Uppercase Letters J, K, and L Worksheet: Free Coloring Page for Children (2024)

FAQs

How do you teach kindergarten uppercase and lowercase letters? ›

What To Do: Start by mixing up all of the letter cards. Then, invite your child to help you sort them into two groups: those that look the same in upper and lowercase and those that look different. You may need to model this for your child a few times.

'Capitals' are best taught initially as the first letter in a child's name. They are often the first and only capital letter in product names and shop signs so attention can also be drawn to them here.

By teaching children lowercase letters first it allows them to recognize those 'symbols' and feel more connected to the print. Printing lowercase letters is easier for little hands than printing capital letters. Capital letters require more strokes and are therefore more challenging for young children to make.

Although children may learn the letters of their names first, we recommend that children learn capital letters first because they are developmentally easier to recognize and write than lowercase letters.

Preschoolers Letter Recognition Tips

By the time children are older (4 years old and up), 60 percent know more than half of the uppercase letters and five to 10 lowercase ones. About 30 percent can recognize all letters, both upper and lower.

Around age 4: Kids often know all the letters of the alphabet and their correct order.

Letters that occur frequently in simple words (e.g., a, m, t) are taught first. Letters that look similar and have similar sounds (b and d) are separated in the instructional sequence to avoid confusion.

It is thought by cognitive scientists and typographers alike, that lower-case text is more legible than upper-case. Yet lower-case letters are, on average, smaller in height and width than upper-case characters, which suggests an upper-case advantage.

What is the formula for uppercase and lowercase? ›

In cell B2, type =PROPER(A2), then press Enter. This formula converts the name in cell A2 from uppercase to proper case. To convert the text to lowercase, type =LOWER(A2) instead. Use =UPPER(A2) in cases where you need to convert text to uppercase, replacing A2 with the appropriate cell reference.

In this example, the tolower() function converts each uppercase character in a given string to its lowercase equivalent. The str variable is first initialized with the string “HELLO WORLD”, and then each character in the string is passed as an argument to the tolower() function using a for loop.

This can be done using cards, puzzles, or other interactive materials. Lowercase to Lowercase Matching: Similar to uppercase matching, students match lowercase letters to other lowercase letters. This helps reinforce the connection between uppercase and lowercase forms of letters.

I've worked with hundreds of kids who learned uppercase and lowercase letters together, and I can tell you from experience that showing both together rarely leads to confusion. Yes, sometimes it can lead to your child learning one letter case before the other (for specific letters).