Early Learning

Phonemic Awareness Activities

Before we start let’s first understand that, Phonemic awareness is not phonics(Read the post here for detailed information). Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds-phonemes–in spoken words. Before children learn to read print, they need to become more aware of how the sounds in words work. They must understand that […]

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How to teach Letter Sounds and Letter names together? First step in teaching Phonics.

After understanding the hype of the Phonics (in this previous post) and the terminologies used in Phonics (in the post before the former one). Now its time to learn, what to start teaching first in Phonics and How to go about it. After reading my last posts, many a parents questioned about the ideal age to […]

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What are Pre-Reading Skills? How can we teach our kids at home?

Pre-Reading Skills are a bundle of skills that helps young kids to read successfully later in life,when they start schooling. These skills are mainly categorized into 6 different parts. They are as follows :- 1. Print Motivation Exposing our child to books from a very early age,even when they are babies can be very helpful. Showing […]

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How and Why Nursery Rhymes are important for Language Development in Babies and Toddlers?

Nursery Rhymes are little poems which have been around for centuries. These little poems are taught in every school big or small, elite or non-elite ,ofcourse for a reason! Today I’m sharing some insight on how these are important in our child’s Language Development and why your kids need to know them. Nursery Rhymes are […]

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