With these carved capital letters made of wood, children can compare, contrast and examine each letter with all their senses. You can trace them with your fingers or use the wooden pencil. The set contains twenty-six letters in a wooden storage box. The children can also use shaped letters for word configurations. This toy is used to promote pre-writing skills and develop physical-kinesthetic and visual-spatial intelligence.
Small letters’ are best taught initially as the first letter in a child’s name. They are often the first and only lower case letter in product names and shop signs so attention can also be drawn to them here.
A name is usually only written completely in lower case when it has to be seen from a significant distance. The lower case letters have a special, important job and should be taught in context. They show the start of a sentence or a name.
Once the child is able to read or write a sentence, attention should be drawn to the need for an lower case letter at the beginning.
Logic suggests that we should build the essential foundations of sound and shape first, then add the ancillary concepts, such as lower letters and letter names.
