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Getting Started with Literacy - Speaking, Listening, Reading & Writing
In Kindergarten, at Brooke, our teachers use many different resources to get students engaging in literacy. To avoid "summer slide" where an extended holiday from learning can have students lose some new skills you could continue practicing with your child at home.
Letter Sounds and Names
In Kindergarten, we start with a focus on identifying letters by practicing their SOUNDS first, then the NAMES of the letters.
Students will first learn the sounds and names of the letters in their names, then they learn other letters and sounds. Here are some programs we use that you could continue to share, and practice with your child.
"Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing. It starts with learning the letter sounds of English. Children then learn how to ‘blend’ these letter sounds together to read a word, so that d-o-g becomes the spoken ‘dog’. They then learn how to ’segment’ a word into its sounds, so that the spoken ‘dog’ is heard as d-o-g. This is necessary for writing. To put the learning into practice, suitable ‘decodable’ reading books are used." From: https://jollylearning.com/our-programmes/jolly-phonics
Jolly Phonics Songs
Letters - words & actions
This video shows the letters, sounds, and actions that have been taught to students in Kindergarten. Watch it with your children, or a portion of it each day to make sure their learning has 'stuck' and they can start Grade 1 confidently!
Jack Hartmann
Letters (with Canadian pronunciation - Z = zed)
Jack Hartmann is a Kindergarten Favourite! His YouTube Channel has tons of songs and games to keep your child busy and engaged.
This video is a great way to practice the Alphabet Song.
Jack Hartmann
Letters (with Canadian pronunciation - Z = zed)
Jack Hartmann is a Kindergarten Favourite! His YouTube Channel has tons of songs and games to keep your child busy and engaged.
This video has a collection of Canadian songs.
Online Reading & Math Practice!
Through this link you will find some great resources for online reading!
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