AnonyMouse_7356 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 This might seem a strange question but at what age do I introduce letters and sounds? Got parents pushing for children to know thier letters thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 sazzJ To be honest you can inroduce letters and sounds from babies as they can be doing the basics: roaring like a lion, wheeeee (noise) down a slide!!! areoplane noises things as basic as that. tell your parents its just not the phonic of the letter its all different elements, rhyming, playing around with language, its all about introducing slowly and surely. we do different activities once, twice a week like "mrs browning had a box" "silly soup" etc the children seem to really enjoy it. louisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 You can start to introduce Phase 1 letters and sounds from approximately 4/5years, but it is more important to give an enriched practical environment for them to explore them in. Lots of sound games, listening games, silly songs and rhymes, not sure if this is what your parents are asking for, or is it the more formal stuff, if so maybe a parent workshop explaining the importance of this stage and ideas to promote this at home might be a good idea. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come along soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_7356 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 We do a lot of the things already in our everyday play Like the idea of the workshop and it might be what they need as my children are only 2 to 4 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_2418 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I agree that lots of stuff in phase one like rhymes, body percussion, sounds etc can be started from very young, and as a setting our babies watch and copy the older children ( aged 2-4) when they are doing other phase one activities. We do all sorts of the activities with all of our children, and also leave activities like silly soup out for the children to self select as part of child initiated.We have also given parents suggestions for activities to use at home. Our children love it , and so do the local schools , when they get to school it's familar and fun for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_79 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Its never too early for phase 1--auditory discrimination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I agree Susan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Picking up on the workshop idea, I did one a few years back, partly because some parents were starting to pressure us regarding 'teaching to read' and partly because I had been part of a brilliant CLLD project in the city. It was a great success and parents took what we were saying on board really well. Actually, it may be time for another as we have one or two 'pushers' in the new group of parents..... Sue PS, I agree with Susan and Shirel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 phase one start as early as possible so children get the right mouth formations for some letter sounds...regional accents are great but can also hinder some letter sounds. My children find it very difficult to pronounce the "th" words pronouncing them as "f" I get lots of "Fursdays"!!!!! Even when children move on to phase 2 I still include lots of phase 1 activities as they are fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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