A is for Astronaut

a is for astronaut

It’s been ages since I’ve posted and ages still since posted an alphabet illustration. Excuses, excuses, none to speak of really. Been flat out at work blah, blah. Everyone’s flat out at work… Nuff said.

The big man is now getting to an age where we really need to focus on teaching the alphabet, so I really gots ta get my hustle on, yo.

So here it is, “The Alpha” you might say. Finally for your spelling pleasure. May I introduce the hardest working man in show biz. The one, The only, The first in line, The letter A. A is for astronaut.

Now… Here’s a question for you. I feel like I’m picking words that are too difficult? Like “Astronaut” for instance. If you have any teaching experience, I would love to here your thoughts.

Also, should we roll with Lowercase only or is upper and lowercase cool? I’m a designer by trade so can sometimes miss some of the educational side of things and because well, Uppercase letters are rad.

Anyway. Would love to here your thoughts.

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  1. maybethemuumuuSambossarellos says:

    My two cents worth…. Upper and lower is definitely good thats how I remember being taught. Also, I’m pretty sure your kids can say astronaut, so its not too hard, also, give em big words! They’ll get it eventually. Show me a kid that can say spaghetti or hospital the firt time round…

    • Pete says:

      Thanks Sam,
      True enough, the big man is all over words like astronaut. It’s just that so often you see, “A is for apple”. Start like you mean to go one I guess, which is probably just as well because I’ve already made the astronaut:)

  2. DianeMargaret Miller says:

    I went with BOTH upper & lower. Now they tell me she should be able to recognize her upper only by this time NEXT year…..she could recognize BOTH by this time LAST year!!!
    I think it’s easier to show them that there is 2 versions of every letter, rather than trying to explain that later.
    Also, one of my daughter’s first 10 words was chimpanzee and another one was hippopotamus (NOT hippo)…so NO, astronaut is NOT too hard of a word!!!

    • Pete says:

      Nice one, thanks Diane!
      I’d heard that kids learn Lowercase first these days so wasn’t sure, I definitely remember mixed case when I was a kid, but then my memories are probably from when I was older than 3:) Chimpanzee and Hippopotamus is crazy awesome, love it!

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