by Lianna Morisson | Feb 15, 2013 | Barriers to Learning, Early Childhood Development, Education, Parent guidance |
Developing a love of reading in children: Ages 3 to 5 years At this age, children are beginning to develop an appreciation of different letters, numbers, symbols and what they represent. They have also nearly mastered an understanding of different seasons, colours and...
by Lianna Morisson | Feb 14, 2013 | Early Childhood Development, Education, Parent guidance |
Birth to 3 years A child’s earliest learning comes to him before the age of 5 years in the environments he is exposed to, which are most often the home and perhaps a day-care centre or pre-school. Obviously then, the more you expose your child to in this period, the...
by Lianna Morisson | Feb 13, 2013 | Barriers to Learning, Education, Parent guidance |
Here are some other strategies that you can make use of when reading with your child at home: Pre-reading strategies – look at the title and available pictures with your child and discuss what you think the story may be about. Question, question, question: Stop...
by Lianna Morisson | Feb 12, 2013 | Barriers to Learning, Education, Parent guidance |
There are several useful strategies that parents can make use of when reading with their children at home, as we need to bear in mind that children are individuals and one method is not necessarily going to work for every child. Paired reading becomes useful, as...
by Lianna Morisson | Feb 11, 2013 | Barriers to Learning, Education |
Schools use different methods to teach reading. For example: The phonics method; this is the term used for teaching reading wherein individual letters of the alphabet are matched with the specific sounds of the languages pronunciation. So ‘cat’ is read as ‘c-a-t’ and...