Generally alphabet worksheets available on the internet are not suitable for kdg 1 and 2 because the fonts are too small. However if the teacher can make giant fonts, A4 size or even larger, use big felt tips or paint brushes, turn the exercise into fine motor development activity incorporating EFL letter recognition within appropriate play contexts, then they may effectively answer what is sometimes quite a difficult situation: Schools can often be quite blind to the difficulties faced by teachers with young children in an EFL setting. For instance, an exasperated kdg teacher may be faced by a school manager who says, 'I've organised a class for you next week, there are 12 kids aged between 3 and 10, they don't speak any English...just teach them...' New teacher, no arguments. A TEFL reality. In Japan small children are given brushes and paints and big sheets to copy Japanese characters onto. I have not had reason to use this method but I would be interested to know if anyone else has.
With my students (kdg 3) I have found the use of coloured feltips in lettering sheets instantly transforms what can be quite a dull exercise. Children never get bored and they end up with lettering control as good as any fluent L1 speaker of the same age.
A note regarding lettering worksheets for little children
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