As a child begins to learn his letters, he becomes more able to spell and read if he knows the sounds rather than letter names. Many letter names begin with the sound /e/: f, l, m, n, s, and x ALL begin with the sound /e/. If the child tries to "sound out" using the letter names, c becomes /s/, g becomes /j/. He really becomes confused when he says w as /d,/, u as /y/, and y as /w/!
Using the sandpaper letters, the child is taught the lower case letter shape and its corresponding sound. This way he can easily progress to phonetic spelling and on to phonetic reading.
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