The schwa can be a cause of confusion and frustration in spelling and reading for a student. Teacher Shirley Houston will give you a simple way to explain it and some tips for helping students to decode and encode words containing a schwa.
Hopscotch, Graffiti Spelling, Scavenger Hunt – there are lots of ways to get children outside, moving and working on phonics! Elaine Cleary gives some ideas for getting children exercising and practising their phonics!
When children are fluent readers, their comprehension takes off! We explain: what fluency is, why you need to be paying special attention to ‘prosody’ and how you can teach these skills.
There is lots you can do at home to boost your child’s early literacy. Primary School Teacher Elaine Cleary explains how to foster a love of reading.
