The stories behind the letters of our alphabet | New York Post The stories behind the letters of our alphabet Modal Trigger G’s that look like I’s, F’s that sound like “Waw,” and Q’s that look like monkeys — man, was our alphabet a mess. That’s because many of our letters began as Egyptian hieroglyph symbols 4,000 years ago, with a hodgepodge of Semitic, Phoenician, Greek and Roman influences thrown in. It would take centuries, and the dropping of more than a few letters along the way, before our alphabet was born. By year 1011, the order that we know today was largely in place — excluding “J,” “U,” “W” — but there were 29 letters, including the ampersand. The alphabet we know today takes its modern 26-letter shape in the 16th century. Author Michael Rosen devotes 400-plus pages to topsy-turvy history of our letters in his entertaining “Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells A Story” (Counterpoint), dedicating a chapter to each of the 26 letters. Here’s a brief look.

Illustrations by Leah Tiscione A Turn the “A” upside down and you’ll have a good sense of its original shape and meaning when it was introduced around 1800 BC. Resembling an animal’s head with antlers or horns, the original meaning of the letter in ancient Semitic was “ox.” B Flip “B” on its belly and you see a home — complete with a door, a room and a roof. Now you have some idea of why 4,000 years ago in Egypt, “B” (which sounded like our “h”) was a hieroglyph that meant “shelter.” C The first “C” shape emerged in Phoenician and stood for a hunter’s stick or boomerang. The Greeks renamed it “gamma” and when they switched to reading from right to left to left to right in 500 BC, they flipped the shape. As the letter spread to Italy, it took on a more crescent shape, and the C as we know it today was born. D Around 800 BC, Phoenicians began to use a “dalet” — or a rough triangle facing left — which translated to door.

The Greeks adopted it and renamed it “delta.” The Romans later added serifs and varied the thickness of the lines, softening one side into a semicircle. E The “E” of 3,800 years ago, pronounced “h” in Semitic, resembled a stick with two arms and a leg meant to signify a human form. The Greeks flipped it around in 700 BC and changed the sound to “ee.” F The “F” of Phoenician times resembled a “Y” and sounded like “waw.” The ancient Greeks changed it to “digamma” and tipped the “Y” over to look like a drunk version of our “F.” The Romans regulated the writing of the letter centuries later, drawing the cross lines at firm geometric right angles, also giving it the “fff” sound. G Today’s “G” derives from the Greek letter “zeta,” a letter that looks like our “I” but was pronounced as a “zzz.” Around 250 BC, Romans altered the shape of this strange letter to look more like an “E” without the middle horizontal arm and then applied the “g” sound because they didn’t need the “z” sound in Latin.

Over time, the crescent curved. H Based on the Egyptian hieroglyph of a fence, it’s one of the most controversial letters in the English language. The breathy sound associated with the letter made academics argue that the letter was unnecessary — and many Latin and British scholars began dropping the “H” in 500 AD. Despite the controversy, “H” secured a spot in our alphabet. I Around 1000 BC, the letter “I” was “yod,” meaning arm and hand. The Greeks adopted the letter as “iota” changing it to a vertical squiggle. By 700 BC, “I” became the straight line we use today. J “I” was a popular letter and often a stand-in for “j” sounds. The red-headed stepchild of our alphabet, “J” was only introduced in standardized spelling in the 15th century by the Spanish and only appeared consistently in print around 1640. K What appeared to be an outstretched hand with one finger and a thumb visible appeared in Egyptian hieroglyphs around 2000 BC.

The ancient Semites called it a “kaph,” meaning “palm of the hand,” which sounded like our “K.” Around 800 BC, the Greeks reversed it and took it on as their own “kappa.” L A hook-shaped letter, referred to as “El,” meaning “God” emerged in ancient Semitic inscriptions around 1800 BC. The Phoenicians straightened out the hook, reversed its position, and called it “lamed” (“lah-med”), meaning a cattle prod. Again the Greeks flipped the letter and renamed it “lamda.” The Romans straightened the bottom leg into a right angle. M Four-thousand years ago, Egyptians drew a vertical wavy line with five peaks to denote “water.” The Semites reduced the number of waves to three in 1800 BC; the Phoenicians continued the trend by removing one more wave. By 800 BC, the peaks became zigzags and the structure was made horizontal — our “M” in sound and appearance. N Around the same time as “M,” “N” was emerging in Egypt with a small ripple on top and a larger one below.

The word translated to “snake” or “cobra.” Ancient Semites gave it the sound “n,” meaning fish. By around 1000 BC, the sign contained just one wave and was named “nu” by the Greeks. O “O” starts its life on Egyptian hieroglyphs (around the time as “M” and “N”) as “eye.” Semites called it “ayin,” but with a guttural sound that sounds like “ch” (think Hebrew name Chaim). The Phoenicians reduced the eye to just the outline of a pupil, our “O.” P An inverted “V”-shape appears in early Semitic language 3,800 years ago, sounding like “pe” and meaning “mouth.” The Phoenicians adapted it to a diagonal hook shape at the top. The Romans closed the loop, and flipped it right, by 200 BC. Q Around 1000 BC, “Q,” which sounded like “qoph,” either meant ”monkey” or a “ball of wool.” According to Rosen, academics are still split. “Q” was then a circle with a vertical line through it.

A “Q” that we’d recognize appeared in Roman inscriptions in 520 BC — it was also then that the “u after q” rule was invented. R “R” first appears in ancient Semitic in the form of a profile of a human. Pronounced “resh” it translated to (no surprise) “head.” The Romans flipped it to face right and added a tail, “probably to distinguish it from ‘P’,” writes Rosen. S Early “S’s” appeared 3,600 years ago as a horizontal, curvy “W” shape, meant to denote an archer’s bow. Phoenicians added an angularity that looks more like our “W’s” At this stage it was known as “shin” meaning “tooth.” The early Greeks rotated it to the vertical and called it “sigma” with the “s” sound — and the Romans flipped it. T “T” in its modern, lower-case form, is found all over ancient Semitic inscriptions. By 1000 BC, the Phoenicians referred to it as “taw,” meaning “mark,” with our current “tee” sound.

The Greeks named it “tau” and added a cross stroke at the top to differentiate it from “X.” U There’s a lot of confusion among letters “U,” “V” and “W.” According to Rosen, the Phoenicians began using a letter that looked like our “Y” around 1000 BC. They called it “waw” meaning “peg.” The Greeks adopted this in 700 BC and called it “upsilon.” V The Romans did not differentiate between “V” and “U” sounds — so Venus was actually pronounced “Weenus.” Even Shakespeare used “U’s” in place of “V’s” in his plays and poems. Capital “V’s” at the start of words started to appear in the 1400s. W During the Middle Ages, Charlemagne’s scribes placed two “U’s” side by side with a space between (as in literally “double U”), a new letter that sounded like a “V.” It wasn’t until around 1700 that W as a unique letter (not two “U’s” or two “V’s” placed side-by-side) emerged in printing presses across Europe.

In French, this letter is still referred to as “double V.” X The ancient Greeks had a letter “ksi” which sounded like our “X.” Lower case “x’s” arrive via handwritten manuscripts of early medieval times and the Italian printers of the late 15th century. Y The original “Y” entered the alphabet as “upsilon” or our “U.” Around 100 AD Romans added “Y” to their alphabet, usually to denote something of Greek origins. Z “Z” might be the last letter of the alphabet, but it’s an elder. Three-thousand years ago the Phoenicians used a letter called “zayin,” meaning “ax.” It looked like an uppercase “I” with top and bottom serifs. The Greeks adopted it as “zeta” around 800 BC, when it evolved into our modern “Z” shape (and also led to the creation of our “G”) with the sound of “dz.” The letter fell into disuse for several centuries, until the Norman French arrived with words that used the “Z” sound. What didn’t make the cut It took thousands of years to establish our 26-letter alphabet.

As we formed our modern language, we lost a few letters, including: Thorn: þ This letter — which was pronounced “th” as in “them” and translated to “the” — took the place of “ye” in place names like “Ye Olde Fishe and Chippe Shoppe.” Over time, as Gothic script was introduced to Old English, “Y” and “thorn” looked too similar — and one had to go. Wynn: ƿ Latin didn’t offer a letter with the “wah” sound popular to English speakers. Wynn filled the void, but not for long. Over time, it became popular to stick two double-“U’s” side-by-side to create the sound of wynn. Yogh: Ȝ The yogh sound entered during the Middle English to represent the “ch” sound (think: Bach). It disappeared thanks to the French printing presses, which decided to replace yogh with “gh.” Ash: ӕ You’ve seen it in medieval (when spelled mediaeval) or in aeon and aether.

This is an example of Roman ligature, meaning the tying together of two letters, in this case “a” and “e.” Though it was dropped as a letter from English, it remains one in Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic. Ethel: œ Another Latin ligature, this is the combination of “o” and “e” that can be seen in words like “foetus” and “subpoena.” Now in most cases, we replace this letter with an e. Ampersand: & Though Rosen does not include this in his book, because he says “pedantically and fussily” that it’s a symbol, not a letter. But the ampersand was once considered part of the alphabet. In fact, that’s how it got its name. The end of the alphabet was “x, y, z and, per se, and.” That is, “in itself, and,” meaning the symbol for “and.” That became am-per-sand. Share this: Is there a meaning behind the shape of each letter in the alphabet? : askscience (6 children) as others are saying, the western alphabet mostly derives from pictograms, and the meaning of the characters now is lost or irrelevant.

the Korean alphabet is an interesting case: it was designed relatively recently (about 600 years ago) to fit the Korean language, rather than being adapted from some prior system. the scholars who designed Hangul decided to not just map phonemes onto arbitrary symbols - the symbols are made so that just by their shape they can be organized into vowel and consonant, aspirated or not, palatal or labial, etc, with these shapes based on the shape the mouth takes as it produces the corresponding sound. so, the Korean alphabet is (probably) the one case where each letter really does have a meaning above and beyond its job as a referent to pronunciation. (1 child) Read the book Letter Perfect, the paperback version of the book Language Made Visible. Incredible explanation of how writing for alphabets went from the pictographs of the Egyptians - like Chinese writing, a word is a picture, needing a lot of time to make and a lot of expertise - was changed into the letter equaling a sound to build words. Middle Eastern peoples saw the benefit of writing but also the drawbacks of pictographs, and each letter equaled a sound. The B is a door, the A an ox head that's turned upside down millennia later.

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We love to hear from you, so please continue to comment, like, and favorite. Please share our new video with your friends! TAGS: Why Was Z Removed from the Alphabet? | Dictionary.com Blog Home » Language » Symbols and Punctuation » Why Was Z Removed from the Alphabet? Why Was Z Removed from the Alphabet? May 24, 2011 by: Dictionary.com 682 Comments What letter is used most rarely in English? Poor lonely z finishes up the alphabet at number 26. The final letter, z’s history includes a time when it was so infrequently used that it was removed altogether. The Greek zeta is the origin of the humble z. The Phoenician glyph zayin , meaning “weapon,” had a long vertical line capped at both ends with shorter horizontal lines and looked very much like a modern capital I. By the time it evolved into the Greek zeta the top and bottom lines had become elongated and the vertical line slanted, connecting to the horizontal lines at the top right and the bottom left. Around 300 BC, the Roman Censor Appius Claudius Caecus removed z from the alphabet.

His justification was that z had become archaic: the pronunciation of /z/ had become /r/ by a process called rhotacism , rendering the letter z useless. At the same time that z was removed, g was added, but that’s another story. Two hundred years later, z was reintroduced to the Latin alphabet but used only in words taken from Greek. Because of its absence and reintroduction, zeta is one of the only two letters to enter the Latin alphabet directly from Greek and not Etruscan . Z was not always the final letter of the modern English alphabet, although it has always been in the 26th position. For years the & symbol (now known as the ampersand ) was the final, pronounced “and” but recited with the Latin “per se,” meaning “by itself.” The position and pronunciation eventually ran together, with “X, Y, Z, and per se and” becoming “X, Y, Z, ampersand.” Z is the most rarely used letter in the alphabet; however, American English uses it more often than British English. Early English did not have a z but used s for both voiced and unvoiced sibilants .

Words in English that originated as loan words from French and Latin are more likely to be spelled with a z than an s. Also, American standardization modified /z/ suffixes to more accurately reflect their pronunciation, changing –ise and –isation to –ize and –ization. Here at the end of the alphabet, let’s jump to the beginning : Not only did the letter a used to look different , but it sounded different as well. Learn these facts as well as the animal that inspired the letter, here . Victims of fiery car crash identified.(Accidents) The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) February 18, 2004 Byline: The Register-Guard The Lane County sheriff’s office has identified the three people who died in a fiery car crash early Sunday near Lowell. website escape the car The sheriff’s office said Dawn Marie Snyder, 47, of Harrisburg; Paul Edward Wagner, 47, of Lowell; and Dave Lavern Aldrich, 56, of Dexter died in the accident on Jasper-Lowell Road. Snyder was driving the Ford Tempo that went off the road, its passenger side hitting a tree and the car bursting into flames about 12:30 a.m.

Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office. The bodies were burned beyond recognition, which slowed identification of the victims. The sheriff’s office identified them after notifying family members. Investigators were considering what role rain, the dark, speed and other factors could have played in the crash. website escape the car All three were wearing seat belts. The men, one sitting in the passenger’s seat, the other in the back seat, died on impact, Deputy Paul Vitus said. Snyder tried to escape the car but couldn’t because her foot was stuck, Vitus said. She died in the fire. The cause of the crash is being investigated by the sheriff’s office and the state fire marshal’s office. Decoding Hidden Meanings of Ancient Greek Alphabet Letters | GreekReporter.com Decoding Hidden Meanings of Ancient Greek Alphabet Letters Decoding Hidden Meanings of Ancient Greek Alphabet Letters By - Oct 12, 2013 According to the Greek Alphabet Code, letters of the Ancient Greek Alphabet reach out to our present times modified or “deformed”, compared to their original form, but they still continue to “carry” meanings.

Dr Theologos Simaioforos** decoded these meanings, revealing the Grandeur of our language and also the glory of those intellects that contrived and «constructed» the Greek Language. Our language, amongst other revelations, describes operations and functions of Nature and that’s what makes it Immortal… By Foteini Tyraski* When I first watched a TV program, referring to the Greek Language Code, it was a revelation for me. Everythingt I heard, was so familiar, not because it was about my language, but because all this knowledge I’ve collected through my field of study, all this knowledge that connects Art with Nature, sprang alive in front of my eyes. All of a sudden, the letters have been converted to «ideograms», that not only they had (according to the Code) a univocal meaning-interpretation, but also their graph emitted this significance and there could not be another shape for each, in order to confirm their sense. At this point, I should give you some examples: When we want to define a space, even “by gesture”, we make a circle.

If you exclude our modern times that people lack of contact with Nature, the ancient settlements, the primitive huts, our planet (as home), even the human sense for space, «from one’s mother’s womb», have the shape of a circle. So, the letter that could better describe space is Ο(Omicron), which, according to the Greek Language Code, means a particular space or area of all sizes. Another letter, relative to O as a graph, is Φ(Phi). Letter Φ describes a space (Ο), that is «bisected» by a vertical line. So, before we decode Φ, we’ll have a look on this line, which is a Ι(Iota). A vertical line as an optical symbolism in Art-Nature field, is a line of action and motion, considering also the fact, that the human eye “reads” in its optical field from top to bottom. .

According to the Greek Language Code, Ι describes the descent of a small quantity of force, light or radiation that constantly supplies… … So, if we complete our phrase in order to understand the letter Φ, we’ll say: (Ι) the descent of a small quantity of force, light or radiation that constantly supplies (Ο) a space. This is exactly the code meaning of light, as, according to Dr Simaioforos, Φ means the Light. The letter Ρ(Rho) represents a space Ο, from which the radiation of an Ι (Iota) is “flowing”, so Ρ, rightly, means the flow (Ρ = flowing of energy, radiation, liquid). When children draw the sun, they make a circle with rays (just like the shapes below): The letter that exactly expresses the Solar radiation, is Λ(Lambda), and it is defined so, by the Greek Alphabet Code, as Λ = Solar radiation and liquids in Nature (when referring to forces on Earth).

When we close the shape of Λ (Λ-Δ) we create a triangle, just like a dynamic energy field and the letter Δ (Delta) is created, which, according to the Code, expresses Δ = Power-Force that constructs and creates. The letter Α (Alpha) means the Primary Force and schematically it is a complex letter, as Λ and Δ are embedded. This shows that we perceive this Primary Force through Solar radiation. The letter Ε(Epsilon), by Code, expresses the sense of Motion-Movement-Course-Expansion and it’s easy to comprehend it, if we consider that when we call somebody from afar, we use it, (Hey… you! Hey Alex…). So, when phonetically using Ε… and sometimes, along with a tense of our hands towards someone, shows the effort of our existence to expand and communicate with the person that is away. As for Μ (Mu), in shape, shows two Lambda (ΛΛ) united, which corresponds to the following information: Double amount of solar radiation leads to such condensation of matter, so that we can see things and creatures. Indeed, according the Greek Alphabet Code, Μ is the Visible Nature.

According to the philosophy of this Code, the consonants are divided in two groups, the celestials and the earthly (see related tables in ). This helps us separate, conceptually, the actions and properties of letters. The letter Τ (Tau), according to the Code, means Τ = Consolidation, Firmament of force-radiation so, as an earthly consonant, its horizontal line refers to the ground level. All the force that governs this letter, acts under the surface of the earth, but because of the concentration of the earthen material, this force is consolidated. Π (Pi), according to the Code is a celestial consonant, so its horizontal line refers to the sky-heaven level. The two vertical lines are the energy suppliers and surround all that is “under His protection”. The letter Π, means primarily Father God and secondarily Fire – the first element of Creation. The letter Θ (Theta) describes a space (Ο) bisected by an horizontal line. This line expresses a level (for example: the horizon). If we look to the horizon through a telescope we see a Θ, where Θ, according to the Code, means Viewing.

Ζ (Zeta), by shape, describes the power of thunderbolt that is charging earth and according to Dr Simaioforos’ Code, Ζ is Life and Heat-Warmth. Τhe letter Υ (Upsilon), with its shape like funnel, expresses Υ = Concentration, Accumulation of radiation-energy, by its Code meaning. The letter Η (Eta) is two Ι iota united (Ι+Ι), so in this case we exclude the information following: Since Ι describes the descent of a small quantity of force, light or radiation that constantly supplies… when this small quantity becomes greater, it becomes also visible. According to the Greek Alphabet Code, Η means Appearance-Revelation. Taking under consideration that language is a living organism, we could imagine that it has “flesh and bones”. This part of “bones”, which is the main structure of a word and the basis of its meaning, is played by the consonants. So the part of the “flesh”, which is the voice and the light of the word, is played by the vowels. The Greek Language has more vowels than any other language, so, when talking in Greek, we emit more light, using all range of 7 colors.

We hear 7 musical notes, we see 7 colours, we have 7 energy centers and the vowels of the Greek Alphabet are 7. Counting the human spine, we realize that the cervical vertebrae corresponding to the vocal chords are 7 (as many as the vowels of the Greek Alphabet), while the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae are 17 (just as many as the consonants…). The human body has the same ratio of water to Earth, while the number of days of the year is 10 times more than humans’ temperature (measured in Celsius scale). The human body is structured according to Nature and the physical Laws of our planet. So when we consciously use a language that reflects and obeys these Laws, we live in better terms with each other and our environment, we become cleverer, and we walk the highway of Philosophy, mother of all sciences, no matter what’s the educational level of each, which is a road to improvement of a person, from human to “Anthropos”. In my opinion, Greek Language is the Solar Language that enlightens people’s minds.

You don’t need to be a Greek citizen or to have been born in a country called Greece , to be EΛΛHN. Every seeker of the Truth on this planet, using his logic, has the potential to become ΕΛΛΗΝ. By the word itself, we can learn what ΕΛΛΗΝ means, which is “the Enlighted Mind-Intellect”. After decoding the letters, using the Greek Language Code, the meaning of the word is revealed: Ε = Motion-Movement-Course-Expansion of ΛΛ = a double (great) quantity of Solar radiation (enlightment) Η = that is revealed Ν = into the Mind and by Law. We are the blessed generation of people, that are able to use the Wisdom of our ancestors, not only the inheritance of 2.500 years old, but also all very ancient –way back in time- scriptures, myths, names and words, that secretly keep cosmogonic philosophic, theological and scientific Knowledge-information, travelling in time, left hidden for us to discover… *This guest opinion piece is written by Foteini Tyraski (Τ.Ε.Ι.

of Athens Graduate, School of Graphic Design, specialized on Cartoons, Cinema Graphics and Special Effects). Opinion pieces reflect strictly the views of the author. **Analysis on Basic Design elements (Data Key Plan of Art and Design) was made using the Greek Alphabet Code (a philosophical study of language by Dr Theologos Simaioforos). TAGS Dean Plassaras Ὁ ἄναξ οὗ τὸ μαντεῖόν ἐστι τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς, οὔτε λέγει οὔτε κρύπτει, ἀλλὰ σημαίνει. The God whose oracle is at Delphi neither speaks plainly nor conceals, but indicates by signs. Foteini Tyraski You may blame the Greeks for not being collectively progressives, but that’s a problem they always had (except those times, when united, they created miracles…). So when I said that ΟΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ still produce civilization, I meant that they do it individually.

And these are a lot of people, artists, doctors, scientists, writers and poets, that still create while their hearts are bleeding living in the terrible situation of this country. But I didn’t get this far just to declare my findings… I’m coming with a proposition. What we, ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ and GREEKS of the world, have in common is our Language. The Greek Alphabet Code, in which this article is referring to, is a notional (not national) tool, just as the multiplication Table (ΠΡΟΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ) is an arithmetical tool. Τhis Code (of which you have seen nothing yet, as this article expresses my thoughts in my first contact with it) unites Knowledge with Philosophy and moral values; unites Greeks all over the world; unites all people, calling them to become bright minds. And that’s what I call producing civilization… LATEST LEARN THE ALPHABET -- LEARN THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET -- ENGLISH ALPHABET This text is a bit down the page because I figured that kids wounld't be interested in this adult text... About the 'Learn The Alphabet' site.

I do not have an education in education. My 'Learn the Alphabet.org website is a small (smallish!) independent project created to teach children the alphabet the way I would've liked to learn the alphabet. Quickly, efficiently and enjoyably. The site as it now stands is the first phase in a much more complete site which will include lowercase letters as well as a complete phonics section for English. But for now...first things first! Recognising the big letters. Learning the Alphabet and Language theory Spoken language is represented by written words. Words are formed of groups of letters. These letters all have a sound associated to them. Letters are the smallest unit of written and spoken communication. In theory, to learn the English alphabet and each letter's use requires a knowledge of both the symbol representing that letter and the phonetic sounds associated to that letter. That is why the teaching of each letters is an equal portion of the letter's name and the sound associated to the letter. Starting with Uppercase letters on the site for now. I say in theory simply because English phonetics is riddled with exceptions. Learning the phonetics of the English language is extremely complex.

Let's put it this way...there are few letters do not have exceptions in their main sound. Actually, most cases there are several phonemes for each letter of the alphabet. The letter B can sound like 'bat' or might just have no sound like in 'crumb' or 'dumb'. The letter C for example can sound like C for 'cat' or C for 'ceiling' or C for 'Church'. And the list of these exceptions is endless. English is indeed an awful exception ridden language...compared to most. It is not important which order you learn the alphabet in. It does help however to include the more used vowels initially. As long as your child can recognise the alphabet letter and its primary sound that is the main goal here. That's a big step to learn to read and write. Education in general No website or computerised learning system can replace, or even approach, the effectiveness and value of one-to-one communication Attempting to make a child meet targets set by an authority (be it school or government) without taking each individual child's abilities into consideration is a major long-term detriment to that child's desire and ability to learn.

Plunking a child in front of the computer and sticking an educational DVD or parentally controlled website (like this one) is not the solution to education. It is an easy way however to vary the content of the subject being learned. Before a child is forced to conform to the rigid predefined educated mould forced upon him by "targets" he must be free to explore and delve. ... ability in the curriculum is key to achieving optimal learning possibilities to the fullest of the child's potential Learning the alphabet is an essential step to learning to read or write. Only if you learn the alphabet can you read and write. Just a little help from family members and friends makes learning the alphabet fun and productive In my mind there are far too many discussions on forums etc. to try to determine when the best time for a child to learn the alphabet is. The simple and only response: as soon as your child is ready. Trying to match your child to a recipe is a bad idea. You want your child and spent time with your child and you know when they're ready. Starting with small steps (steps as large as your child can manage) mastering the alphabet is the 1st step in learning to read. Repetition, repetition is the best way to get something learned...

Learning the Alphabet is a perfect example. Learn the alphabet.org teaches your child the initial most basic building blocks of the English language. Capital letters. (See long term plans for Lowercase letters) Letters are represented as the symbols that represent the most basic or obvious shapes of the letters. With the alphabet I've presented in Learn the Alphabet I have attempted to vary the scenes and characters as much as possible. I tried to keep the content active and in motion without losing objective of the challenge. Each video on the site is divided into different scenes. What I call a scene from learn the alphabet.org is either an animation teaching the letter been learned or slideshow being led by one of the puppets: learn the alphabet.org website. The learning alphabet.org videos are an average of 2 1/2 min. The scenes and content of Learn The Alphabet are in no particular order. But Koofy (the Green Dragon) does more of the "teaching" then Beaky (the gray bird) does. Koofy repeats the letter of the alphabet it's fun and rewards associated to it in the slideshow. This seems this is why Koofy almost always appears before Beaky in the scenes.

This scenes in learning alphabets.org change quickly so as not to bore the child. I have avoided using the usual words found when children learn the alphabet. On learning the alphabet.org I have selected words would not only be intriguing, but new and original. I do not find that learning letters should remove the child's ability to learn new words at the same time. I have not find this to be impeding in the child's ability to grasp the alphabet with ease. Working through the learn the alphabet website you will find that there are actually 27 letters. I have created both the British version and the American version for the letter Z. I've created all the puppets on the learn the alphabet.org website. (Pictures) Here they are: Kloofy is the Green Dragon. Make completely of latex skin. Kloofy has a foam skeleton. His teeth and eyes are an ultralight resin. His arms are controlled by the aluminium rods at the wrist. Beaky. Is the great bird with the long yellow beak. It is feathers are actually fur. His beak is latex. He is a foam skeleton. And his beak is manipulated within internal cable. Hairy monster: is the hairy black one eyed monster.

He is made out of black for material within internal expandable foam filling. His eye is polymorph and epoxy resin. He does a little teaching… that is main job is to distract from the learning. Learn the alphabet.org website interface is simple and straightforward. There are 26 letters to choose from. In these 26 letters leadoff to 27 videos. All the videos on learning alphabet.org are streamed from YouTube and through the learning alphabet website interface. I hope very strongly that your child/children will find contents on learning alphabet.org useful. And that they will learn it quickly so as to move on to the main reason… to read and write! Reason why I picked a less obvious vocabulary for the teaching of letters. You want to pick boring usual tiny words like ball and bat etc. is my belief the children have the ability and desire to not only learn the letters of the alphabet to learn other things at the same time. This text needs a bunch of changing and effort but for now...these are the quick thoughts I have had about the website and some other things.... I hope you enjoy it and find it useful!

Marc Jerusalem - I Will Put My Name There - Amazing Revelations - YouTube Jerusalem - I Will Put My Name There - Amazing Revelations Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 27, 2012 This is the documentary from ICHTHUS films deals with amazing revelations about Jerusalem.It began our journey with a remarkable letter "Shin" in Hebrew alphabet and it is the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.It is pronounced like "Sheen". It is the one letter the Hebrew people chose ages ago to represent the unspeakable name of the one and only God "YAHWEH". This letter holds great significance to the Hebrew People.It is printed on a mezuzah, a scroll of parchment with Biblical text written on it.The Scripture prayer box that is mounted on the door posts and door frames of every Jewish home.Contained within this box,the scripture portion from Deuteronomy 6:4 also known as "Shema" in Hebrew and "To Hear" in English.

It says " Heare, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord (KJV)". The Shin letter is shaped much like the English letter w or perhaps v.In the old biblical map of Jerusalem.There are three significant valleys like Kidron,Hinnon and Tyropean.These valleys converge to also form the shape of the letter shin, and that the Temple in Jerusalem is located.David had conquered this area and and set his capital city.God said to him,This is the place where i have put my name( I Kings 11:56 ). Our city sits on the top of name of God.That city is also made of three mountains hills Moriah,Ophel and Zion.One mountain with three different hills like One God with three different persons. Ophel -Our Fortress,Our Stronghold Yahweh,Our Father God Zion - The mark that means our father God the Holy Spirit. Moriah -To see God or to be seen of God.It is Jesus Christ,God the Son.

Luke 19:37 -40 : And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Category Letter: translate English - Dutch a written message addressed to a person or organization1 mailed an indignant letter to the editor1 an award earned by participation in a school sport1 he won letters in three sports1 the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech1 his grandmother taught him his letters1 a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)1 he followed instructions to the letter1 he obeyed the letter of the law1 owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire1 mark letters on or mark with letters1 set down or print with letters1 win an athletic letter1 An activity that tracks the delivery of a letter. The activity can contain the electronic copy of the letter.2 Wiktionary Translations for letter :

Question: If something is sigmate, it is in the shape of which letter of the English alphabet?
Answer: S