y quest into alphabet posters
y research got started many years in the past actually when I was a very little child, totally absorbed with drawing and painting.
n my early 20’s, with my own young boys, I began to start to look into how young people learn things. I tried out several methods for 'easy' procedures to aid my youngsters to pick up as much useful material as doable, with the the minimum of effort and the maximum amount of fun. Of course!
fashioned and published the first alphabet poster, alongside a numbers poster.
rom that moment I have been looking into how alphabets can easily be made to help out with informing daughters and sons everywhere effectively and (hopefully) with amusement along the way. Familiarity with the letters of the alphabet can be produced basically by having the alphabet on display in your home. It's as simple as that.y (Catherine Pain's) alphabet posters, which you can find out more about at my kids posters, were painstakingly produced with all this in mind.
uite simply my aim is to enable young people to maybe even prepare themselves for that moment when they begin to start reading 'proper'. My posters are made to help people explore the shapes of the letters. They are also constructed to assist auditory perception. In short, the posters were designed by me to look good, and the sounds of the letters are illustrated through the items I chose to be partnered with the letters. Which will lead to an even more useful learning experience with a bit of luck..
bove all infancy is to me a time when we are free to have fun. Involving the alphabet in the universe of the young child means that that linkage of home and being loved and nurtured can go hand in glove with the memory of the friendly letters and the illustrations that furnish them.s and when your child starts kindergarten or as and when they demonstrate an interest in reading then it can turn out to be really handy indeed that the alphabet is not new to them - and if there is a warm, pleasing association in your babe's memory of the alphabet with you, your home and having fun then really, what better opportunity could you give your youngster by way of their education?y journey with alphabets has moreover been seriously dominated by the enjoyment and kick of colour. A sense of colour is something that is almost impossible to teach - some claim that it cannot be learned. Anyone knows without having to perform a conscious effort when things look nicely balanced and 'right'. Colour and design is something that has been preponderate in my system for developing the alphabets. Even producing the letters themselves was a long and sometimes difficult task. Immediately when the alphabets began to take shape, however, I believed that they were fitting for their purpose - and I have been truly encouraged by the reception from my younger audience (and their parents and carers!).
eedless to say these alphabets, even though principally designed for their own sake and in answer to the observed deficiency of focus on educational and pretty presents for young children do make great gifts. Catherine Pain's alphabets are right for quite a wide age-range. They have been displayed on nursery walls and are also in primary school classrooms, so they have proved effective for the very young as well as older children, something which I am pleased about.y alphabet journey is not yet over. I am working on some new projects too. I have been asked to produce an additional 'numbers' poster. It may be that I bring out further alphabets - it's something that will depend on what's apparently needed and on other factors which no doubt will influence what I produce.
he main point of my alphabet story though is the role that alphabet posters play in literacy - and therefore the wider world. The alphabet is the building block of reading and writing. There is the element of being literate that can lead to a sense of self-confidence and self-empowerment. These may appear distinctly grand notions - but they all originate and are inspired by the ever simple abc.
