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One of the steps for reading success is being able to say the sound of alphabet letters.

Check out the pre-reading games for ideas how to help them become confident with alphabet sounds.

How to test your child's alphabet knowledge:

Print the alphabet flash cards and ask your child to "What does this letter say." Make sure the flash cards do not have pictures. Use 4 or 5 flash cards at a time, introducing more as they learn them.

Remember you are asking your child to tell you the sound of the letter, not the letter name.

If you need reminding, here is a list of alphabet sounds:

Here is a list of titles and authors that you can use while teaching the letters of the alphabet:

• Aardvarks Disembark!, Ann Jonas, (1-7)
• ABC Americana, Cynthia Rubin (1-7)
• The ABC Bunny, Wanda Gag. Putnam Publishers, 1978 (preschool-1)
• A,B,See, Tana Hoban. Green Willow Books, 1982 (preschool-1)
• Action Alphabet, Marty Neumeier and Bryon Blaser. Greenwillow Books, 1984 (preschool-1)
• A is for Africa, Ifeoma Onyefulu (K-7)
• A is for Anabelle, Tasha Tudor (K-1)
• Albert B. Cub and Zebra, Anne Rockwell (K-2)
• Alison's Zinnia, Anita Lobel (1-7)
• Alligator Arrived with Apples, Crescent Dragonwagon, Jose Aruego, & Arian Dewey (K-3)
• Alphabatics Suse MacDonald (preschool-1)
• Alphabet City, Stephen Johnson (K-3)
• The Alphabet Tale, Man Garten (K-1)
• Animal Alphabet, Bert Kitchen (preschool-1)
• Anno's Alphabet, Mitsumasa Anno, (K-4)
• Antler, Bear, Canoe, Betsy Bowen (K-3)
• A Caribou Alphabet, Mary Beth Owens (1-7)
• Applebet, Clyde Watson and Wendy Watson (K-1)
• April, Bubbles, Chocolate, Lee Bennett Hopkins & Barry Root (K-3)
• Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, Margaret Musgrove, Leo Dillon, & Diane Dillon (1-7)
• Aster Aardvark's Alphabet Adventures, Steven Kellogg, Morrow. Junior Books, 1987 (preschool-1)
• Away From Home, Anita Lobel (1-7)
• B is for Bear: ABC, Dick Bruna. Methuen, 1972 (preschool-1)
• The Butterfly Alphabet, Kjell B. Dandved. Scholastic, 1996 (K-7)
• By the Sea: An Alphabet Book, Ann Blades. Kids Can Press, 1985 (preschool-1)
• Caribbean Alphabet, Frané Lessac (K-3)
• C is for City, Nikkie Grimes & Pat Cummings (K-3)
• City Seen From A-Z, Rachel Isodora (K-3)
• Eating the Alphabet, Lois Ehlert (preschool-1)
• An Edible Alphabet, Bonnie Christiansen (preschool-1)
• A Farmer's Alphabet, Mary Azarian (K-7)
• Find the Animal A-B-C, Demi. Grosset and Dunlap, 1985 (preschool-1)
• The Guinea Pig ABC, Kate Duke (preschool-1)
• Helen Oxenbury's ABC of Things (preschool-1)
• Illuminations, Peter Hunt (2-7)
• I Spy: An Alphabet in Art (K-3)
• Jambo Means Hello (Swahili), Muriel Tom Feelings (K-7)
• Jeremy Kooloo, Tim Mahurin (K-1)
• John Burningham's ABC, John Burningham. Jonathan Cape, 1967 (preschool-1)
• Lift-the-Flap ABC, Rod Campbell. Blackier and Son, 1987 (preschool-1)
• Navajo ABC, Luci Tapahonso & Eleanor Schick (K-7)
• A Northern Alphabet, Ted Harrison (K-7)
• Old Black Fly, Jim Aylensworth & Gammell (K-3)
• On Market Street, Anita Lobel & Arnold Lobel (K-1)
• A Peaceable Kingdom: The Shaker ABCEDARIUS, Alice & Martin Provensen (K-7)
• Potluck, Anne Shelby & Irene Trivias (K-3)
• A Prarie Alphabet, Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet & Yvette Moore (K-7)
• Q is for Duck, Mary Elting & Michail Folsom, illus. by Jack Kent. Clarion Books, 1980 (preschool-1)
• V is for Vanishing, Patricia Mullins (K-7)
• What's Your Name? From Ariel to Zoe (K-3)
• The Z was Zapped, Chris Van Allsburg (1-3)

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