Jj is for Jottings 66. 7 Tips for Reluctant Readers.
Some early readers find large blocks of print rather daunting and are therefore reluctant to read. Here are some tips for getting around this: Continue reading
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What is Synthetic Phonics?
Jj is for Jottings 65. What Is Synthetic Phonics?
We’re just taking a break from the series on How to Raise a Reader – we’ll finish it next time.
Synthetic phonics means “building words from individual sounds”. For example, even if you had never seen it before, you could spell the word “step” Continue reading
Raising A Reader Part 4: Early Readers.
Jj is for Jottings 64. Raising a Reader Part 4: Early Readers.
Continuing from
https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-1-the-baby/
https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-2-toddlers/ and
https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-3-emerging-readers/, your child has now begun to read Continue reading
Raising a Reader Part 3: Emerging Readers.
Jj is for Jottings 63. Raising a Reader Part 3: Emerging Readers.
Continuing from the two previous articles
https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-1-the-baby/ and https://educatingalpacas.com/raising-a-reader-part-2-toddlers/,
this next stage is the magical time when your child starts to take an interest in letters and words and begins to make out words for himself, in books or real life such as street signs. Continue reading
Raising a Reader Part 2. Toddlers.
Jj is for Jottings 62. Raising a Reader Part 2. Toddlers.
Continuing from the previous article (here), you cannot overestimate the importance of reading with a child at the toddler stage – for intellectual, social and emotional development. They take in everything: vocabulary and language structure, numbers and math concepts, colours, shapes, opposites and many other language concepts, animals, manners and all kinds of useful information about how the world works. What’s more, when you read out loud, Continue reading
Raising a Reader Part 1: The Baby.
Jj is for Jottings 61. Raising a Reader Part 1: The Baby.
There are various things parents can do to maximise their child’s chances of becoming a reader (i.e. someone who is proficient at reading, reads for pleasure and has no difficulty in using reading for information-seeking and the school curriculum.) We can divide this topic into 4 stages: Baby, Toddler, Emergent Readers and Early Readers. Question: What stage comes before the Baby stage? Continue reading
Partial Devoicing of Consonants
Jj is for Jottings 60. Partial Devoicing of Consonants.
As I said in the previous article “most voiced consonant sounds on the ends of words are actually devoiced , which means they end up sort of halfway between being voiced and unvoiced.” It would really be more accurate to say that they are partially devoiced. Continue reading
More Reading to Dogs.
Jj is for Jottings 58. More Reading to Dogs.
The other reason for children reading to dogs (see previous article https://educatingalpacas.com/reading-to-dogs/) was intended to benefit the dogs, but turns out to be a two-way street, as you will see. The Humane Society of Missouri trains children aged 5-15 years to sit in front of shelter runs Continue reading
Reading to Dogs.
Jj is for Jottings 57. Reading to Dogs.
If you had your reading L plates on, who would you rather read to – a person or a dog? Young readers reading to dogs is an idea which originated in the USA in 1999, and is being adopted in Australia in schools and libraries. Different programs exist, but they are all variations on the theme. Continue reading
3 More Techniques for Helping Your Child’s Language.
Jj is for Jottings 56. 3 More Techniques for Helping Your Child’s Language.
We used all these language techniques with our “children”, but it seems that they still have too much screen time.
This follows on from Jottings 55, so you will need to read that first. (See https://educatingalpacas.com/general-language-stimulation-technique-1-modelling/). I decided to combine the last three techniques into one article: Continue reading