A–Z Picture Alphabet
26 picture cards, one for every letter. Tap a card to hear the word. Tap the letter to visit its page.
/æ/ as in apple
/b/ as in ball
/k/ as in cat
/d/ as in dog
/ɛ/ as in elephant
/f/ as in fish
/ɡ/ as in grapes
/h/ as in house
/ɪ/ as in igloo
/dʒ/ as in juice
/k/ as in kite
/l/ as in lion
/m/ as in monkey
/n/ as in nest
/ɒ/ as in octopus
/p/ as in penguin
/kw/ as in queen
/r/ as in rainbow
/s/ as in sun
/t/ as in tiger
/ʌ/ as in umbrella
/v/ as in violin
/w/ as in watermelon
/ks/ as in fox (X is tricky at the start of words)
/j/ as in yacht
/z/ as in zebra
Ready for more?
Each letter has its own page with games and a quiz.
Questions grown-ups ask
Why do picture alphabets help children learn letters faster?
Young children think in pictures before they understand abstract letter shapes. Connecting a letter to a familiar object (like A for Apple or D for Dog) anchors the sound in their memory. This creates a bridge between spoken language, visual pictures, and printed symbols.
Should I teach letter names or letter sounds first?
Most literacy experts recommend focusing on letter sounds first. Knowing the sound that 'B' makes (/b/ as in ball) lets a child start sounding out simple 3-letter words like BAT and BED much sooner than only knowing the letter's label.
What do the stroke notes on each card mean?
The stroke note describes the simplest top-to-bottom pen movements for forming the capital letter. Practising a good stroke order from the start helps prevent letter reversals and builds good handwriting habits.
Where can we practise writing these letters?
Each card links to its own letter page, which has a how-to-write guide, and our tracing canvas lets children trace each letter on screen with guide arrows.