Reading and viewing by Cynthia LongWx https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy Phonological awareness en-us 2018-08-14 00:34:53 UTC 2024-07-21 23:43:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Listening as part of phonological awareness cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274014193 This resource is good for parents and teachers to implement at home or in school. It offers listening activities and this relates to their development of phonological awareness. For children to be able to develop phonological awareness, they need to listen to the sounds of the letters. Thus, children need to build on their listening and attention skills. This is supported by a research on the relationship between music and reading in beginning readers. It states that basic to the hearing of sounds in words is an awareness of pitch difference. Being able to discriminate difference in pitch is more highly associated both with reading and with the ability to discriminate speech sounds than is the ability to discriminate different qualities of sounds (Lamb & Gregory, 1993). ]]> 2018-08-20 10:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274014193 Syllable clapping (song & activity) cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274211386 This resource/song offers a fun way for children to learn about syllable that related to the focus area "Phonological awareness". Phonological awareness has different parts of it like rhymes, syllable and sounds. For children to be able to read, they have to know the sounds and the number of syllable in a word. This is supported by a book titled "Comprehensive literacy resource for kindergarten teachers". It states that " This ability to look inside words for syllables, rhymes, and individual sounds when reading and spelling is based on the student’s phonological awareness. Students have to be able to segment, blend, and manipulate syllables, onset and rime, and sounds if they are going to be successful in using letter-sound knowledge effectively for reading" (Trehearne, 2003).]]> 2018-08-21 03:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274211386 Rhyming dust bunnies cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274216758 This book is written by Jan Thomas. These dust bunnies love to rhyme. Well, except for Bob. Much to the other bunnies’ frustration, Bob can never get the rhythm right. This resource is good for children to listen and identify rhymes. As Bob could not rhyme, while reading the book, the teachers or parents can be interactive and get children to think of the rhymes to "help" Bob. Rhymes are a part of phonological awareness. The book titled "Comprehensive literacy resource for kindergarten teachers" states that "Good readers look for familiar “letter patterns” as one strategy when attempting to decode or spell unfamiliar words—they use familiar sound chunks from known words, not just individual sounds. These letter patterns are based on familiar syllable or rhyme patterns as well as sound clusters and individual sounds" (Trehearne, 2003)]]> 2018-08-21 04:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274216758 Phonemic awareness assessnment cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274218185 This resource serves as an example of how parents or teachers can assess children's phonemic awareness. This is supported by a book titled "Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How". It states that assessment activity benefits children by providing information that can be used to inform their caregivers and teachers, to improve the quality of their care and educational environment and to identify child risk factors that can be remedied (National Research Council, 2008). ]]> 2018-08-21 04:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274218185 Phonological awareness assessment task sheet. cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274218772 This resource is good to access children's level of phonological awareness. Teachers and parents can use this as a guide to assess children's skills. A book written by Gavin T. L. Brown titled "Assessment of student achievement" states that assessment shows whether students are achieving what is expected of them, judges the quality of their performance and awards grades or certificates accordingly .]]> 2018-08-21 04:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274218772 Phonic awareness app cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274257173 This resource is good for teachers and parents to engage children in learning phonological awareness. This resource offers interesting activity that can help children learn through the use of technology. Technology is a big part of the world now and we can make use of it to help children learn better. This is supported by a book titled "

Using Technology to Enhance Reading: Innovative Approaches to Literacy" which states that early literacy and technology are enhanced with the use of tablets and very young students can touch a word or letter and get immediate feedback (Rasinski & Pytash, 2015).

]]> 2018-08-21 09:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274257173 The cat in the hat by Dr Seuss cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274509383 This book is written by Dr Seuss who is famous for his rhyming books. This resource (book) is good for children to practice reading a listening to the rhymes in the book. It related to the focus area of phonological awareness. Parents can read this book to their children at home. In a journal article titled "Family Literacy: Perspective and practices", it states that children's learning in school begins with parents reading to them at home. Such practices in the home as shared reading, reading aloud, making a variety of print materials available and promoting positive attitudes towards literacy have been found to have a significant impact on children's literacy learning (Morrow, Paratore, Gaber, Harrison, & Tracey, 1993)]]> 2018-08-22 08:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274509383 DIY reading corner cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274512869 This resource is good for parents to have some idea on how they can set up a reading corner. The environment would motivate them to want to go to the reading corner. ]]> 2018-08-22 08:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274512869 Phonological (Sound) Awareness Development Chart cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274808932 This resource is good for parents and teachers to get a sense of the child's phonological awareness development. It states the milestones the child should achieve at different age. Parents and teachers can monitor children's development and seek help or intervention if they needed to. This relates to the focus area of phonological awareness where parents can do developmental screening with the help of the milestone chart.

Parents, grandparents, early childhood providers, and other caregivers can participate in developmental monitoring, which observes how your child grows and changes over time and whether your child meets the typical developmental milestones in playing, learning, speaking, behaving, and moving.
Developmental screening takes a closer look at how your child is developing. A missed milestone could be a sign of a problem (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018).

]]> 2018-08-23 09:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274808932 Recognising and identifying alphabets nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274823620 This resource is good for parents and teachers to create fun activities that help children to recognise and identify alphabets. For children to be able to develop their phonological awareness, they need to be able to know the letters names and letter sounds which will help them in reading. Being able to name the letters of the alphabet quickly and correctly helps children in learning to read and write (Ministry of Education, 2013).]]> 2018-08-23 11:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274823620 Early literacy through name recognition nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274831455 This resource offers a strategy for teachers to encourage children to recognise letters and their names in class. At this age, children feel proud and happy when they see or hear their name. Through this activity, children will feel excited to guess the name of the child whom will be the leader for the day. Name serve as an important criterion in developing new understandings about sound matches, letters and words (Tsavasman, 2003).]]> 2018-08-23 12:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274831455 Importance of Reading Corner nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274842313 This resources offers an insights of the importance of having a reading corner for preschoolers. This can be done at home and in the classroom. Reading corners offers children a chance to develop very personal relationships with books (Miller, 1990). When children visit the reading corner, they develop good reading habits such as turning the pages correctly, building love of reading and care for books. Teachers and parents can place books that they have read to their children which encourage them to revisit the book by reading it by themselves.]]> 2018-08-23 13:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274842313 Blending Sounds Games nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274884648 This resource offers variety of games to help children build phonological awareness in a fun and exciting way. Teachers and parents can sign up for free and allow children to be engage in the educational games. The game encourage children to listen to the letter sounds as they identify the correct letters and complete the words. They also learn how to blend the letters together to make the word. In order for children to learn to read, they need to understand that spoken language consists of sounds that can be broken down into smaller and smaller parts, into words, into the syllables within words and finally into the individual sounds in words (Ministry of Education, 2013).]]> 2018-08-23 14:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274884648 Interactive word walls nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274891247 This resource offers a strategy for teachers to encourage children to recognise the letters and identify things that start with the letter. Teachers could get children to find pictures or words that start with the letter and place it on the word wall. Through playing with sounds in oral language and exploring print through everyday play-based experiences, children can begin to develop early alphabetic literacy (Campbell, 2016).]]> 2018-08-23 15:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274891247 Reading and storytelling helps to promote language and literacy nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274892218 This resource offers an insight about how reading and storytelling with children could help them develop literacy, reading habits and gets children ready to start reading. Parents and teachers are a role model for children in using language and books. Children learn how we hold the book and turn the pages by watching adults doing it. They will learn words and develop language skills from the songs, stories and conversations that we share together. Based on research, there is an evidence that participation in storytelling and story acting can promote children's literacy development (Cremin, Flewitt, Mardell & Swann, 2017).]]> 2018-08-23 15:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274892218 Phonics Games nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274906524 This resource offers variety of phonics games from preschool to primary level which is free and accessible to parents. Children are able to read at different levels of their development and the text become more challenging as it goes (Indrisano & Chall, 1995). Thus, having a platform where parents could guide and support their child in the different stages of reading will be beneficial for their child.]]> 2018-08-23 15:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274906524 Learning to read one syllable words (Letter sounds & blending) nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274916411 This resource is good for parents to implement at home. It encourage children to listen to the letter sounds and blending the letters to form a one syllable word. Children will be able to learn simple words such as, mat, tap, pat. The characters in the video are interesting and shows actions and objects that relate to the words. Through play-based songs, rhymes and alliteration experiences, it can support children in attending to individual units of sound, e.g. the three sounds in c-a-t (Campbell, 2016).]]> 2018-08-23 16:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274916411 How to Teach Kids Phonics nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274918094 This resource guide parents to teach children phonics. Most older children are not able to read, write and speak because they were not introduced to phonics. Phonics instruction teaches kids to connect letters with sounds, break words into sounds, and blend sounds into words which children use to read and write (Osewalt, 2018).]]> 2018-08-23 16:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274918094 Helping your child with Phonics nursyafiqahs https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274919574 This resource offers insights on how parents can help their children with phonics written by the senior principal of EtonHouse International Pre-School. It also explain why parents should not be worried when their child is not able to read at the age of 4. In Stage 0 (from birth to about age 6) the child learns some simple concepts of reading and writing, giving the names of the letters, writing one's name, and pretending to read (Indrisano & Chall, 1995). Therefore, parents can support their child in developing their phonemic awareness at home before they can start learning to read. ]]> 2018-08-23 16:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/274919574 Video on understanding of reading. cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/275371669 2018-08-26 14:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/275371669 Why is reading important? cynthia_long https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/275481064 This resource is good for parents to understand why reading to children is important to help get them started on reading. Parents should be role models to children and a parent who reads will inspire children to read as well. This links to phonological awareness where children has to listen before starting to read themselves. Children who are engage in reading and writing play at home performed better on recognizing and naming letters, handling book and writing(Wigfield & Guthrie, 2013). ]]> 2018-08-27 09:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cynthia_long/AT1_Literacy/wish/275481064