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[quote=Anonymous]pre-k teacher here who's done a lot of reading on this subject. there are lots of ways to teach letter recognition that aren't developmentally inappropriate. still, this expectation that three year olds should be identifying letters in isolation _is_ inappropriate. what's waaaaay more important at this stage is that children are interested in reading, playing, interacting. asking all the time "what letter is this?" makes reading really boring and/or anxiety-provoking -- both things we want to avoid if we want to create curious learners. with my students now and with my future child (due this fall), i do/will do meaningful activities involving names and meaningful print. like, "there's a letter E just like in your name!" write names on everything (which you should be doing anyways if your child is going to daycare or school!) and purposely point them out frequently. avoid the temptation to test all the time by asking "what letter is this?"[/quote]
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