Why? Because learning the letter names e.g. A doesn’t actually help them to read. Instead, we teach children the letter sounds e.g. ‘A’ is ‘ah’. Then we focus on putting the sounds together to read words such as ‘a-n-t’ the blend together to read ‘ant’. The biggest misconception parents have is that teaching the alphabet will help your child to read. Yes, when they move on from blending they can use the letter names, but at the early stages of reading and writing, focussing on the letter sounds