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5 Easy and Fun Ways Parents Can Build Phonological Awareness for their Child
Is Phonological Awareness for parents or for schools to worry about? I will show you why it’s important for parents to think about Phonological Awareness as well as teachers. I’ll also give you lots of easy and fun ideas for ways that you can support and build this crucial skill with your child. What is the difference between ‘Phonics’ and ‘Phonological Awareness’… and why should you care? I wonder how familiar you are with these terms, and more importantly, what they actually mean for your child’s achievement in reading. Are these terms for the teachers to worry about? Or what if there were some easy ways for as a parent…
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8 Essential Strategies to Boost Speech and Language for Busy Parents [+printable]
If you’re a busy parent but you want to be intentional about using strategies to boost speech and language for your child, then these 8 tips are essential to know! HOW DOES LANGUAGE DEVELOP? Children learn language from listening to language. They’re like sponges- they absorb the language spoken around them by their parents, siblings and other people. That’s why children in France grow up speaking French, and children who grow up in Germany speak German. That might sound really obvious, but what it means is that there is no magic wand, and no secret shortcut to developing language- these strategies for boosting language are crucial. It’s simple- it…
