German here: You generally start with easy letters like „o,i,a,m,n“. With those you already can form words like „Mama“ or „Mami“ (mum) / „Oma/Omi“ Grandma. The

German here: You generally start with easy letters like „o,i,a,m,n“. With those you already can form words like „Mama“ or „Mami“ (mum) / „Oma/Omi“ Grandma. They are easy to write, especially capital M and N. Then you quickly learn all the other vowels and more frequent consonants. Often letters are taught as syllables or in common combinations as well. I think Q and Y are probably one of the last ones you learn. I actually remember a dictate from third class where none in class remembered how a capital Y. I tried to find a good source for the order of letters, but finding a primary school book for free online is hard. There might be subtle differences between books or regions. (eg if you live in Quedlinburg learning Q might be more important than in Berlin). Every state has it’s own school plans and schools choose their own books. The school book lobby is really strong and they make so much money off of this stuff. Source: Mom is a elementary school teacher.