at what age do kids learn their letters?

[mtemm]

cursious...my son knows most of them and it surprised me

 

[Bob Slydell]

Every kid learns at a different speed.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Both of mine knew them pretty well between the age of 2-3.

 

[liznboys]

Mine were both 2.

Edited: What I meant is that they knew the alphabet at 2. Do you mean being able to recognize the letters on paper? That was 3 for my older son, and my younger son isn't 3 yet and is just learning them.

 

[Aimeedyan]

Every child is different. I have taught 2 yos that knew them, and some 5 yo that didn't fully.

Depends on alot of things.

 

[fanofmickey]

I work in a preschool - we start teaching letters (really teaching, not just singing ABC's) at the age of 3.

One of our goals for our graduating 4's is that they can recognize ALL of the upper case letters, MOST of the lower case letters, and know the "sounds" of MOST of the letters. Some kids will know all, but as long as they know the majority of them they are ready for Kindergarten.

 

[Annette_VA]

My older DS just turned 3 & he's knows the whole alphabet

 

[Scutapipig]

My son was 3 when he started learning them and knew all upper and lower case letters and their phonic sound by age 4. He was doing beginning reading by age 4 also. He also has a diagnosisof Down syndrome.

My daughter was 3.5 when she started to learn them and knew all upper and lower case letters by age 5. She did not grasp the concept of phonics until she was in Kindergarten.

 

[Talking Hands]

Depends on the kid. One of mine was reading at 2 1/2 the other knew her letters at 2 but really didn't start reading until 3 1/2.
My friend's son knows his letters and can sign them at the age of 3 but he is the son of 2 deaf parents so sign is his first language not English.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

My DD will be 3 next week. The only ones she gets confused sometimes are X and K.

 

[Snoopymom]

The Letter Factory and The Word Factory DVD's by Leap Frog are great! My ds who just turned 4 loves them He's very active and does not sit still at a table with books very well, but these are really helping him recognize his leters and sounds, plus he thinks they're exercise DVD's like mine so he gets his stool out and does step aerobics along with them so he's using up some of his energy too. It's quite hillarious to see! Hope this helps someone!

 

[nativetxn]

My son knew his letters and the phonetic sounds before he was two. He wasn't extra bright, I credit the Montessori method for this

 

[luvwinnie]

Everyone is different, but my niece was about 18 mths.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

My dd is 3 1/2. She's been able to recite the alphabet since she was 2, but it was just memorization. Now she recognizes most of the letters, but not all. She knows what letter certains words start with. She can write a couple of letters. And someday I'll be able to afford to send her to preschool.

 

[snoopy]

Oldest child recognized all the letters by age 2, younger one was 4.

They all learn at their own pace, that I have learned over the years.

 

[Hillbeans]

My son knew all of his letters before he turned 2. With that being said, he's now 3.5 and we've been potty training for a year.

It seems with him he learned letters and numbers way before he learned more of the physical skills other kids his age know.

 

[MosMom]

My son just turned 2 and knows his alphabet by sight and by saying the ABC's. He hasn't been in preschool yet (there is another thread where I'm looking for one). He really just loves to learn.

My daughter was about 4 when she knew all of her alphabet upper & lower by sight. She is going to be 7 on the 27th and still can't sit down and read a book. She is a very bright girl....just not into it.

They are definitely examples of how kids learn at their own pace. My cousin was valedictorian and is now in university double majoring in physics and english. She didn't read until the 2nd grade. I wouldn't sweat it if you are worried.

 

[danacara]

I picked them up at 2 and I was totally obsessed with them, I read at three. My sister, one year younger, didn't really pick them up until 4 and didn't read well until third grade. On the other hand, SHE potty-trained ME. She wound up a Georgetown grad and an investment banker, so with my sample size of two, I can safely say that there's no correlation between how early kids pick up letters/reading and how well they do in the advanced grades. Ha.

 

[mtemm]

not worried at all, just was really surprised at almost 2.5 he knew his letters and words that started with those letters. hey, I'm new to all of this.

he's a late talker, since starting speech therapy in March he is finally saying a handful of words, which is exciting in its own right. his speech therapist told me she thought he would be an early reader based on observation. I'm just glad he seems to be on target for this.

 

[Towncrier]

DD Sarah was 18 months old when she could recognize both upper and lower case alphabet letters. She used to drive us crazy spelling things on signs when we went for a drive. She knew her upper case letters from the traditional letter blocks and from reading books to her, but she actually picked up the lower case letters in a couple of days using a computer program that I had for her and her older brother. It's amazing just how much toddlers can learn in a very short amount of time.