Teaching Alphabets to Preschoolers

Get a set of foam letters. (You can get these for as little as one dollar, if you purchase them from the dollar store.)
At bath time, toss two or three letters in the tub with your child.
While your child is playing in the tub, play with him or her, calling each of the letters by name. For example, say: The B is tickling your toes...Oh, the B is swimming around you...Give Mommy the B.
Repeat this each night until your child is able to distinguish between the letters and is able to call each one by name.
Once your child knows the first two or three letters, add another letter to the tub or replace one of the other letters with the new one. Try not to have too many letters in the tub at once.
Repeat the above steps until your child has learned all the letters of the alphabet.
You may want to use a calendar as a way to plan or record the letters you introduce each week. Or if you want to keep it simple, get two bins--one for letters to be introduced and the other for those that have been introduced already.
You can teach your child the sound associated with each letter by simply making the sound whenever you pick up or play with the letter. For example, if you're playing with the letter s, whenever you move it through the water say, "Here comes the S...sssssssssssssss!"
From time to time mix in some of the letters your child has already learned. If you don't review, he or she may likely forget them.
Don't feel that you have to introduce the letters in order--you don't.
Final tip--reinforce what your child has learned by pointing out the letters whenever you see them (in books, on billboards, on signs, everywhere!).

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