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• gschizas
  ομφαλός (belly button) is quite weird for ο (omikron), but I can't think of something better!Just listing the letters below and my rating for each letter, maybe someone has a better idea for some of them:α - αχλάδι (pear) 5/5β - βάρκα (boat) 5/5γ - γίδα (goat) 4/5δ - δεινόσαυρος (dinosaur) 4/5ε - έντομο (insect, bug) 4/5ζ - ζώνη (belt) 3/5η - ηλιοτρόπιο (sunflower) 3/5θ - θρόνος (throne) 4/5ι - ιππόκαμπος (seahorse) 3/5κ - κάκτος (cactus) 2/5λ - λιοντάρι (lion) 4/5μ - μάσκα (mask) 4/5ν - νυχτερίδα (bat) 4/5ξ - ξύλο (wood, stick of wood) 2/5ο - ομφαλός (belly button) 1/5π - πόρτα (door) 4/5ρ - ρακέτα (racket) 4/5σ - σαλιγκάρι (snail) 5/5τ - τραπέζι (table) 5/5υ - υποβρύχιο (submarine) 4/5φ - φίδι (snake) 5/5χ - χιόνι (snow) 2/5ψ - ψάρεμα (fishing) 3/5ω - ωκεανός (ocean) 5/5I'm basing my rating on how common a word is, and how much the shape resembles the drawing and vice versa.
• nayuki
  While bored in high school math class around the year 2005, I forced myself to learn the Greek alphabet. That very much came in handy in university, as Greek letters are frequently used for variables in computer science, mathematics, and physics.
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  mwexler
  Very handy. My math education would have gone much better if my notes weren't full of "lambda is the half stickman; sigma is upside down Q or broken E" and other really silly things
• jnmandal
  Μπράβο ρε. Πόσο όμορφο
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  ARandomerDude
  Get a decent Greek grammar book and go through the first couple chapters, even if you don’t plan to complete the book. After completing the exercises you’ll be amazed by how quickly the Greek alphabet stuck. Repeat every 10 years if necessary.
• Avijit_Thawani
  Fascinating! I assume Mandarin is one of the other two languages your kids are learning, in which case you may be interested or have already seen Chineasy app and book, for a similar experience with Hanzi.
• NooneAtAll3
  I wish cards like these didn't stop at ONE lettera lot of reading skill is in connecting one letter to the next, syllable-groupedteaching should incorporate that
• jonathanlydall
  Very cool. With English there is Letterland which seems quite similar at a glance.https://letterland.com/
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  EstanislaoStan
  I read this whole article like you were going to teach them Ancient Greek, but now I'm guessing modern is more likely?Anyway, some of my strongest language class memories from college are from translating parts of the Odyssey and New Testament.
• romeinaday
  no download or buy link?
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  BigTTYGothGF
  I never understood what was supposed to be so hard about Greek letters.
• iandanforth
  I have similar projects in mind. How were these printed?
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  russum
  Are there good sets out there for other languages: English, German, etc?
• vazma
  Very nice, I can borrow the idea to teach also my kids :)
• metaphor
  During undergrad years, IFC fraternity pledges had to memorize the Greek alphabet for obvious reasons. This is how the capital letters were taught amongst bros. A BRA EZ HO I KAM NEON PETY OXY O
• qzgrid37
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  epilys
  > However, I haven’t found any such cards for Greek characters, so I think mine are the first in Greek.Huh? A simple web search shows many, many, many results.