My son is in Kindergarten and a recent parent/teacher conference has shown me that my son is very behind on some of the alphabet letters that he has learned since he started in August.

He seems to do well in class, but once he comes home he forgets about what he learned. Today we printed out A-D on the Alphabet and I had him write each letter down and tell me "this is A" and so on...

After he was finished with A-D I pulled each page in front of him and asked him what they were...He hesitated and said "uhhm, I don't know" and then proceed to call out different letters, then followed by "i forgot"....We did this for well over an hour and at the end included grandma as well..We tried to get him to pronounce the words to the pictures he saw as well as what other objects start with the letter.

It just seems to me that he either has a learning disability or I am just not doing the teaching correctly - otherwords, I'm not sure what I can do to tap into his learning ability..I know he knows what they are and I have no doubt he might be getting confused...but I just need other ways to do this. And, that's what I don't know what to do.

He can however, write, say and spell his name as well as referring other objects that start with letters in his name..

anyway...just need some tips? what have you other parents done to help your child learn to read and acknowledge the alphabet?