Activities/IKnowMyABCs

About I Know My ABCs


I Know My ABCs is an activity for introducing the Spanish alphabet. It displays letters and images and associated sound files, such as 'A as in ave'. There are four modes:
 * 1) click on the letter to hear its name
 * 2) click on the picture to hear the name of the first letter in the word represented by the picture
 * 3) hear a letter name, then click on the corresponding letter
 * 4) hear a letter name, then click on the corresponding picture

(Also see AEIOU, I Can Read, and Letter Match)

Where to get I Know My ABCs
TheI Know My ABCs activity is available for download from the Sugar Activity Library: I Know My ABCs

The source code is available on the Sugar Labs Gitorious server.

Toolbars



 * Activity toolbar: change the activity name; add notes to the Sugar Journal
 * Letter mode:listen to letter names
 * Picture mode:listen to letter names associated with pictures
 * Find the letter 1:hear a letter spoken and then find it
 * Find the letter 2:hear a word spoken and then find the first letter
 * Stop button:exit the activity

Learning with I Know My ABCs
While far from contructionist, this activity does provide a mechanism for learning the alphabet.

Modifying I Know My ABCs
As of Version 1, only a Spanish version is included. In order to add other languages, we need:
 * audio recordings of the letter names
 * audio recordings of the picture names
 * perhaps additional pictures, in order ensure there is a picture for each letter of the alphabet

There is a language-specific database file maintained in ./lessons/??/alphabet.csv where ?? is the 2-digit language code. The format of the CSV file is:

Extending I Know My ABCs
It would, of course, be fun to let the learner add their own pictures and sound recordings.

Where to report problems
You are welcome to leave comments/suggestions on the Talk:Activities/IKnowMyABCs page.

Credits
I Know My ABCs was written and is maintained by User:Walter. He was inspired in part by the work of Maria Perez, Fundación Zamora Terán