A to Z Letters: English Alphabet Letters

发布时间：2026-01-19 02:14

What is the English alphabet, and how can you teach your little kids the A to Z letters? Check out our handy guide to the alphabet to get you from A to Z in your early literacy lessons! Also check out our brilliant teacher-made resources to plan lessons and decorate your classroom!

What is The Alphabet?

The alphabet is the collection of letters that make up the words in the English language. The English alphabet A to Z letters that we know today are from Latin English and contain 26 letters in total.

What Are The A to Z Letters?

The English alphabet includes 26 letters that go from A to Z. The A to Z letters include:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z

or in lowercase letter form:

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, and z

What is The Purpose of The Alphabet?

An alphabet is the visual record of a spoken language.

Alphabets pair the sound of a letter (a phoneme) with a unique graphic representation (a grapheme). And it’s this partnership of sight and sound that allows us to read and write spoken languages.

How Did The English Alphabet Develop?

The English alphabet is made up of 26 letters, of which five are vowels (a, e, i, o, and u) and 21 are consonants.

But, what we think of as the English alphabet is actually the Roman/Latin alphabet.

Christian missionaries brought Latin to British shores in the 7th century, and it quickly displaced the Anglo-Saxon language.

The Latin alphabet (A-Z) is the most widely used writing system in the world being, as it is, present in Europe, America, Australasia, Africa, and some parts of the middle-east.

Did You Know?

An abjad is an alphabet with no vowels. The largest alphabet is the Georgian alphabet. It contains 33 characters. Japan has three alphabets: hiragana, katakana and kanji. A diphthong is a sound made by two vowels in one syllable. From the Greek “di” (twice) and “phthongos” (voice or sound). A digraph is when a pair of letters combine to indicate a single sound or phoneme, e.g. chicken. At one point, in the 11th century, the ampersand sign (&) was a part of the English alphabet. 3 letters of the modern A to Z alphabet letter have been added from Old English: J, U, and W. J and U were added in the 16th century, while W assumed the status of an independent letter.

A to Z Letters - Phonetically

A to Z Letter

Phonetic Sound Pronunciation

A a -/eɪ/ B bee -/biː/ C cee -/siː/ D dee -/diː/ E e -/iː/ F ef - /ef/ G gee -/dʒiː/ H (h)aitch -/(h)eitʃ/ I i - /ai/ J jay -/dʒei/ K kay -/kei/ L el -/el/ M em - /em/ N en - /en/ O o -/oʊ/ P pee - /pi:/ Q cue -/kjuː/ R ar -/ɑːr/ S ess - /es:/ T tee -/tiː/ U ew -/juː/ V vee -/viː/ W double-ew X ex - /eks/ Y wy - /wai/ Z zee/ zed - /zi/zed/

Is There a Word That Uses All The Alphabet Letters A-Z?

Whilst there is no single word in the English language that uses all 26 letters of the English language A-Z, there are sentences that use ever letter of the alphabet. These sentences are called pangrams and are considered perfect sentences for teaching children handwriting and letters. An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'. Here is a list of pangrams to use with your students:

The five boxing wizards jumped quickly. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The jay, pig, fox, zebra, and my wolves quack.

Teaching Children to Write Their ABCs.

Teaching children to form nice, neat letters takes time. Like many foundational skills, pencil control is all about practice, practice, practice.

Letter formation activities are an effective way of developing children’s handwriting skills. Like riding a bike with stabilizers, letter tracing activities help kids develop the fine motor skills, confidence, and muscle memory they'll need to go it alone.

If you’d like to help your pupils master their ABCs, you might like to take a look at a few of our alphabet worksheets. Made by teachers, for teachers, the resources below are designed to:

ease your workload help you plan lessons support children’s learning and development

Large A-Z Letters:Find a resource here that is perfect for beginners. This printable teaching pack contains 30 A4-sized letter formation worksheets, including all lowercase letters from a-z and four common digraphs (ck, ff, ll and ss).

Complete with coloured, directional arrow guides, these worksheets are ideal for foundation level learners.

Letter Formation Worksheet A-Z Foundation Stage:This is one of our most popular resources. This set of three alphabet worksheets is simple but extremely effective.

Have your children look at the example letters we’ve given them on the left-hand side of the page. Then, challenge them to replicate each letter as best as they can using the outlines provided.

A great way of developing fine motor skills and pencil control, this resource is perfect for early years children.

Letters, Numbers and Shapes Tracing Patterns Worksheets:Looking for perfect pencil control? Then this resource - featuring 11 pages of alphabet, number (0-9), and 2D shape tracing exercises - is the one for you.

Copying patterns and shapes, as well as letters themselves, is a really effective way of improving children’s cognitive processing and hand-eye coordination.

Every worksheet in this pack includes clear, dotted examples for children to follow.

Alphabet Picture and Letter Tracing Worksheet:With this pack, just one quick push of the download button gets you 26 ready-made letter formation worksheets. Take that, planning panic!

There’s a worksheet for every letter of the alphabet. Plus, each sheet includes a drawing of an object that starts with that letter and a set of dotted letters for guidance.

Ask your children to copy the letters as neatly as they can. Then, when they’re finished, let them colour in the drawing as a fun brain break.

Letter Formation Workbook:This one is a handwriting A-Z letters practice must-have. This teacher-made pack contains everything you need to make your pupils their very own alphabet workbooks.

Download this resource, and you’ll find 26 illustrated worksheets, each dedicated to a letter of the alphabet. Every sheet includes an example lowercase letter with guides, as well as blank lines for children to write freehand.

We’ve also included three colour drawings per worksheet. Challenge your pupils to complete the spellings beneath these images by adding the right letter to each word, e.g. “_pple”, “_stronaut”, and “_nchor”