Alphabet

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Letter A

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward and touch your thumb with your dominant index finger.

Handy Hint: From your thumb to your pinky, each finger represents a vowel: A-E-I-O-U. ‘A’ is the first vowel of the alphabet, so touch your first finger.

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Letter B

With both hands, make two small circles with your index fingers and thumbs. Touch them together at the centre of your body. Your remaining fingers can either join your index finger or point upward.

Handy Hint: Imagine a pair of binoculars. ‘B’ for Binoculars.

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Letter C

Hold your dominant fist up with your pinky facing forward and make a ‘C’ shape with your thumb and index finger.

Handy Hint: Your hand makes the letter ‘C’.

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Letter D

Make a ‘C’ shape with your dominant index finger and thumb. Point the index finger of your other hand and touch it to the ‘C’ shape on your dominant hand.

Handy Hint: Your hands create an upper case ‘D’.

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Letter E

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward and touch your index finger with your dominant index finger.

Handy Hint: From your thumb to your pinky, each finger represents a vowel: A-E-I-O-U. ‘E’ is the second vowel of the alphabet, so touch your second finger.

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Letter F

Hold both fists in front of you with the back of your hands facing upward. Extend the index and middle fingers together on each hand and place the fingers of your dominant hand on top of the fingers of your other hand, creating a cross.

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Letter G

Make two fists and with pinky fingers facing downward, stack your dominant fist on top of the other fist.

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Letter H

Hold your non-dominant hand open with your palm facing up and fingers pointing forward. Place your other palm down on your open palm and swipe forward, starting from the palm and moving toward the fingers.

Handy Hint: ‘H’ is for hand. You’re touching your hand.

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Letter I

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward and touch your middle finger with your dominant index finger.

Handy Hint: From your thumb to your pinky, each finger represents a vowel: A-E-I-O-U. ‘I’ is the third vowel of the alphabet, so touch your third finger.

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Letter J

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward. With the index finger on your other hand, draw a ‘J’ shape on your open palm, starting at the tip of your middle finger and finishing at the tip of your thumb.

Handy Hint: Think of your dominant hand as the pen and your nondominant hand as the paper. Draw a ‘J’ on your paper.

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Letter K

Point your non-dominant index finger upward. Extend the index finger on your dominant hand and curl it into a hook shape, bending at each joint. With the back of your hand facing upward, touch your middle knuckle to the middle of your pointed index finger.

Handy Hint: You’re creating an upper case ‘K’ with your fingers.

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Letter L

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward. With your other hand, lay your index finger on the middle of your open palm.

Handy Hint: Think of your finger as a lower case ‘L’ on your palm.

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Letter M

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward. With your other hand, lay your index, middle and ring fingers together on the middle of your open palm.

Handy Hint: Think of your fingers as the three vertical lines in the letter ‘M’.

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Letter N

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward. With your other hand, lay your index and middle fingers together on the middle of your open palm.

Handy Hint: Think of your fingers as the two vertical lines in the letter ‘N’.

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Letter O

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward and touch your ring finger with your dominant index finger.

Handy Hint: From your thumb to your pinky, each finger represents a vowel: A-E-I-O-U. ‘O’ is the fourth vowel of the alphabet, so touch your fourth finger.

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Letter P

Extend your non-dominant index finger and point it upward. With your other hand, make a small circle with your index finger and thumb, and touch it to the tip of your pointed index finger.

Handy Hint: You’re creating a capital ‘P’ with your fingers.

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Letter Q

With your non-dominant hand, make a small circle with your index finger and thumb. With your other hand, hook your index finger over the bottom of your circle.

Handy Hint: You’re hooked finger is acting as the tail on an upper case ‘Q’.

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Letter R

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward. With your other hand, point your index finger, curl it into a hook shape and place it flat onto your open palm so that the back of your hand faces forward.

Handy Hint: Think of your index finger as a lower case ‘R’ on your palm.

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Letter S

Make a fist with each hand and extend your pinky fingers. Hold your non-dominant fist with palm facing upward and your dominant fist with palm facing downward. Now interlock your dominant pinky finger over the top of the other pinky finger.

Handy Hint: Think of your pinky fingers as a snake curling up around itself. ‘S’ for Snake.

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Letter T

Hold your non-dominant hand open with fingers pointing away from you. With your other index finger, point and touch the under side of your open hand.

Handy Hint: Your open hand is creating the top of an upper case ‘T’ and your index finger is creating the stem.

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Letter U

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward. Touch your pinky finger with your dominant index finger.

Handy Hint: From your thumb to your pinky, each finger represents a vowel: A-E-I-O-U. ‘U’ is the fifth vowel of the alphabet, so touch your fifth finger.

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Letter V

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your open palm facing forward. With your other hand, lay your index and middle fingers separated on the middle of your open palm.

Handy Hint: Think of your fingers as the letter ‘V’ on your palm.

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Letter W

Outstretch all of your fingers on both hands and interlock them together, keeping all fingers straight.

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Letter X

Extend your index fingers on both hands and cross them over each other in an ‘X’ shape with your dominant hand closest to you.

Handy Hint: You’re making an upper case ‘X’ with your index fingers.

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Letter Y

Hold your non-dominant hand up with your fingers together, thumb extended and open palm facing forward. Place the index finger of your other hand on the back of your non-dominant hand, between your thumb and index finger.

Handy Hint: Your non-dominant hand is creating the top half of an upper case ‘Y’ and your dominant finger is the stem.

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LetterZ

Hold your non-dominant hand open with your pinky finger facing forward and your fingers pointing upward. With your other hand, fold all fingers together at a right angle and touch the tips of your fingers to your non-dominant palm.

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