Alphabet includes 144 challenges: 12 cards with 12 challenges on each card. Each card is self-correcting. These cards help children: visual discrimination, letter recognition, ABC order, and letter-sound correspondence. The activities on the cards progress in this order: Card 1 - Matching letters that are exactly the same. Card 2 - Matching letters that are exactly the same. Card 3 - Matching letters that are exactly the same. Card 4 - Matching lowercase to uppercase a-l. Card 5 - Matching lowercase to uppercase m-x. Card 6 - Matching lowercase to uppercase y-z and review. Card 7 - Identifying ABC order. Card 8 - Identifying ABC order. Card 9 - Identifying ABC order. Card 10 - Matching pictures to letters a-l. Card 11 - Matching pictures to letters h-s. Card 12 - Matching pictures to letters o-z. Knowledge of the alphabet is an essential reading readiness skill. As children learn to recognize different letters and learn the sounds represented by those letters, their readiness for decoding and reading words will be strengthened. These cards also provide practice in ABC order and important study skills.