for an x-ray.

Hey, lean on the oars!
The letter Y is rushing into the sea.
Calls the guys on a long journey
White sailboat - a yacht.

What is the letter Z?
You will see when you take the ticket,
Wolf, tiger, and goat
In the zoo - in the Zoo.

Games for learning the English alphabet for children

Interesting games using the same cards will allow the child to get used to it faster and not get bored while learning the English alphabet. What you can play with your child:

"Draw a letter"

Tell your child a letter of the English alphabet and ask him to represent it with his fingers or with his body. You can play in turns and show some letters yourself.

"Draw a letter"

Place alphabet cards in front of your child and invite him to draw the letter himself on a piece of paper. This way he will quickly learn not only to visually recognize letters, but also to write them in the future. Similarly, you can take plasticine and ask your child to mold the letters of the English alphabet from it.

"Word-ball"

A more active game in which you can pass a ball to each other and name letters in alphabetical order or, for more advanced players, words starting with that letter.

"Stop Song"

Place letter cards in front of your child and play an alphabet song in English. Stop it at any moment - the child must repeat the last letter he heard and show the corresponding card.

"Not really"

For this game you can use cards with both letters and words. Show your child the picture and say the word. So, you can show a picture of a pig and say “tiger” out loud. If the child says “no,” then he must name what is actually shown in the picture.

Come up with your own games and tasks, ask your child what he would like to play. Watch cartoons in English together and sometimes turn to him with ordinary requests in English and let him also sometimes use English words in everyday speech.

They begin to show interest in writing. And the task of parents at this stage is to maintain this interest. Many teachers recommend starting to learn languages at age 5. And today we will tell you how to study the English alphabet in a playful way with your child.

Therefore, especially for you and yours, we have prepared the best games for learning the alphabet, which will help diversify your leisure time and not get bored during lessons.

You will need 26 cards with images of English letters, which should be placed in a saucepan or bowl. You also need 26 cards depicting food according to the alphabet.

To play, you will need a sketchbook, as well as old magazines and newspapers. The letters of the alphabet are written on the album, after which the children must find words in the text of the magazine that begin with this letter. Then you need to find a picture in a magazine that best matches the word, cut it out and paste it into the album.

Thanks to this game, you and yours will be able to learn the English alphabet in a playful way in just a couple of weeks. Moreover, you will not only learn letters, but also significantly expand your vocabulary. Plus, you will have an album that will remind you of the wonderful time spent with your baby.

Alphabet-Loto

To do this you will need a poster with the English alphabet and 26 cards with English letters. When we learn the English alphabet by playing, we put all the cards in a hat and invite the child to take out 10 letters and then lay them out on a poster.

If the child manages to put the letters in a row, he wins a prize. This could be candy, fruit or any other treat. This kind of game is very motivating, so he will ask you to continue the game, even if the letters rarely fall out in a row.

Alphabet mosaic

To play you will need 26 cards with English letters. All cards are laid out in accordance with the alphabet. Then he closes his eyes, and you take 5-10 letters from the alphabet. After this, the baby must say which letters are missing. Each time he guesses right, you give him the missing letter so that he can complete the puzzle on his own.

Alphabet Road

26 letters are laid out on the table in the shape of a winding path. Each player places a piece on the first letter “A” and then rolls the die. If a 5 is rolled on the dice, then the player takes five steps along the path and at the same time pronounces each letter on the road traversed. If he makes a mistake on one letter, then it is not counted and 1 is subtracted from 5 moves. The first one to complete the entire path wins.

Pantomime

An entertaining game in which the child is asked to depict all the letters of the English alphabet. You can draw all the letters in sequence or take out cards with letters from a special bag, like playing lotto.

Draw a letter

Children love to draw. Therefore, invite him to draw the letters of the English alphabet on paper, and so that each of them has its own character, face, color, etc. While drawing, the child’s visual memory is actively working. Therefore, this activity will arouse interest and help you easily learn all the letters.

Blind the letter

A very simple but very interesting game. You simply draw large printed letters of the English alphabet, and the child’s task is to sculpt the letters from plasticine. Moreover, they should match the size of the drawn letters as much as possible. As soon as your child manages to make a beautiful shape, complicate the task: offer to mold eyes, hands or clothes to make the letter more vivid and memorable.

Learning English begins with the alphabet. How best to teach the English alphabet with a child - this is exactly what I want to talk about. The easiest way for a child to remember all the letters is to song about the English alphabet.

From the article you will learn:

How children can learn the English alphabet correctly

So how to properly structure teaching the English alphabet for children?

First of all, you need to know the transcription of each English letter, that is, its pronunciation. The child's level is . In this case, you can learn the pronunciation of English letters only through transcription.

Below is the English alphabet with Russian transcription.

The English alphabet for children can also be presented in the form of cards, where each card corresponds to its own letter of the English alphabet - and for each letter there is either an object or an animate creature.

It will also be quite educational to listen to the English alphabet by ear. Below I have collected several songs about the English alphabet that will help your child memorize the alphabet by ear.

Watch the video with your child several times, after the second or third time try to sing along so that the child remembers the motive and words of the song about the English alphabet.

Song about the English alphabet

There are many songs about the English alphabet, for every taste and color.

The most famous song about the English alphabet is ABC song (Alphabet song). The motive of this song is very easy to remember at any age. Just sing it under your breath a few times and you will immediately remember the order and letters of the alphabet.

ABC Song (Alphabet Song for Children) - UK version

Below is an interesting and funny version of this song, which children will definitely enjoy, and adults will also find it entertaining. This version of the song suggests using imaginative thinking.

We are the alphabet

ABC (alphabet) song “zee” version (American version)

Below are the lyrics of the song with translation into Russian.

Aa-Bb-Cc-Dd-Ee-Ff-Gg
Hh-Ii-Jj-Kk-Ll-Mm-Nn-Oo-Pp
Qq-Rr-Ss, Tt-Uu-Vv
Ww--Xx, Yy-and-Zz,
Now I know my A-B-Cs ( now I know my alphabet)
next time won't you sing with me ( next time won't you sing with me).

Aa-Bb-Cc-Dd-Ee-Ff-Gg
Hh-Ii-Jj-Kk-Ll-Mm-Nn-Oo-Pp
Qq-Rr-Ss, Tt-Uu-Vv
Ww--Xx, Yy-and-Zz,
Now I know my A-B-Cs ( now I know my alphabet)
Tell me what you think of me ( Tell me what you think of me).

A song about the English alphabet is perfect for learning.

Good luck to you and your child in learning the English alphabet!