• Letter arcs help children:

  • See and understand letter shapes in 3D

  • Learn how letters are sequenced

  • Recognise that letters, like people, have names and can also make sounds

Letters have two jobs, and it’s important not to mix them up.

• Letter names are what we call the letters (A, B, C…).
  We use letter names when spelling, talking about letters, and learning the alphabet.

• Letter sounds are the sounds the letters make when we read (a as in ant, b as in bat).
  We use letter sounds when reading and sounding out words.

It’s very common for children to confuse letter names and sounds — this is part of the learning process.
On this worksheet, we will exlain the difference between the two and when to use them