Learning the Alphabet

Learning the Alphabet: Learning the alphabet is one of the building blocks of learning to read.  Each individual letter is made up of a shape or a combination of shapes.  The ability to identify shapes and to see how they are similar or different to one another is one of the foundations of letter identification.  Maggie’s Ball, by Lindsay Barrett George, offers an exploration of similarities and differences as Maggie the dog searches through town for her lost ball and someone to play with her....