When you started teaching ABCs did you distinguish between upper and lower case right away?
Hoping there are some kinder teachers amongst us!
Mrs cowgirl?!
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You're supposed to, according to my mom (retired kindergarten aide).
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I am no expert, but we do teach both together.
I found some really great videos on youtube from "storybots". They do a little song for each letter of the alphabet and they use both upper and lower case. All 3 of our boys have enjoyed watching the videos! Personally, I think they're cute too.
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@.twist.: My LO loves Storybots! But for now he will only watch the ones with his face...
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@Mrs Green Grass: haha I can see how that would be enticing. So far, none of them know about those ones yet!
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - my son became obsessed with this book when he started preschool at 2.9yrs old. He can write and read upper and lowercase and I swear it's from that book. There's a song, too. (I had to google it when he started singing the words in the car on the ride home, I had no idea what he was talking about, haha - tons of YouTube videos with the song)
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She only knows uppercase as of now, but there is a show on Netflix she likes which teaches many different things. Uppercase, lowercase, and letter sounds. It is called "leapfrog phonics farm". It is pretty cute!
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@.twist.: @Mrs Green Grass: Did you know there's a StoryBots app (FREE!)?! L is stupid obsessed with them, and I sing the songs at work all day
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We did, when she started showing an interest in the alphabet at around 20 months. I just told her one is the Big A, the other Baby a. She didn't seem to have any confusion or problem distinguishing between them.
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I heard from two different educators to teach lowercase first... But it just kind of happened that he has been learning both. He can recognize over 50% of the alphabet in both upper and lowercase. He learned a lot of his letters and sounds from endless alphabet, and I think they use both lower and uppercase.
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We taught both together. Big A, little a. There's the Dr. Seuss ABCs book that helped us.
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@swurlygurl: Oh yes. D knows the difference between the "yellow one" and the "Christmas" and "Halloween" ones and he can find it on my phone. : )
@rachiecakes: I didn't know about the song!
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@swurlygurl: I actually played the Big Brown Bear (not free anymore) during a staff meeting with my principal's face!
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@mrsjazz: Oh yes, that book was great for helping to teach both at the same time! We must have read it 3x a day, no joke. I think I have it memorized...
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@Mrs Green Grass: Haha! That's hilarious. Now I want to use my coworkers faces
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@rachiecakes: LO loves Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! This is how we taught him the alphabet too!
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