Why do Letter Recognition Activities with Kids? 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. They help to form the basis of our language and communication for a lifetime. Learning the alphabet as the foundation of our spoken language gives us the advantage of knowing how letters and words are pronounced, how to think in a language, and how to spell in that language.
