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3 Tips For Teaching Your Child The Alphabet At Home
If you have a Pre-School or Kindergarten aged child, then you are aware that a large part of their reading readiness instruction at school is focused on the alphabet. The alphabetic principle is one of the first, and most important, skills a student needs to learn in order to be a successful reader.
The alphabetic principle means developing the understanding that letters are symbols that have a specific sound or sounds.
A Fun Way to Support Phonological Awareness at Home
Research is very clear that Phonological Awareness is a foundational strategy for students to obtain the necessary literacy skills to read and spell effectively and efficiently. However, teaching older students phonological awareness skills can be difficult because many of the resources out there are geared towards younger students and the images, worksheets, and resources can be insulting to older students.