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You have read words left to right, one word at a time. Words are built from letters. Letters are the signs of the reading code.
How many letters are there to learn?
Knowing all letters
Recognise and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet; name the letters in order and use letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings
What a learner can do afterwards
- Name all 26 letters in both cases when shown in random order
- Recite the alphabet from A to Z
- Use letter names to explain spelling choices (e.g. 'Is it c or k in cat?')
1 · Read
The words in Mia's book are built from 26 letters. Each letter has a capital and a small form. A capital A and a small a are the same letter. The letters sit in one fixed order from A to Z. That order is what the alphabet song sings.
Try it together
Theo sees mixed-up letters: Q, t, B. He names each one fast: q, t, b, capital or small. Then he spells cat. He hears a k sound, but he knows cat starts with the letter C, not K. Kite starts with the letter K.
Good to know
A big G and a small g look different. But they are the same letter. Say the name, not the shape.
Know all 26 letters, capital and small, and say them in order from A to Z.
The rewritten reading was written for this dataset.
2 · Watch
3 · Play
Take it off screen
Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.
Where it sits
Then practise
24 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.