LITTLE LEARNERS LOVE LITERACY

Our Science of Reading program - Little Learners Love Literacy (LLLL) has been a huge success since we introduced it over two years ago. We have highly engaged and competent readers coming out of our junior classrooms and moving through the school due to the foundational reading, writing and spelling skills they have learnt during LLLL.

Here is some information from LLLL about how you can further support your child's literacy development at home.

* Reading and talking to children regularly

We all know how important bedtime stories are, but let's reassure parents that reading a range of books to their child is a valuable activity at any time of day. While children develop their own word reading skills in the classroom, it is vital to hear books read to them for vocabulary and comprehension development. Parents can discuss the cover image and the title, and ask a few questions as they read to their child ...

What do you think might happen next? Why? =; That's an interesting word, can you think of a similar word? And can you use it in your own sentence?; Which was your favourite part of the story? Why - what happened?

* Phonemic awareness games

Being able to hear, say and play with sounds is crucial to reading and spelling development in Foundation and Year 1, as well as pre-school. Parents can play with sounds with activities such as asking their child to touch their t-oe-s, h-o-p or d-a-n-ce. The Milo parent letters provide lots of ideas for talking and practicing phonemic awareness skills at home.

Parents and children can also sing along to Milo's Music in the kitchen or in the car (or wherever!) to practice the Stages 1-4 sounds of the alphabet.

* Reading and writing practice

Children need lots of practice opportunities to master the phonics knowledge and skills they are being taught (perhaps even more than you think). Completing activities sent home in book bags and playing some LLLL games at home can give children valuable practice opportunities.

Here are some useful links:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYmfYR0YSeZhi9QDZgDge12DJjGUFA6u

Milo's Music on Spotify

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