Literacy

Tamariki in Room 4 are able to develop knowledge of writing, speaking and listening through a combination of play based learning and guided techniques. There are many formal opportunities for tamariki to recognise, hear and become familiar with the letters of the alphabet in our room. We have ample writing instruments and materials available for tamariki to explore, activities are set up where tamariki are able to connect the sounds to the letters, match words to their corresponding images, and worksheets where they get to practice forming and writing the letters correctly. Even the use of games have opportunities for tamariki to learn language in a fun way. Through play based learning, tamariki have the opportunity to interact with others and practice language development.

Stages 1-4 Chitter Chatter Chants

Learning Outcome: Provide mnemonic support for learning phoneme-grapheme correspondences.

Practice the Little Learners Love Literacy Chitter Chatter Chants by clicking the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szt_kPP_L8Q

Stages 1-4 Speed Sounds

Learning Outcome: Single letter sound correspondences.

Practice the Little Learners Love Literacy Speed Sounds by clicking the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KmfVGQdRCo

Week 5: Fidget/sensory toys: These are valuable as they provide ways for tamariki to explore and increase their focus and attention. These toys help the brain stay engaged without becoming overwhelmed. Manipulating small objects encourages dexterity and hand eye coordination. A lot of conversations happen between tamariki as they talk about the objects they have and describe the feeling/texture of the toys.

Week 5: Puzzles help tamariki increase their fine motor skills, confidence, problem solving skills and hand eye coordination to name a few.

Week 5: Cutting strips of paper to make the focus letter of the week.

Scissor skills are increasing and being refined.

Week 6: Learning about opposites

Big and small

Week 6: Puzzles - Matching the top half of the puzzle to the bottom half. Here, Whaea Milika also played a game with Aaron and Carrick: Guess the animal.