Most children begin recognizing some letters between the ages of 2 and 3 and can identify most letters between 4 and 5. This means that you can start teaching your child the alphabet when he's around 2. Letter recognition is important because it enables beginning readers to figure out how printed text is associated with the spoken language. This is why alphabetic recognition is one of the very first skills children learn while they are beginning readers. It comes before phonemic awareness and decoding. This Alphabet coloring pages and tracing workbook can also help reinforce your child's knowledge of letters. The most important teaching tip of all is to make it fun. Letter recognition is important because it enables beginning readers to figure out how printed text is associated with the spoken language.