Are you confused why your child is not able to write within the four lines? Why he/she isn’t able to trace properly on the given lines? This is a very important topic in early learning when it comes to toddlers and preschoolers and even kindergarteners. So to better understand the steps involved, I have divided […]
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Concepts to teach for 2 to 5 year old toddlers and preschoolers!
A simple list of concepts that can be taught to the age group 2.5 to 5 years children at home. So here I am, listing a few Ideas about the concepts and topics that can be taught to our children. CONCEPTS / TOPICS : 1. PHONICS/LANGUAGE – Alphabet (Uppercase & Lowercase) – Letter names and […]
5 Speech Development Activities for Toddlers
Did you know that the first three years of life,when the brain is developing and maturing, is the most intensive period for acquiring speech and language skills? These skills will develop best in an environment that is rich with sounds,sights,and consistent exposure to the speech and language of others. So, this is a critical period […]
Teach your toddler to play without you! Independent Play Ideas
Its such a relief to see our toddlers play independently for some time. What? Did I say Relief?? Well actually, yes I did. Being a mom, who needs to be constantly on her toes,it definitely feels like a relief. What do you think? Tell me in the comments below. Did you know, that teaching children to […]
10 Activities to Practice CVC Words and Word Family
In the last post on Phonics, we have seen how to teach blends(blending of two letter sounds together,click here if you missed that post!) and today we are going to see the next step after blending, i.e CVC words/Word families. In blends we do ONLY two types of blends(CV & VC) to start with. I […]
Blends : How to move from teaching letter sounds to Blending two letters together to teach words?
Until now we have covered, Types of Phonics and Terminologies used in Phonics. What is the new hype of Phonics? And if it is really important? How to teach Letter Sounds and Letter Names together? Phonemic Awareness Activities (Click on the above links to go directly to that post first, if you have missed reading […]
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 […]