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Feb 21, 2013
5 Everyday Writing Activities for Kids
Learning and applying writing skills during everyday activities is a great way for your child to develop their writing. While writing stories may teach your child to use their imagination, writing for an everyday purpose can teach them to apply writing skills within a practical context. Some great writing activities that kids can try at home include: ## Write a Shopping List Listing grocery items that you would like to purchase will help your child learn the spelling of nouns. Best of all is that your child can come shopping with you and pick out these items together – helping...
Feb 21, 2013
3 Tips for Teaching Children How to Read
When a child takes the first steps on their learning to read journey there are three key literacy areas that are critical to future success. These include: ## 1. Phonemic Awareness and Phonics skills Phonemic awareness and phonics skills are the two most fundamental skills a child needs to acquire when they first set about on their reading journey. The two skills are closely related; phonemic awareness being the ability to hear, identify and manipulate the individual units of sounds in words (otherwise known as phonemes), and phonics the ability to link phonemes or phoneme combinations with letters. ## 2....
Feb 20, 2013
Reading Books Online for Kids
Reading books online is fast becoming the norm in an age where the internet provides teachers and parents with innumerable learning resources at the click of a mouse. While it is still highly beneficial for kids to read books at the library or at school, there is now a wealth of reading books and material available on the internet, many of which can be found in online reading programs like [ABC Reading Eggspress](http://readingeggs.com) and [ABC Reading Eggspress](http://readingeggspress.com). ## Reading Books as part of online reading programs Completing reading lessons as part of an online reading program can help develop the...
Feb 19, 2013
Teach Phonics to Kids with Flashcards
Developing phonics skills is fundamental for young children to learn how to read. Along with an understanding of phonemes, that is, the individual sounds that make up words, phonics is one of the first core literacy skills that children learn on their reading journey. ## What is Phonics? Phonics is the ability to link letters or combinations of letters to units of sounds (otherwise known as phonemes). ## Why Use Flashcards? Flashcards provide an effective, hands-on and most importantly fun way for your child to develop their phonics skills. Phonics flashcards can help children learn the letters of the alphabet,...