Goal
Help children recognise that A and a are the same letter — and link both forms to the same sound.
You'll need
- Alphabet Flashcards (Upper Case)
- Alphabet Flashcards (Lower Case)
How to do it
Spread out a set of uppercase cards. Give your child the matching lowercase cards (or vice versa). The challenge: find the pair — A with a, B with b — and say the sound each time they make a match.
Start with five or six letters rather than all 26. The saying-the-sound part is what makes this more than just a shape-matching exercise.
Once they're confident with a small set, add more. Mix in letters that look similar in both cases (like Cc or Ss) alongside ones that look completely different (like Aa or Gg) — those tend to be the ones that catch early readers out.
Grab our resources
Print our uppercase and lowercase alphabet flashcards to get started — they are designed to work together for exactly this kind of matching practice.
