Phonics and Letter recognition

We’re only doing lower case words but I can see why it throws a child off. It’s essentially them having to learn the look of the letter in another way

This is normal because they haven’t been taught the big letters yet. They try not to confuse them this early as they’re only just starting to learn. So they learn it all in lower case. If you haven’t learnt something you simply won’t know it. Upper case D looks very different to lower case d so they definitely would be thrown off. It’s best to speak directly to the school on when and how they approach this as you don’t want to confuse your child

Yes! My daughter is doing great with lowercase letters however when a capital letter is involved it throws her off a little . I think it’s because her school is concentrating on lowercase letters mainly. I bought her some flash cards from the entertainer and they’ve really helped her X

Agree with what’s been said about schools focusing on lower case and seeing how your school approaches upper case letters. But if you want to do more at home, you can do a matching game, where you have all the lower case letters on cards/paper and then match them to their uppercase partner. Then reiterating that they make the same sound as each other.

Not all phonics programmes will work for every child but in the same breath it's best to only use one programme so that they don't become confused or overwhelmed. My son isn't in school so we've been able to use trial and error and found a way that works for him and he has learnt each letter/sound in different fonts as well as upper/lowercase before blending them so this hasn't been an issue personally but if your child is in school I would speak to the teachers to explain your concerns and ask if other kids are finding the same struggles and what can be done at both school and home to help with this. The programme they use should have resources or tips for parents to use at home as well as the teachers at school but if lots are having the same issue then maybe they need to look at changing the programme they use x

Lower case letters are taught first and the only capital talked about and used is the one for their name initially. As time goes on we also teach the children that the start of sentences and other words such as days of the week and months of the year etc start with capital letters.

Thanks all for your comments and @Kate for giving me that insight. I didn’t want to put pressure o him by trying to teach him at home so it’s helpful to know