Sybols are key to literacy. An interesting project I ran across is called ‘zed’. It works on the pricipal that teaching children 45 high frequency words will be the best foundation they could have. They have various books and series available. Check out theie website here: http://www.widgit.com/SIP/resources/literacy/zed/index.htm
Do you want a nice site to help your children learn the alphabet? At the literacy center your child can learn the alphabet, symbols, colors, numbers and even the keyboard. The site is also in multiple languages; english, spanish, german and french. Check out the site here: http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm. Let me know how it works for you.
I have a few ideas about teaching literacy. I did a little research on the subject and it seems that there are activities that teachers can employ to help their students. These ideas range from ‘prediction’ to ‘miss out the vowels’. You should check out the following website for even more ideas: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/contents.htm
It’s UK based but teaching techniques are universal.