Assessment 1B by Gowri Do Shanmugam https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12 Created as a whirlpool of Language & Literacy resources for fellow educators, courtesy of Gowri (32617062) en-us 2021-08-12 02:46:12 UTC 2025-09-28 15:29:32 UTC hello@padlet.com gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1680130999 2021-08-16 08:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1680130999 gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1687321072 2021-08-20 03:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1687321072 Rationale of Resource gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1688803345 This resource offers therapists as allied health professionals who are experts in the communication and development and this relates to acquisition of speaking skills for our young ones under Literacy Continuum Process/Learning Progression Model.
Dynamics Therapy has a pool of speech and language therapists who can work with young children. 
They aid in providing comprehensive assessments that will improve communication, increase one's confidence and self esteem plus work on speech issues such as stuttering, pronunciation or even fine motor skills such as chewing and swallowing of food. (Seder, 2020)
The health professionals are able to help teachers and parents better by offering strategies and tips that can be done in home and school settings so that a collaborative relationship is established to achieve goals for said child. 

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This resource offers room for a variety of literacy activities that can be done to aid children's literacy development between 18 months to 6 years and this relates to all skill sets under Literacy Continuum Process/Learning Progression Model. 
 As said by Hall, Simpson, Guo, & Wang, 2015, this resource is a good example of how meaningful multifaceted literacy experiences can scaffold a child's literacy development. (Byington & Kim, 2016). 
Technology is prevalent in today’s context, and it can enrich children’s social and cognitive abilities when used appropriately. It can extend learning the same way as concrete materials. It allows for introduction to concepts and information that they cannot experience in person at times (NAEYC, 2012).
Technology is also a good way to cater to children with differentiated learning styles as seen in Howard Gardner’s multi-intelligences theory. 
Technology acts as a bridge between home-school partnerships. It offers new opportunities for educators to build relationships, maintain ongoing communication, and exchange information and share online resources whilst parents can use it to be aware of their children’s learning and also participate actively (NAEYC, 2012).
]]> 2021-08-21 06:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1688819014 gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690265643 2021-08-23 03:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690265643 Rationale of Resource gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690314775 This resource acts as a bridge for a child's communicative development-  their ability to understand sounds and words, use of speech, and gestures to communicate meaning (Biniboo, 2020). 
Under the Literacy Continuum Process/Learning Progression Model, it falls under the Reading and Viewing (phonological awareness, phonic knowledge and word recognition) and Speaking and Listening (interacting, speaking). 
These books can be personalized for 2-6 year olds and tailored at their cognitive levels. As they are often handmade, much thought can be put into creation of the activities. 
Felt books allow children to be introduced to and work on their mastery of phonic sounds and forming of words. They encourage increased vocabulary when children describe what’s on the activity or what actions are taking place.]]> 2021-08-23 03:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690314775 https://theimaginationtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Phonics-baskets-literacy-play-game--648x1000.jpg gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690369368 2021-08-23 04:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690369368 Rationale of Resource gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690378255 As a Montessori educator who makes use of concrete materials to work with my children and using Phonics to teach them Language & Literacy, I feel its a good fool proof way. With phonics, it reduces the burden on memory skills and allows children to make meaning by decoding sounds of words. 
This resource is a good way that can be used to achieve the above and falls under Reading and Viewing (phonological awareness, phonic knowledge and word recognition) within the Literacy Continuum Process/Learning Progression Model. 
Phonic baskets allows for discriminating initial phonemes in words, naming objects, sorting by phoneme, matching phonemes and graphemes, recognising graphemes by sight  (ARanson, 2014).
Thereafter, they can also be used for children to practise their blends and digraphs too. 
An extension can be getting children to go on a phonics hunt around their homes finding appropriate objects to fill each one. ]]> 2021-08-23 04:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690378255 https://www.babybonus.msf.gov.sg/parentingresources/web/Young-Children/YoungChildrenPlay_and_Learning/YoungChildrenActivities/Young_Children_To_Market?_afrLoop=70762023946405455&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=dr3qx502g_1#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Ddr3qx502g_1%26_afrLoop%3D70762023946405455%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Ddr3qx502g_13 gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690428459 2021-08-23 04:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690428459 Rationale for Resource gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690430182 This resource is an open ended tool that can create multiple opportunities for children to acquire language development. This resource falls under the speaking, listening and interacting spectrum under the Literacy Continuum Process/Learning Progression Model. 
With grocery shopping, it's one of the simplest but most effective ways to encourage children to show off their language acquisition and also participate in 2 way conversations with adults and/or peers. 
A grocery trip and meal time conversations can build vocabulary and pronunciation. It also allows for narrative and explanatory talk to take place which  provides room for complex language, the transmission of information about the world, and sophisticated vocabulary to shine (Snow & Beals, 2006). 
Meal time conversations  also offer rich opportunities for extended discourse. There are some factors that can create rich meal time conversation - centred around a single topic, opportunities given for 2 way conversation, various participants take part in this. All of these go a long way in allowing children to pick up language.]]> 2021-08-23 04:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690430182 Reference List gdos0002 https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690589332 2021-08-23 06:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gdos0002/c128dcbhe5yq4j12/wish/1690589332