Full Description
An essential guide for all primary trainees and teachers. The text addresses the specifics of teaching English in the early years and importantly places systematic synthetic phonics within the context of early English as a whole. It starts by examining the fundamental role of communication and language in laying the foundations for literacy development. It explores the importance of early sound discrimination, rhyme, alliteration, oral blending and oral segmentation, as well as the importance of developing children's visual discrimination skills. The text critically examines the role of systematic synthetic phonics as an approach for teaching children to read, and its application in both reading and writing is fully covered. Other key chapters include literacy through the wider learning environment, supporting children with literacy difficulties and assessing English in the early years.
Contents
IntroductionOral development in the early years Chapter 2: Communication and Language Development in the early years Chapter 3: Auditory and visual discrimination and vocabulary development Chapter 4: Systematic Synthetic Phonics and how children learn to read Chapter 5: Creative approaches for teaching systematic synthetic phonics Chapter 6: Early Reading Chapter 7: Early Spelling Chapter 8: Early Handwriting Chapter 9: Early Writing Chapter 10: Early literacy through the wider learning environment Chapter 11: Supporting children with literacy difficulties Chapter 12: Assessing English in the early years
