Capital Letters Or Lower Case First?

[Sunchimes]

I am the first teacher. I got through a and b when Mom asked if I would do her name first. So, we will start that this week. Love the Tracer Page. Thank you!

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I do their name first (in both), and then work on uppercase letters when writing first. Recognition and reading wise, we work on both.


First, teach the letters of their first name

Second, teach the letters that do not require curve or angles
E, F, H, I, L, T

Third, teach angles
A, K, M, N, V, W, X, Y, Z

Next, teach curves
C, O ,S, U

Last, teach combinations
B, D, G, J, P, Q, R

[spud912]

When I first started daycare, I started with all uppercase letters, then went through all the lowercase. It worked out great because my kids were all around 2 years old or younger. Now I do both at the same time, including writing and phonics of each letter simultaneously. In an effort to keep the children refreshed on what we've already learned, I do games once or twice a week involving the entire alphabet (both upper and lower). These games are pretty slow-going right now, but I hope that by the time we get to Z, the kids will know everything decently. I do have problems with the children mixing up the usual culprits: W/w/M/m; G/C/c; P/p/q/d/b/h; N/Z/z; E/F; I/T/H; V/v/Y/y; n/U/u and J/j/I/i.

I hope this doesn't side-track this post too much, but does anyone have suggestions for clearing up the confusion on these letters? I especially have a hard time with the P/p/q/d/b/h letters.

[Sunchimes]

I don't think my primary teachers ever solved that problem Spud. I'm 59 years old, and I still have to pause a second when I write a lower case b or d. I've mastered the lower case p though. ::