PHONICS & READING
Teaching English writing, reading and speaking using Phonics require children to learn the connections between letter representations or patterns, and the sounds they represent. This is achieved through the development of the child's word bank and early exposure of these. Our program EXCITE! ENCOURAGE! EMPHASIS! For children 3 years and 4 years:
- Recognize letters; uppercase & lowercase
- Techniques on holding writing apparatus
- Engage in storytelling
- Auditory processing & understanding
- Develop oral interaction skills
- Develop language skills
- Letter and sounds recognition
- Handwriting skills
- Exposure to High Frequency Words
- Comprehending and listening to stories & instructions
- Read & Write simple sentences
- Enhancing vocabulary
For children 5 years and 6 years:
- Knowledge of letters consonants and their corresponding sounds
- Blending
- Vowel sounds representation
- Reading and Writing Sentences
- Comprehending and analysis of texts
- Recognizing High Frequency Words
- Knowledge of graphs, digraphs & trigraphs
- Knowledge of the various representations of letter sounds
- Understanding stories and re-writing texts
- Writing super sentences
- Grammar
- Independent readers and writers
- Readiness for Primary 1