Super thanks everyone! Today I was saying "this is the letter P it sounds like puh puh, like puh puh puppy" so I'm glad I'm on the right lines. I've taken him out of nursery temporarily so want to make sure we are still learning appropriately x

Lower case to start as this will help with phonics. I found with the girls we would spend the time in the car (or bath or when we were sat) taking about things that start with certain letters and if we were out and about we would look at road signs and street names and see if we knew any of the letters. We did the same with door numbers for number recognition. If you do it more in play it’s easier and less stressful for all involved! Keep it fun x

Yes I am, both are needed, phonics is more beneficial for later stages to segmentand blend words, so I've always introduceda letter and then the sound within the sentence so for example "this is the letter S which makes the ss sound like in sat, sausages, silly and spam" . The letter K (kay) makes a soft kh sound... I recommend jolly phonics (can access via youtube) and follow the phonics stages (1st letters to be introduced are S A T P I N)

Always lower case. Take a look at the Ruth miskin videos on YouTube

They usually start with lower case and the phonic sound of the letter. There is a good youtube video called jolly phonics where it sings a song for every letter using the phonic sound. Layla will watch it and say the sound of them all. She cant do the alphabet by herself but can copy you xx

Lower case/letter sounds

I'm not EYFS trained but how do you want him to recognise them? Like A being ay or a being ah and B being bee or buh etc.

Don't know whether schools vary. But my sons school are focusing on lower case letters and sounds as they spell out the words by the way they sound lower case

Not trained but Iv been teaching my daughter one letter at a time A a and the sound, she seems to be picking it up quickly although she's a year older than your child so.... 🤷‍♀️