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Jan 25, 2016
Phonics Games and Activities to Help Your Child Learn to Read
Phonics is a vital part of learning to read, and is usually the first strategy children learn in becoming confident lifelong readers. Phonics instruction refers to the process of helping children learn the relationships between letters and the sounds they make. For example, children learn that the letter b represents the sound /b/, and that it is the first letter in words such as ball, boots, bear and bee. One of the best ways for young children to begin learning phonics is through playing phonics games and activities that make the learning...
Apr 11, 2013
How a Reading Program for Children Helps
 A reading program for children like Reading Eggs can help your child learn the essential literacy skills they need to become successful readers. Some of the main ways Reading Eggs can benefit your child include: ## Learning while having fun [Reading Eggs](http://readingeggs.com.au/blog) was created with the idea that children learn best while having fun. The program uses many motivational elements to ensure children stay motivated to learn and progress through all the lessons, including: * **Engaging learning environment** – lessons feature colourful visuals and animations, music, sound effects and highly interactive activities. * **Rewards** –...
Apr 10, 2013
Online Reading Resources for Kids
Learning to read online is fast becoming the norm in an age where the internet provides an almost limitless range of literacy games, reading material and other learning resources to help children learn to read. While reading real books will never be completely replaced, there are now entire ebooks available online, including those featured in Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress. ## Reading Books in Reading Eggs Reading Eggs features a range of ebooks that help children put to into practice the literacy skills they learn in the Reading Eggs lessons, including the skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and...
Apr 10, 2013
Learning to Read in Kindergarten
By the time children are in kindergarten they will be developing critical reading skills that will help them throughout their academic life. Some of the most fundamental skills that children will learn in kindergarten include: ## Phonemic Awareness Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and identify the individual sounds that make up words. These individual sounds are called phonemes For example, the word ‘cat’ is made up of three phonemes – c/a/t. By developing phonemic awareness, children are also developing critical listening skills to become aware that speech is made up of different sounds and that these sounds make...