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You've Got Mail for Vertical Class by Teacher Leilei

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You've Got Mail for Vertical Class by Teacher Leilei

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What Daddies / Mommies Do Best and Araw sa Palengke story books by Teacher Leilei

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What Daddies / Mommies Do Best and Araw sa Palengke story books by Teacher Leilei

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Age: 5

Subject: Language Arts

Objectives: to be familiar with words ending with the letters “A” and “T” / “AT”

Materials: cut up colored paper, glue, yarn, crayons, cut outs of letters C, B, H, R and M.

Procedure:

1.  Prepare/gather all the materials needed for the activity

·  Papers with the letters “a” and “t”

·  the different consonants that will complete the words.

·  The materials to be used to decorate their chosen letter

2.  Explain the procedure on how to go about with the activity.

·  Show them the paper with the letters “a” and “t”

·  Make them pronounce “at” at least five (5) times

·  Put/stick on the board the consonants that would complete the word.

3.  Distribute the paper to each of the participants

4.  Start the activity

·  Describe each word that you want them to form and let them guess what letter it starts with

o  CAT – What animal makes the sound “meow”?

o  RAT – What animal loves to eat cheese and is afraid of animal number 1?

o  BAT – a creature of the night that lives in caves and feeds on fruits? Or a long wooden stick used to hit a baseball.

o  MAT – usually seen in front of doors used to wipe the dirt off the soles of our shoes.

o  HAT – it is what you put on your head to shield your face from the sunlight.

5.  Once each participant has a letter, let them start decorating their letter (make sure you show your sample work)

6.  Once they are finished decorating their letters, let them present their words in front of the class. (let them read it out loud)

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Title Of Book: Anong Gupit Natin Ngayon?

Author: Russell Molina

Pre-reading Question: Bakit kailangan magpagupit ang buhok?

Motivation: Kanino ka nagpagupit? Ano ang gupit ng buhok mo?

Motive Question: Ang gupit kaya ang gagawin ng bata sa kwento?

Post reading Question: Bakit sinasabi na may magik ang gunting ni tatay?

Literal: Ano ang sinasabi ng mga parokyano pagkatapos gupitan ng buhok?

Critical/Evaluative: Kung ikaw ang anak ng isang mahusay na manggugupit, ipagmamalaki mob a siya? Bakit?

Creative: Kung ikaw ang mamimili ng buhok mo, anong gupit ang pipiliin mo?

Enrichment Activity: Draw what kind of hairstyle you would want.

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Title of Book: Old Mother Hubbard

Author: Alice and Martin Provensen

Pre-reading Question: Who do you think Old Mother Hubbard is?

Motivation: What are the silly things you do?

Motivation Question: What silly things do you think your pet would do?

Post Reading Question: Who are the main characters?

Literal: What did Old Mother Hubbard want to get in the cupboard?

Inferential/Interpretative: Why did Old Mother Hubbard go to the bakery?

Critical/Evaluative: If the dog didn’t play dead and hid from Old Mother Hubbard, what do you think Mother Hubbard would do to the dog?

Creative: If you were Old Mother Hubbard what would you do?

Enrichment Activity: Sequence Picture Cards (Cause and Effect)

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Name Necklace Activity for Children 4-6 Years Old

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Name Necklace Activity for Children 4-6 Years Old

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Before 4-6 years of age, children are already trained in memorizing the different letters of the alphabet and its order. By the time they reach 4-6 years of age, it is imperative that they also become familiar of the letters that comprise their names.

One of the activity's aim is to know if the children are familiar of the letters that comprise their names and its order. The following materials will be used for the activity:

1. Straw cuts into small portions.

2. Pieces of paper with the children’s names (Scrambled letters)

3. Yarn

4. Pipe Cleaner

The final output will be shown below:

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8 Free Lessons and Charts to Help Your Students Become Better Writers

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8 Free Lessons and Charts to Help Your Students Become Better Writers

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Knowledge in speaking and writing the English language comes hand-in-hand. Use of proper grammar and sentence structure is important in order to create a comprehensible sentence and be able to relay information. This also improves vocabulary of the children as well as their writing skills.

This article gives a few chart samples or activities that can be implemented to the child or in the classroom to address the improvement of their skills in writing, reading, and speaking the English language.

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WeAreTeachers is pleased to welcome guest teacher-blogger Tiffany Rehbein. Tiffany is a high school English teacher and writes the Core Grammar blog at Sadlier School. Find Tiffany's blog as well as free grammar and writing lessons, activities and games over at Sadlier's PubHub.

Think fast. What subject do you find hardest to teach? For a surprising number of teachers, the answer is writing. Progress in writing is often hard to see because writing encompasses a myriad of smaller skills, from how to use a comma correctly to how to parse through a complex plot. So when a student learns to, say, use quotations correctly, the overall level of the writing may not seem all that different. Growth is incremental, but it all adds up! Learning the concrete rules of writing frees students up to think about content and how they want to express themselves. Here are eight free resources for your classroom-some for you, some for your students-that will help you increase students' understanding of proper grammar and sentence structure and aid in improving their vocabulary and writing skills.

1. "Five Ways to Use Commas" Mini-Poster
You know that student who never met a comma he didn't like or the one who sticks with periods because it's "easier"? Here's a mini-poster for both of them! Print it out and make it part of a writing bulletin board, or distribute individual copies for their writing notebooks. Plus, use this handout to review comma rules and give students the chance to practice.

2. Homophone Mini-Poster
There, they're, their! Even adults sometimes need reminders to use the right homophone. Here's a mini-poster to keep tough-to-remember words front of mind. There's a practice sheet as well to help your students learn to use the right word at the right time!

3. "Let's Get Parallel" Activity
Sentences with parallel structure have a strong rhythm and are easier to understand. Here's a quick practice activity for in-class or homework to help your students recognize and use parallel structure in their sentences.

4. Surprise Adverb Chart
Adverbs seem to be falling out of fashion. Help bring them back! Here's a quick chart of adverbs that don't end in -ly that your students need to know.

5. Sentence, Fragment or Run-On?
Is it a sentence or isn't it? Help your students learn to tell the difference with this practice activity. Afterward, have students create their own examples and challenge their classmates to identify them.

6. Five Simple Rules for Revising Sentences
Here's a quick list of tips for your students to help them revise sentence by sentence. Have your students use it for an in-class peer revision session or take it home to improve their own drafts.

7. The 10 Rules of Effective Grammar Instruction
This one is just for you. Here is a list of the top 10 things you can do to help your students improve their grammar skills. It takes a lot of exposure to make those grammar rules stick. Here's how to make sure your students are hearing, seeing and practicing grammar throughout the day.

8. Complex or Noncomplex Sentence? Exercise
A compound sentence connects related ideas with and, but or or. A complex sentence connects related ideas with a subordinating conjunction. Download this freethree-page exercise to give your students practice listening for and recognizing the difference.

Tiffany Rehbein has been a high school English teacher for 10 years. She loves engaging her students with motivating grammar and writing activities and celebrates when they "get it." Read her Core Grammar blog.

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7 Ways to Get Parents to Buy In to Summer Learning

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7 Ways to Get Parents to Buy In to Summer Learning

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Children during summer vacation would play among their peers and enjoy the academic-free months rather than get into the books. Some parents feel that their children deserve a break from any school-related activity during these months while some a concerned over the loss of learning during these said months.

This article shows different strategies to help parents get into the mood or be motivated to continue teaching their children reading and Mathematics during the summer vacation.

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There's no question that parents are our best partners when it comes to preventing summer learning loss. But convincing 32 fourth grade families to do reading and math over school vacation is no simple task!

Some parents believe the break should be free from any school-related tasks, and they resent the intrusion on family time. And the truth is, they may be right when it comes to assigned summer reading. There's a strong case to be made that by sending home lists of award-winning books to read, we aren't doing summer reading the right way.

Other families understandably feel too busy or overwhelmed to nurture their children's skills in a meaningful way. They may be struggling to provide for their kids' basic needs or simply reluctant to nag them about One. More. Thing. (We've all been there, right?)

The key to winning parents over-and to ensuring that kids continue reading, writing and problem solving over the summer months-is to make summer learning important, doable and, most importantly, FUN!

Here are seven tips for recruiting your students' parents as partners in summer learning:

Parents need to know that you aren't recommending summer work because of your never-ending love for weepy Newbery winners, but because study after study has shown just how important it is. When students don't read, write or solve problems over the break, they actually aren't hitting "pause" on their learning, they're hitting "rewind." Here are three facts every parent should know:

Students who don't practice reading or math over the summer lose an average of two to three months' worth of skills.

Over half of the reading achievement gap seen in low-income students can be attributed to summer learning loss.

All kids lose an average of one month of spelling skills over the summer.

2. Start the conversation early.

Parents are less likely to feel blindsided by your request for summer skills practice if they have been your partners in education all year long. Look for fun, informal ways that families can reinforce what you are learning now, and then make summer learning a natural extension of that conversation. For example, you might send home a list of suggestions for talking about fractions at home (in cooking, sewing, construction, etc.), and then a reminder to keep doing so over the summer.

3. Make summer learning recommended, not required.

This may already be the policy in your district, or it may be as controversial as getting rid of pizza day in the cafeteria. Either way, we believe that summer learning finds more parent buy-in when it becomes a "want-to-do" rather than a "must-do." Like it or not, there's a mentality that summer reading is a chore for both parents and kids, and making it optional (but really, REALLY fun!) goes a long way toward turning that mentality around.

4. Share recommended resources.

Send students home with a list of family questions and games, recommended summer reading, or information about exciting reading incentive programs. But keep it concise (a one-pager is perfect) and be sure to follow up after the end-of-the-year craziness has died down: We like to send an email about a week after school has ended with the list of resources attached.

5. Think beyond the assigned summer reading list.

These lists may have their place in some alternate teacher utopia where every student shows up on the first day having read A Separate Peace and jumping up and down in their seats to talk about it. But in this world, you know the drill: Your questions are met by blank stares, even by the kids who did the assigned reading (way back in June, so they can't remember it).

Indeed, assigning specific books just compounds the feeling (for kids and parents!) that summer reading is boring and that their free time isn't valued. Instead, summer learning should connect with how kids actually spend their summers, with an emphasis on play, exploration and hands-on learning. In our next post, we'll go into more detail about how to achieve this and make summer learning fun and enjoyable for everyone.

6. Get on the same page as your colleagues.

There's nothing more frustrating for a parent than having his or her child spend hours working on a summer learning project assigned by the second-grade teacher only to have the third-grade teacher never mention it. You can avoid these snafus by talking about summer learning recommendations as a team, including the skills you want kids to focus on and the goals you want them to achieve.

Of course, sometimes this kind of teamwork is challenging, in which case we recommend being as clear as possible to parents (e.g., "Your child will not have to turn in his or her summer writing journal, but I believe this is an important extension of the work students have been doing all year.")

7. Check in to see how it's going.

It's funny how we often introduce ourselves to our new students over the summer but rarely communicate with our old ones. Try bridging the gap by sending a postcard, email or text message to your former students' families, making sure to include a suggestion for summer learning. "Just read this novel and thought you would like it, Marie," or "Have you checked out the new dinosaur exhibit at the museum, Jack? It's free on Tuesday nights." Students will love hearing from you, and parents will too!

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7 Ways to Get Parents to Buy In to Summer Learning - WeAreTeachers

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There's no question that parents are our best partners when it comes to preventing summer learning loss. But convincing 32 fourth grade families to do reading and math over school vacation is no simple task! Some parents believe the break should be free from any school-related tasks, and they resent the intrusion on family time.

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Age group: 3 to 4 year olds

Subject: Language Arts

Objectives:

-To expose/ familiarize students with the spelling of their names

-To develop and enhance creativity

-To introduce the concept of recycling

Materials:

-Oslo papers with the names of the students

-Crushed white eggshells (cleaned)

-Glue

-Watercolor

-Paintbrushes

-Newspapers (to be used as mats)

Procedure:

1. Introduce the activity to the children.

2. Prepare the materials and explain how each object is used.

3. Hand out to the students the papers with their names on it.

4. Demonstrate how the activity is done.

5. Let children do the activity on their own but be available for assistance.

6. Let the finished products dry.

7. Paint.

8. Let them dry again.

9. DONE

Evaluation:

1. Ask students to get their own works. (Meaning they would recognize their names on the papers)

2. Ask students to identify the letters in their names.

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Reading comprehension can be developed with the use of asking questions before, during, and after story reading. Aside from that, it enables students to become successful readers because they undergo a decoding process or active inquiry of the very intricacies of the story. Not only are they able to answer the obvious questions stated in the story, they are able to develop questions of their own.

This story tackles about Pilandok and how he outsmarted the crocodiles residing in the river, followed by a few post-reading

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Reading comprehension can be aided with the use of asking questions before, during, and after story reading. That way, they will develop an awareness as to what they are reading and its importance, and evaluate the contents of the story.

This story tackles about the different types of weather, followed by a few post-reading questions.

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Story Read Aloud (in tagalog) by Teacher Cheenee

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Story Read Aloud (in tagalog) by Teacher Cheenee

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Title of Filipino Book: May Higante sa Aming Bahay Author: Rhandee Garlitos

Pre-reading questions

Motivation: Ano ang higante? Ano kaya ang ginagawa ng higante? Motive Question: Ano kaya ang gagawin ng higante sa kwento?
Post reading questions Literal: Sino ang higante sa kwento? Inferential/Interpretative: Bakit kaya siya natatakot sa higante? Critical/Evaluative: Dapat ba ay matakot siya sa higante sa kwento? Creative: Ano ang gagawin mo pag nakita mo ang tatay mo sa unang pagkakataon? Enrichment Activity: Bigyan sila ng activity kung saan iguguhit nila ang kanilang mga tatay sa papel at isulat kung ano ang mga ginagawa nila na kasama ang kanilang tatay.

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Story Read Aloud (in english) by Teacher Cheenee

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Story Read Aloud (in english) by Teacher Cheenee

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Title of English Book: Barney Goes To the Farm Author: Mark S. Bernthal

Pre-reading questionsMotivation: Have you ever been on a farm? What did you do in the farm? Motive Question: What did Barney and friends do in the farm? Post reading questions Literal: Who were the characters in the story? Inferential/Interpretative: Why were they in the farm? Why were they doing chores in the farm? Critical/Evaluative: Do we have to do chores? Creative: What would you do if your parents asked you to do chores? What chores can you do? Enrichment Activity: An activity where you pretend to do chores in the classroom

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The Brain, Experiences and Language by Teacher Cams

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The Brain, Experiences and Language by Teacher Cams

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"Language is the backbone of the human specie." Says the host.

As early as 2 years old, children can already learn up to 500 words and by 4 years old, children can already understand and use language as adults do.

Early experience of the child helps the parts of the brain that develop good language skills. The frontal and temporal areas of the brain are the ones responsible for learning language.

Some studies say that as early a child's time in the womb, language is already developed. At birth, it is said that a child can already recognize the voice of he mother.

Social interaction is very important in learning a language. Children zero in on the sounds of the language that their parents use everyday at home. Thus, they develop their native language.

In this video its stated that these factors contributed in better language development of children:

1. Interaction with parents

2. Parents who encourage their children to speak more often and take turns in conversations.

3. Pre-school teachers who use longer and more complicated sentences to her students can help them (children) improve their vocabulary.

4. Let children learn a 2nd language at an early age.

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How children acquire and produce Language (BBC, 2001) by Teacher Cams

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How children acquire and produce Language (BBC, 2001) by Teacher Cams

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"Words are the most important thing a child can learn." Says the host. Words are used to describe symbols and to communicate.

Children learning a language and an adult learning a foreign language uses different parts of their brains. This explains why it is natural for children to learn language and is difficult for adults.

In physiology, the larynx is the body part that is responsible for producing a variety of sounds. As a baby turns a year old, the larynx drops 3cm lower from its original position and is now called as the "voice box."

Toddlers learn 10 new words a day. They are sponges that absorb information. Children have a knack for language and most of the time, gets the grammar correctly.

Irregular grammar however, makes children use logical rules in language to create their own word. (Eg. Mouse to Mouses when it should be Mice)

It is also stated that Language was used by humans to survive. In earlier times, the quicker a child learns a language, the higher chances are for his/her survival. The better they understand the language, the better they understand the warnings.

Language as time passed has also evolved its use. In earlier times, it was greatly used for defense but now, it is also used to communicate and give us self awareness.

The power and flexibility of our language gives us an advantage over other species that live on the planet.

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How Children Acquire and Produce Language (BBC, 2001)

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This is a simple activity for the classroom! The topic is about Consonants and Vowels.

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2 sets of Questions by Teacher Cams from the trip at The Learning Library

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2 sets of Questions by Teacher Cams from the trip at The Learning Library

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2 sets of Questions from Filipino and English books.

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Reading Enrichment Sample in Filipino -chy

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Reading Enrichment Sample in Filipino -chy

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Title: Sampung Magkakaibigan (Ages 6+) Author: Kristine Canon Pre-reading questions Motivation: Mayroon ka bang kaibigan? Motive: Sino-sino kaya ang magkakaibigan sa kwento? Post-reading questions Literal: Ano-ano ang mga katangian ng mga magkakaibigan? Inferential/Interpretative: Bakit kaya naiwan mag-isa si Karlo? Critical/Evaluative: Naging mabuti bang kaibigan si Karlo? Creative: Kung ikaw ang nasa kwento, isasali mo ba si Karlo sa laro mo? Enrichment Activity: Sumulat ng liham ng pasasalamat para sa kaibigan.

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Reading Enrichment Sample in English -chy

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Reading Enrichment Sample in English -chy

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Title: This Is the Way We Go to School (Non-lexile) Author: Edith Baer Pre-reading questions Motivation: How do you go to school? Motive: How do the kids in the story go to school? Post-reading questions Literal: What are the different ways to go to school? Inferential/Interpretative: Whydo you think the ways of going to school are different? Critical/Evaluative: What do you think is the best way to go to school? Why do you think so? Creative: If you had to invent/make a new way of going to school, what will it be? Enrichment Activity: Draw a map of how you go to school.

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Here's another craft idea where your children will surely learn and enjoy!

Age Group: 4-5 years old Subject Matter: Language Arts
Objectives: at the end of the activity, the children should be able to..
1. to be familiar with the alphabet and their order
2. to be familiar with big (capital) and small letters
3. to match the big letters with the small letters Materials: 1.Cut out letters of the alphabet (big/capital letters) 2. Illustration board with small letters of the alphabet written 3. Scotch tape/glue/velcro (you can use any. But velcro is highly suggested to recycle materials) Procedure: 1. Prepare materials needed -set the cut out letters on the table, floor or you can put them in a basket or container. -Hang or stick the illustration board on the black board (or layout on the floor)
2. Introduce the materials to the children
3. Discuss rules of the activity
-They should match the big letters with the small letters by sticking the big letters on top or beside the small letters -They should pick from the big letters randomly
4. Begin with the activity
-ask the children to gather together in a circle -start with the activity by asking each one of them to pick a big letter randomly
-then ask them if they know the certain letter that they picked (e.g. What letter is that?) -ask them if they know how the letter sounds (e.g. How does the letter A sound like?) -and then let them match the big letter with the small one
5. and then after the activity, discuss and present the finish product to the class.

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Enhancing the Language Development of Young Children by Teacher Cheenee

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Enhancing the Language Development of Young Children by Teacher Cheenee

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How Do Children Learn Language?

There are quite a lot of theoretical approaches to explain how children learn to speak and understand language. Here are some approaches that we have studied and discussed in class.

Also, this article includes the following:

a) Brain Research; where it shows that brain research have allowed scientists to understand how the physiology of the brain enables human beings to learn language. It appears that the brain is most plastic, or flexible, in young children. b) Steps to Language Acquisition; where it is asked if there are steps to language acquisition and explains the rate that children acquire language is quite varied in the normal range of development.

c) Ways to Encourage Language Development; where it explains the styles of speech and it’s influences, and lastly, d) The Importance of Play; where it explains that play is a big part of a child’s development in every way and that certain types of play are particularly beneficial for promoting language.

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Helping Young Children with Communication Delays by Teacher Cheenee

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Helping Young Children with Communication Delays by Teacher Cheenee

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In the early stages of communication development, children communicate without realizing it. It’s the adult who attributes meaning to what the child does. The child might make sounds, look at items they want, or use body movements or facial expressions to indicate their wants and needs. But they do not send these messages directly to someone by looking at them or connecting with them.

Once the children make the connection that they have to send messages directly to another person in order to achieve their "goal" or purpose, communication can really take off!

Having a personal experience on handling a child with communication and developmental delays, it is not easy for someone in that situation to read and understand. In some situations, they may possibly understand but couldn't actually say the word or speak, and or the other way around.

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Communication Development in Children with Language Delays

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Providing parents & speech therapy professionals with programs, workshops & resources for early childhood language delay, speech delay and late talking

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Beginning sound clip cards for pre-k and kindergarten.

CVC Initial Sound Make A Word Clip Cards:

Interactive Phonics Fun!

By creating ideas like this, it can be very helpful to some children out there because we have to admit, that most children these days will only be interested when pictures or illustrations are involve.

This idea can help your child in blending sounds by families and understand the words and their meaning better.

Just an idea that can be helpful for teachers and parents out there and at the same time an activity that your child/children will surely enjoy!

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The Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education in the Philippines is recently being advanced together with the implementation of the K+12 Curriculum. However, its implementation faces a lot of issues especially since the Philippines has more than 80 mother languages.

I found a useful blogsite which compiles resources about the mother tongue and mother tongue education:

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Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTBMLE) - Philippines

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This blogsite is owned by 170+ Talaytayan MLE, a duly registered non-profit organization that promotes Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTBMLE) in the Philippines and beyond through advocacy, mobilization, policy development, training and materials development. Email: mlephilippines@gmail.com; mearzadon@up.edu.ph

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We have to admit, technology is becoming an essential to most people. Nowadays, it is more common to see a child with an iPad, a tablet, or any kind of gadget for that matter, than to see a chiild holding a book. It is impossible to ask kids to put their gadgets down. You can't simply make a kid choose studying over playing. So, why not kill two birds with one stone?

This article shows five different applications that showcase sight words. These can help children learn how to read without the dreaded part of studying. They are disguised in ways that your children would actually enjoy! Although they are educational, I still recommend using gadgets in moderation.

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Hey, friend! Are you trying to help your kiddo learn to read? Me too!

It can be , right?! Even my five-year-old has told me, "Mom, I don't like English. It's hard!" And he's RIGHT! It IS hard. English is incredibly hard! And sight words can be the hardest of all. It's easy to get discouraged when we get something wrong over and over.

Sight words aren't long words, or difficult to say or even hard to recognize. But, a lot of sight words are cheater words.

Most of them don't follow the rules. They are hard to sound out for a beginning reader. The silent -e. The hard -c sound. Words that look like they should rhyme, but don't. Or words that shouldn't rhyme, but they do!

Have you had this struggle with your child too? As moms, it's hard to watch our kids struggle , right? My kindergartner would refuse to practice or even try. Tears, tantrums, the whole nine yards. Until we found something that works for him.

He has always liked his "tablet time" . I'm sure there are a lot of people out there that would hyperventilate with horror at the amount of screen time this kid has under his belt. But, that's fine.

When he was two-and-a-half years old, he could correctly identify a pentagon, a hexagon, a trapezoid and an octagon in everyday items. My inner mommy would cackle hysterically when people gave me compliments on teaching him such complex shapes at such a young age. If only these people knew he was learning all this from an app on my tablet and I didn't do much more than encourage him. Half the time, I was just as surprised as they were that he knew them!
Click that next button to come see the 5 apps we use to keep sight word practice tear-free and FUN!
This boy learns well with his allotted tablet time and I'm not going to refuse to use the resource when it works so well for him. And I'm so glad there are people out there that develop quality apps that we can use! They are definitely one of my mommy heroes.

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Five Sight Word Apps to Help Your Kids Learn to Read | While He Was Napping

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Hey, friend! Are you trying to help your kiddo learn to read? Me too! It can be , right?! Even my five-year-old has told me, "Mom, I don't like English. It's hard!" And he's RIGHT! It IS hard. English is incredibly hard! And sight words can be the hardest of all.

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Fostering Language Acquisition in the Day Care Setting

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Fostering Language Acquisition in the Day Care Setting

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Here is an interesting resource published by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Check it out and see if this is applicable in your context.

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Stephen Krashen, an expert on Second Language Acquisition, demonstrates how people learn a second language.

There are two factors to consider:

Comprehensive Input and Affect Filter.

Simply put, people learn a new language when he can understand the words that he hears (through pictures, gestures, or context clues) and when the person does not experience anxiety while learning.

Watch this demonstration that Stephen Krashen himself did.

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British Council Interviews Stephen Krashen

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Hypotheses of Second Language Acquisition

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University of Georgia College of Education

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Dr. Stephen Krashen on Language Acquisition

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In this excerpt from a live presentation, Dr. Krashen explains the key concepts in effective language teaching.

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NAEYC and IRA Joint Statement on Literacy

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NAEYC and IRA Joint Statement on Literacy

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Do not forget to check out this joint statement by the National Association of Educators of Young Children and the International Reading Association regarding developmentally appropriate ways on how to develop literacy among kids.

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How To Make School Subjects Fun Using Story Books! by Teacher Lei

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How To Make School Subjects Fun Using Story Books! by Teacher Lei

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Choosing picture books can help children be more engaged in learning. Pictures let them make connections to their prior experiences.

Kids feel less pressured in studying when these books are also included in the learning process. Instead, make them more interesting and engaging.

I also makes reading fun! Even with the big children, reading aloud is a must!

The love for reading will continue to develop if reading is part of their daily routine, done in the most enjoyable way.

Read about it here:

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Photo by I Shop A Save via flickr creative commons

Is your child stuck in a concept being studied in school? Has he complained of being bored with a particular topic? Do you want to spark his interest and love of learning? It might be time to get some great picture books!

Picture books are basically children's books that tell stories equally with illustrations and text. The world's first ever picture book was created in 1658 by Johann Amos Comenius who understood that children best remember what they see.

Any subject can be studied using a picture book: history, science, language arts, and even math. Homeschooling families like ours enjoy learning this way, but some schools also use an integrated curriculum centered on children's literature.

This method, however, is not limited to homeschooling families and progressive schools. In fact, children enrolled in schools that rely heavily on textbooks will benefit greatly from it if used as a supplement. If you have taken on the role of being your child's tutor, you might want to explore how to use picture books to make learning fun after school.

Children of all ages enjoy a good picture book. The key to using it in teaching school subjects is to read aloud to your child even if he is already a reader. This way, you foster bonding between the two of you and you take away the school aspect from the learning experience. You just read for fun, with the intended result of learning with enjoyment.

History can come alive with lovely pictures that cannot usually be found in school textbooks. It becomes more engaging, more exciting, and more real. The Picture Biography Series by David A. Adler, for example, has books about Anne Frank, Hellen Keler, Thomas Edison, and many other important historical figures. Written simply and accompanied by drawings, such books literally spark a child's interest in a historical figure.

Science is also a subject that children may not thoroughly enjoy when their textbooks are straightforward. However, reading Magic School Bus books that touch on the topics being studied in school can make a difference in how your child sees the school subject. Fun and imaginative, the series has been a hit with kids since the 1990s, educating while entertaining.

Picture books can serve as a hook to entice children to delve into a topic from another point of view. Instead of just making your child memorize facts, add another dimension to his learning. Here is a step-by-step guide on how you can use picture books as tools in teaching your child his school subjects in a fun and engaging way:
1. Find books that are related to the topic that your child is learning about.
Look for picture books that have the same or related topics being discussed in school. Break down the elements in a given subject matter and look for specific storybooks. For example, if your child is learning about the solar system, look for a picture book with a story about the different constellations, a book that is specifically about the sun, and a book about the moon.

The books you choose should not be limited to factual books. You may also include myths or folktales that will invite your child to wonder and make connections with what he already knows.

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5 Ways to Make School Subjects Fun Using Storybooks

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Photo by I Shop A Save via flickr creative commons Is your child stuck in a concept being studied in school? Has he complained of being bored with a particular topic? Do you want to spark his interest and love of learning? It might be time to get some great picture books!

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How To Get Kids Learn Filipino Language by Teacher Lei

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How To Get Kids Learn Filipino Language by Teacher Lei

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Building a strong sense of where kids come from, their real identity as a Filipino will help kids learn Filipino language better and faster. I see a lot of elementary and high school students nowadays use Taglish, a combination of the local language, Tagalog and English when communicating with their peers.

We can help children develop their Filipino skills by it a part of their daily lives by speaking it in every possible opportunity.

Reading bilingual storybooks to children at an early age story books will also be helpful to develop both English and Filipino.

Adarna house has a wide variety of titles which will serve the interests of the children.

Read this article by Smart Parenting on tips on how to go about this:

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7 Tips to Helping Kids Learn the Filipino Language

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Help your children speak and write Filipino better with these tips.

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