How should i teach my 5 year old cousin his ABC's?

Question

Everytime i try he forgets his E then once he gets that he forgets other parts of i dont know how to teach him so he keeps it.

Answer 1

my little sister new all her abcs at the age of two and a half but spoke full sentences at the age of two.we taught her by getting those puzzles that have letters and you have to put them in the right place and she learned them in a week.try its boumd to work.

Answer 2

Make it a game, sing it to him.

Answer 3

I would sing the A-B-C to him, then have him sing it after you. Don't stress over it -- he's only 5, he'll learn it in kindergarden soon.

Answer 4

By that time the kid should already know his ABC's.

Answer 5

I suggest cutting out individual letters from old magazines or empty food boxes(cereal, macaroni, etc.) whatevers work. Just be creative with the letters. Let your cousin go through all the different letters, pick out all the 'K''s and glue them to a colored piece of paper. Use a different color of colored paper for every different letter. Then once he has 26 pieces of paper with numerous letters on each one, get him to put the papers in alphabetical order.

Also, after you have finished this task, when you guys see a big "E" on a magazine or something, get him to cut it out and glue it on his "E" paper. It will be fun for both of ya'll. I believe children often relate everything to color and if the letters you guys cut out are different shapes, colors, and sizes, this should be a real fun and educational experience for him.

That is how my mom taught my sister, niece, and myself the alphabet.

Answer 6

Do a letter-of-the-day activity or letter-of-the-week.  There are some great activities on the website below.  One letter at a time, and it's best not to go in alphabetical order, but in the order that the letters are used the most.  Start with A and E for vowels, than do some of the more popular consonants, like B, D, M, S, and T.  Then do one or two more vowels, I and O, then more consonants, like C, J, P, L, N, and R.  Then you can do U.  Then do F, G, H, K, V, W.  Then do Y, which sometimes acts as a vowel, like at the end of a word.  Then do the less commonly used consonants--Q, X, Z.

Have him practice writing the letters out also--first just the capital letters and then when he is familiar with all the sounds, the lowercase letters.  Especially have him practice his name--this is an easy way to get them started with writing.  Remember to concentrate on vowels longer (because they each have two sounds), and the letters C, G, and Y, because they have two sounds.  Don't worry about digraphs and blends yet (CH, SH, BL, etc.).  He needs to get the basics down first.

Answer 7

you need a big paper with the entire alphabet. Then, when you recite it, point to each letter. He wont forget if he has visual aid. Then once he does this a few times everyday for a week, he'll know it by heart.

Answer 8

you should get those magnetic ones that stick to the fridge so he can see it

Answer 9

Just keep repeating it. 5 letters at a time.

Answer 10

Make it fun! Draw big letters that he can trace with his finger, have him search for letters in a picture, put damp sand in a big tray and let him write the letters with his finger (with your help), make letters out of playdough, make letter cookies! Just focus on 1 or 2 at a time... Once he gets those, move on. And start with the ones in his name!! Good luck!

Answer 11

try associating the letters with objects, e.g. A for Apple, B for Bus, C for Car and D for Duck, E for Elephant, F for Frog and so on, hope this helps. he would pick it up in time just be patient all children develop at different stages.

Answer 12

Toy blocks, like the wooden kind with letters on them.

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Answer 13

I have a four year old so I know exactly what you mean. I am trying to teach my son. so I bought him a leap frog click start computer and a leap frog movie. Plus I sing the abc song  to him. Just be repetative and set him down for a certain amount of time every day and make a game of it. He will eventually pick it up.

Answer 14

My two year old neice learned from a barney video. I think its called barney's abc's.

Answer 15

write them out maybe he will remember them better.

Answer 16

sing the ABC song with him. show him videos with sesame street or something that has to do with the alphabet. Read him books, etc

Answer 17

Continue on for him

Answer 18

buy one of those children's abc books like a letter stands for something like:

A: Aligator

B: Baboon

or sing the abc's

Answer 19

hahahahahaha i taught my cousn how to count to 100 haha and the abcs. just be patient. it helps if u give him a treat or something. but my cousin was awesome she got it quick. without any treats! its really hard but he'll get it

Answer 20

I taught my 5 year old by singing the ABCs to her. It takes a long time, just depending on the child. My daughter used to always forget RST and just continue singing. We just got to where we sang it all the time. She sometimes still does. She got to where she sang it 50 times a day, it got old, but she never got it wrong after a while.

Answer 21

um theres this song i forget what its called...

o yea its the FREAKING ABCs

uh duhhhhh

Answer 22

make sand paper letters, ABCD , ask him to trace each with his finger, saying orally. Let him do only 4-5 letters per day. repeat the tracing next day, before going further. Ask him , give letter A, give letter C or find where D is among all those block letters. associate with objects like A  with an apple, and so on. He will learn . depends on the child too.

savithri

Answer 23

I have the same problem with my 5 year old son.....go to abcteach.com the have some print outs that might help

Answer 24

Songs and pictures are the best.  I also believe that interactive games are also great.  remember to keep at it because repetition is the best way to remember something.  Try going to teaching stores too.  web site is helpful.

Answer 25

my 3 year old learned from a cd we played the cd all the time its a childhood development cd that has the abc's on it and how too count too 30

Answer 26

Do not stress him out first of all. I am sure that it is just as, if not more frustrating to him as it is to you. Second, you do not teach the alphabet by singing the ABC song- doing this will only teach him to memorize the song, not the actual alphabet. Start by explaining that everything the can be said, can be written and the alphabet is how we do this. Encourage him to say some words as you write them down. Let him say a lot of them, then you can go back after writing them down and repeat everything. Most kids are amazed by this and want to learn how to do it too. You would then teach him the alphabet, starting with the letters in his name first because those will be the most important to him. Then go through the entire alphabet, one letter at a time but not in order, so he can focus on the letter recognition and not order. Once he recognizes all his letters, then practice the order of the alphabet by singing the ABC song. I hope this helps! Good luck.

Answer 27

sing the ABC

Answer 28

Proudmom, royalbird, and savithri_gopalan all had great answers!  I love their multi-modality approach to teaching the letters and their corresponding sounds.  The more fun and diverse ways that a child learns the letters, the easier it will be for them  to remember them. Additionally,  they will understand that the ABC's  aren't just a random assortment of sounds or squiggles, so when they start to learn to read, they will have the basic skills already in place.

Another fun way for your cousin to learn the letters, is to make an alphabet book together.  Help him write the letter in a black crayon and then with lighter colors turn the whole letter into something that starts with it, like make a's into apples, b's into bees and/or birds, C's into cat's, ... and so on.

Answer 29

well make a book for him. take oh god is there 24,25, or 26 letters in the alphabet. oh god i'm not countin. just take whatever number of paper sheets you need to make the alphabet then on each page write the letter and some word that starts with the letter.

Answer 30

slowly and ask him 2 repeat it till he gets it right

Answer 31

Maybe get an abc puzzle, so while you sing you can also point to the letter.  Also repitation is always good.  Also try to maybe sing it in funny voices or something so he can have fun while he/she learns.