Raising Readers

Expecting a 5 year old to learn the entire alphabet properly before grade 1 is not developmentally inappropriate - what is inappropriate is not teaching the alphabet correctly and then expecting an 8 year old to read words later when they were never fully taught the code.

Repetition and cumulative practise (building skills sequentially) is the KEY ingredients to successful readers.
4 things your 5 year old needs to know about an alphabet letter - sound, name, shape and articulation

Comment LETTERS for a free letter formation guide

You could spend another 3 months wondering (aka worrying 😬) about your child’s literacy development or you could just ask me now because yes there are stages in a good structured literacy scope and sequence a child should be at a certain age and grade (they can certainly be ahead with good instruction) but what we don’t want is to be lagging behind.

If you are a concerned mom (moms always know - am I right?) drop a comment / message and let me help you. 👇👇👇

If your young child is having a hard time learning to read take action and get support because the research is showing us that a child who falls behind in reading in foundation phase struggles to catch up later without intervention.

Book a call and let’s get you a literacy plan that fills the reading and spelling gaps early enough that Grade 4 and up is not a struggle.

It can come as a real surprise when your child, who you were told was doing fine in grade 1, is now struggling with reading and spelling in grade 2😮

Don’t worry 😉 I’ve got you 🤗.

Comment SURPRISE and let’s get a plan in motion.

Quick fun activity that primes the brain for reading and spelling and is a game changer. 💪🧠

This fun game builds phonemic awareness - a can’t miss step in learning how to read and spell.

Parent says a word fast (dog) and child says it slow (d-o-g)

Other way around
Parent says a word slow (f-r-o-g) and child says it fast (frog)

If 3 sounds is hard for your child go back to 2 sounds (up, it, on, is) .

If 3 sounds is easy go to 4 or 5 sounds (chest, grump)

Have fun with it and let me know if you try the game. And of course any questions drop them below - 👇