We know what she means and she knows it. The message is important and understood. Any child who grows up in a family where reading books and papers are commonplace will be very comfortable with the written word. There is no greater stimulus to having a love of reading and books than for children to have stories read to them whenever and as often as possible. There is no substitute for reading and telling stories to children as early as possible.
Children are desperate to know the letters of their name.
They show immense delight when they are able to detect their beginning sound in their environment. However I believe that knowing the alphabet from A to Z is a boring achievement and can lead to confusion as to what reading is. An over emphasis on letter names can make learning sounds and words difficult. A rigid version of the role of each letter should be avoided. Reading is not merely decoding symbols into words.