Literacy is a multi-faceted discipline that requires knowledge and understanding at its various levels to transform the 26 letters and 44 sounds of the English language into reading and writing.
The sounds of our language combine to make words, words combine to make sentences and sentences combine to make stories and record information. And herein lies the power and the possibility…
~ Pat Grafton
Latest Posts
I have found the most awesome picture book that I think everyone should read
The first six sounds of a synthetic phonics program enable many two and three letter decodable words to be made, providing the opportunity for children to practise the essential skills of blending and segmenting. So, what comes next?
Do you find that being in nature is something that is important to you?
According to the dictionary, the word inspiration can relate to ideas, to admiration of a person, or it can have a medical or biological meaning as in the act of breathing in.
'The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot' - Michael Altshuler.
It's true! I have a problem accepting my age and there are a couple of reasons for this...
Do beginning readers need to know letter names before they learn sounds? Let’s consider some of the reading research.
Synthetic phonics is a method of teaching children to read (decode) and to spell (encode).
When I first retired four and a half years ago, I felt some degree of anxiety about how I was going to fill my days.