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When you stop and think about it, an alphabet is a pretty amazing thing. With this group of letters or symbols, we can communicate effectively and thoughtfully. It's awesome to look at all the various alphabets in the world and think that somehow, they came up with something that made sense to THEM and kept it around long enough to show it to future generations. Check out this link on Wikipedia to read up on alphabets and their importance to cultures and civilization worldwide.
A! Why not start with the first letter?! We are starting the fun journey of learning the alphabet with Will. He loves to mimic what we say (and learns several new words a day), so we should probably incorporate the alphabet into this new found game. In the quest to NOT make this boring for us as parents, I looked up fun facts about all the letters and thought I'd share them. As we go from A to B to C...etc., we'll share interesting notions about each of the letters. One should never stop learning, no matter how old (or young) you are.
Enjoy!
- A is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet
- The letter "A" does not appear even once when you spell out the numbers one through nine-hundred-ninety-nine.
"A" can be traced to a pictogram of an ox head in Egyptian hieroglyph or the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet.[2]
| Egyptian | Proto-Semitic ox's head | Phoenician aleph | Greek Alpha | Etruscan A | Roman/Cyrillic A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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