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Developing early literacy skills is important as it prepares children for future success in reading and writing. According to Roskos & Christie (2001), there is a strong consensus that play is powerful and essential for literacy learning. As families may not be fully equipped to support their child's literacy development, local professionals that offer literacy and phonics tuition can help to assist parents in building on their child's ability to read and write.

This resource offers one on one literacy tuition for children aged between 2.5 to 7 years old by teaching phonics skills through a play-based curriculum that focuses on fine and gross motor skills, aesthetic skills and purposeful games to develop early reading and writing skills.

Children’s learning is best supported through a play-based, informal approach towards teaching and learning that promotes the holistic development of children (Pellegrini, 1991; Spodek, Saracho & Davis, 1991; Moyles, 1989; 1994; Gordon & Browne, 2008). Based on the Literacy Continuum Process Model, this resource relates to all three reading and viewing, speaking and listening and writing elements, depending on the capability of a child and their level of progression.

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Ciphonics is an affordable play-based Personal Phonics tutoring for children ages 2.5 to 7 years old for Primary 1 readiness.

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From the earliest years, everything that adults do to support children's language and literacy counts (Hart & Risley, 1995). Whether on a bus or a train or a long car ride, opportunities to support children's literacy development are endless as children learn to observe and make sense of the world around them.

This resource offers two different printable templates for an activity on the go. Children learn to recognize letters and beginning sounds as they search for items outside the car that begin with a certain letter. Younger children can colour in the letters while older children can challenge themselves further by spelling and writing out the name of the item that begins with a specific letter.

The way a child interacts within his or her environment is what creates learning (Mooney, 2000). Based on the Literacy Continuum Process Model, this resource relates to all three reading and viewing, speaking and listening and writing elements, depending on the capability of a child and their level of progression.

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Keep the entire family entertained on your next road trip with these free Road Trip Printables. These fun games and printables are perfect for long car rides, camping trips, and more!

Road Trip Aplphabet I-Spy

I'm sharing a fun Road Trip Alphabet I-Spy Game in this collection of Road Trip Printables. We play this game all the time when we take long road trips and it's great for the entire family. Even the driver can get in on the fun. This is also a great game to help toddlers learn their alphabet, letter recognition, and beginning letter sounds.

This game can be played a few different ways and includes two different printables.

1. Print out the Alphabet I-Spy printable with large letters and as you find something outside the car that starts with that letter, color in that letter with a colored pencil or crayon.

2. Print out the Alphabet I-Spy with word boxes and write out the entire word of the object that you see outside as you're driving.

3. Make it a little harder. You have to find objects, signs, or words outside of the car in alphabetical order. So, start with A and you can't find something with B until you find something that starts with A.

And, I've made it so easy for you to download these Alphabet I-Spy Games. Just add your name and email in the form below and this freebie will be delivered right to your inbox. Then, open your email and save the PDF file to your computer. It's that easy!

Road Trip Printables

Want more awesome printables for your next road trip? I've teamed up with some of my favorite designers to share a fabulous collection of free printables to help keep everyone entertained while traveling and camping. Visit each link below to download all of these printables.

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I'm sharing a fun Road Trip Alphabet I-Spy Game in this collection of Road Trip Printables. We play this game all the time when we take long road trips and it's great for the entire family. Even the driver can get in on the fun.

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When children are exposed to naturally occurring language and literacy activities in the home environment, they develop many skills and concepts, as well as attitudes and behaviours that will positively affect their interest in and knowledge about literacy (Purcell-Gates 2000; Weigel et al. 2006a).

This resource offers a fun game that can be done at home with all members of the family. Children gain print and phonemic awareness as they call out letter names and letter sounds while jumping on pillows with letters taped onto them.

The literacy environment in the home is not merely formed by the presence of literary tools, but it is also shaped by children's experiences with print materials, family attitudes about literacy, and adult modeling of reading and writing activities (Bus & van Ijzendoorn, 1988; Senechal, LeFevre, Thomas, & Daley, 1998; Lawhon & Cobb, 2002; Roberts, Jurgen, & Burchinal, 2005). Based on the Literacy Continuum Process Model, this resource relates to the reading and viewing element.

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This active way to Move and Learn is perfect if you have kids that like to bounce around your house. Our Alphabet Pillow Jumping activity is a great way to get energy out when little

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Besides the classroom, literacy development can also take place during meal time. Meal time is one of the few times during the day that talk tends to focus on children's interests and is not teacher-directed (Cote, 2001; Dickinson et al. 2013).

This resource offers five fun dinner table games for families that promote family bonding and literacy development at the same time, one of which is a game called Dinner Adjectives. In this game, children build on their vocabulary skills as they describe food at the dinner table using adjectives. Family members can also join in the fun and go round the table with answers while enjoying their dinner at the same time.

Meal times offer valuable opportunities not only for shaping children’s eating behaviours (Addessi et al. 2005; Gubbels et al. 2010), but also for supporting children’s cognitive development and social skills (Hughes et al. 2015; Locchetta et al. 2017). Based on the Literacy Continuum Process Model, this resource relates to the speaking and listening element.

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Family dinners can promote bonding and foster close relationships. However, keeping kids' attention may be a challenge. To keep your kids at the table, try a family dinner game that is sure to help create laughter and memories for all.

The Letter Game

When kids are learning their letters and translating them into the ability to read, it can be really fun for them to foster their love of everything alphabetical by playing letter games at the table. Not only that, but it helps keep their focus while you share a family meal.

1. Choose a letter. You can start with "A" and work your way through the alphabet, or choose one at random.

2. Challenge each family member to find something in the room that begins with that letter.

3. The winner of each round is the person who finds an answer first.

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Dinner Adjectives

Building your vocabulary while enjoying your meal can be a fun dinner game for kids. The sillier the words that kids can come up with the more fun. And if you can think of some big and interesting words, you can really help to build your kid's vocabulary through learning games.

1. Start by picking a food that was made for dinner, say mashed potatoes.

2. Have one person describe the food using an adjective. They can use all five different senses to find a word (creamy, buttery, flaky, lumpy, etc.)

3. Go around the table until you can't think of any more words to describe the food. Silly descriptors can really get everyone laughing.

Best and Worst

Table games for kids should be fun for the whole family like this one is. There's no doubt that everyone has parts of the day that were good and parts that weren't so great. Because kids love to share, this is a fun game to get everyone talking and sharing. It's also a great way for the entire family to show empathy to the others and it's sure to get you laughing at times too.

1. Let each person tell something funny or exciting that happened during the day.

2. Have each person talk about something that wasn't good.

3. Then go back to the funny stuff. You'll sandwich the bad between the good and have everyone feeling good at the end of the meal.

Things Are Different

This is a fun kids' dinner table game for all ages and gives your kids some problem-solving skills, even though they probably won't realize it. It's easier to play if you serve your dinners family style at the table rather than at the counter. Kids love nothing more than putting one over on Mom and Dad, so this is an easy and fun way to let them do just that. There can be a winner for each round of this game.

1. Have one person close his eyes.

2. All the other players remove something from the table. A napkin, salt shaker, fork or dinner roll are all great ideas.

3. The player opens his eyes and must guess what each person removed.

4. The winner is the player who removes the items that can't be guessed.

Rhyming Around the Table

Fun, learning activities while at the dinner table can make for great family bonding. Another way to help kids to build their vocabulary and have some silly fun with your family is through rhyming words. This can be really useful if kids are just working on this skill at school but can be fun for older kids as well.

1. Start with something on your dinner plate like meat.

2. Have kids think of a word that rhymes with meat like feet, peet, etc. You can even use made up silly words for little kids. For older kids, give them a time limit to add more of a challenge.

3. Go around the table until they can't think of any more words.

4. Pick a new food.

5. The best wordsmith could get extra dessert or more TV time.

Making Dinner Time Family Time

There's no doubt that these dinner games will get your family laughing and loving meal time. You have to eat, so you might as well make it beneficial for your entire family. By enjoying some games at the table, you can effectively get your kids to stay nearby and have some fun with you. Don't stop with these games. You can modify them or even let your kids make up new games. You can even keep the fun going on a family picnic.

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Early exposure to letters and print happen through television, picture books, and other book readings (Bus & van Ijzendoorn, 1988) as well as through language play in the form of songs and nursery rhymes.

This resource offers twelve children songs and nursery rhymes that parents and children can sing along to, in order to build on children's language and communication skills. Children easily recall and learn to recognize words through music. Besides developing phonemic awareness, children also learn how to listen to rhythm, and build memory and articulation at the same time.

Activities that develop an awareness of rhyme, prosody, and rhythm such as nursery rhymes, songs, and fingerplays help build a foundation for reading (Lawhon & Cobb, 2002). Based on the Literacy Continuum Process Model, this resource relates to the reading and viewing, as well as speaking and listening element.

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ABC Song + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs - CoComelon

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Assessment Task 1B Reference List - Cassandra Marie Santa Maria