by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Apps, Info for Parents, Language, Reading
Stories improve language skills, instill a love of reading, stimulate the imagination and provide real world social interaction. Storytelling is an interactive activity but in our digital world it can become a one dimensional activity where someone is telling you what...
by admin | Sep 29, 2014 | Apps, Info for Parents, Reading, Spelling
Reading and spelling are very closely linked because they rely on an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds. The importance of spelling goes beyond just getting all the words correct; it facilitates reading and writing. There are a number of...
by admin | Sep 8, 2014 | Apps, Info for Parents, Language, Reading
American schools have just gone back to school for the start of the new academic year and schools in the Southern Hemisphere are winding down for the end of the school year. The issue of school readiness is a tetchy one and I addressed it in my post on school...
by admin | Aug 11, 2014 | Apps, Auditory, Info for Parents, Reading, Spelling
In order to become competent readers, students must learn to ‘crack the code’ of written language. An understanding of the individual speech sounds of language helps children to understand the relationship between spoken and written language. ...
by admin | Jul 9, 2014 | Info for Parents, Language, Reading
Children love shopping with you. What’s not to love? 😉 😥 The supermarket is geared for kids with moms. Aisles of toys that they can grab and hold onto, a snaking checkout line filled with tasty treats and well meaning old ladies who...
by admin | Mar 26, 2014 | Apps, Auditory, Reading, Spelling
Research has shown that children who are strong readers are skilled in using letter-sound knowledge to learn new words when reading. Difficulty with grapheme (letter) – phoneme (sound) correspondence is one of the difficulties that significantly affect the...
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