Alphabet-Books for early literacy exposure
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Introducing the alphabet without worksheets
In our household, we love books (look at our book reviews ;) ), and I love introducing topics through good books first. Same with the alphabet. So, I want to share our favourite alphabet-books to get familiar with the letters. At this stage, it’s just about recognising shapes and some sounds. There is no expectation in “learning” the letters and rattling off the alphabet.
Since we want to create familiarity with the letter sounds in English, German, and Portuguese, we’re using different books per language, so the word associations match.
German Alphabet
“Buchstabenhausen” - Maja Knochenhauer, Jonas Tjäder
Wonderful illustrations for each letter of the alphabet.
English Alphabet
“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” - Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert
Our son couldn’t stop repeating the text after reading it for one day.
Portuguese Alphabet
“Era uma vez um alfabeto” - Oliver Jeffers
The original is in English, of course, but I love the Portuguese adaptation a lot.
Alfabeto na caixa
Print out this Portuguese alphabet book and enjoy!
The Fun Extra
“P Is for Pterodactyl” - Raj Haldar, Chris Carpenter, Maria Beddia
All the words that don’t work with the alphabet. Nice dive into phonics… and their exceptions.
I hope you enjoy all these alphabet books as much as we do!
