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 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...
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...