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[quote=Anonymous]To learn the letters, we did the foam bath letters from Munchkin. Those are only uppercase, so we got some refrigerator magnet letters for the lowercase. Both kids learned their letters very quickly. No need for a computer program or a fancy toy: we invent games like making the correct letter sound and then throwing it down the stairs, lining them up on the windowsill, putting them in a drawer, feeding them to the stuffed animals, jumping on them, flying spaceships to them, etc.

I haven't pushed writing the letters, which is a different skill entirely, but my daughter seems to have mostly learned that on her own. She absolutely loves to color and draw, and I think all the time she's spent doing that has contributed to her having by far the best handwriting in her preschool class. She'll have to regularize her technique when she starts Kindergarten in August, but I don't anticipate it will be hard for her. Since learning is so play-based at this age, my recommendation would be mazes, coloring books, dot-to-dots, etc. If your child really wants to do some letter practice, there are worksheets you can download.[/quote]

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