To use flash cards, introduce 1-3 cards a day depending on the student's readiness. Teach students to say the sound the letter makes, rather than the name of the letter. For sounds like "b" and "t" try to make the sound as pure as possible, without the "uh" sound attached. For example, "b" should be a short, explosive sound rather than "buh".
You may wish to teach how to write the letter at the same time. For young students begin by teaching them to write the letter LARGE either on a black board or in the air. Then let them try writing on a piece of paper.
Many letters have more than one sound. For beginning students, you may wish to teach only the first sound given for each letter. As students become proficient at these most common sounds, add the alternative sounds. Besides the 26 letters of the alphabet, there are an additional 22 cards with common combinations of letters which make a single sound (called phonograms). These phonograms will be helpful to more advanced students. Over thirty more phonograms have been recognized in the English language. However, most students can learn them easily as they encounter them in real words, so they are not included in this basic collection.
For an extra project, print a personal copy for each student and punch holes in the paper so it can be kept in the student notebook. As the student learns a new phonogram, he may illustrate that square on the page.
Another fun project is to learn a Bible verse for each letter. A chart with a pronunciation guide, illustration idea and Bible verse for each letter follows: