by GenesisAdmin | Mar 11, 2013 | Assessments, Barriers to Learning, Education |
A recent psycho-educational assessment is often required when making an application for an IEB Accommodation / Concession. However the decision as to whether an accommodation will be granted lies with the IEB and its accommodations panel NOT with the practitioner who...
by Lianna Morisson | Feb 20, 2013 | Barriers to Learning |
There are 26 letters in the alphabet, which make about 44 sounds individually and combine into a possible 577 letters and sounds. This can be intimidating for even the most confident child. Spelling is not quite as simple as understanding what sound each individual...
by Lianna Morisson | Feb 18, 2013 | Education, Parent guidance |
Early reading – these reading games for foundation stage learners will help them master sight words and basic spelling words: Word Bingo: create a grid on a page and laminate it. Write your child’s sight words or spelling words on the grid with a white board...
by Lianna Morisson | Feb 17, 2013 | Barriers to Learning, Early Childhood Development, Education, Parent guidance |
Here are some reading games to play with your preschool kids: I spy: play I-spy to introduce phonics, ensuring that you use the letter sound and not the name, for example, ‘ah’ (a), ‘buh’ (b), ‘cuh’ (c), rather than ‘Ay’ (A) ‘Bee’(B), ‘See’(C). The game goes like...
by Lianna Morisson | Feb 16, 2013 | Barriers to Learning, Education |
Fostering a love of reading in children: Ages 6 to 8 years At this age, your little baby has grown and changed in leaps and bounds and her appetite for knowledge is almost insatiable. She is able to understand feelings and relate them to other people (no longer being...