Lauren and I acknowledge that you are your child’s first teacher. With this in mind, we believe that you hold the keys to supporting your child to understand their spoken words. Here are five tips to support you: 1. Make Connections – Engage your child in conversations about everyday activities. Whether you are making breakfast […]
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School aged children are often sent home with ‘Sight Words.’ This usually happens when children are in kindergarten or Reception, aged between 4-5. When sight words are mentioned, the term can be understood to mean different things, which can be problematic. Let’s have a look at how ‘sight words’ are interpreted. Words that are not
When teaching your child to read using a phonics based approach, it is important to provide them with words to read that they have already learned the sound-symbol correspondence for. This means you teach the speech sound and match it to the letter/s that represent the sound. E.g. after teaching the sounds /m/ /a/
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Welcome back to part 2 of our focus on language development tips for parents. How many of the tips did you practise this week? Following on from tip 5 with you reading together, providing a language rich environment for your child is essential to their reading journey. Let’s continue! 6 Start to point out words
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Language development is the cornerstone for reading. It underpins communication and understanding and occurs over many years. The ability to express oneself (expressive language) allows for ideas, thoughts, opinions, and feelings to be communicated. In addition, the ability to understand what is being said (receptive language), allows for questioning, comprehension and interpretation; each skill is
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The awareness of sounds and the development of language are the foundations for reading skills for most children. Understanding that sounds of speech (or phonemes) relate to a specific letter or letters of the alphabet create a pathway for children to learn to read and write. At Rooted in Sounds, learning each speech sound begins
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Joy & Lauren Hi, I’m Joy. I am a mum to one and a grandma also. I was a trainer for a well-known airline for nine years. I left the profession and completed a degree in Psychology and Counselling before training and becoming a Primary School teacher. I developed a love of teaching using visual
