The first in a series of 4 CD-ROMs covers alphabet and digraph beginnings. The Smart Phonics software follows an easy-to-use layout, based around 3 activities for teaching each letter/sound relationship.These are: listen to the poem, find the sound, and make words.
Sound Systems: Explicit, Systematic Phonics in Early Literacy Contexts
How to teach phonics to young children is one of the most vexing and complex issues for early childhood educators today. Teachers know lockstep commercial phonics programs do not meet the needs of all children. At the same time, teachers who avoid explicit instruction in phonics because they lack linguistic and assessment know-how cannot help students who may need the most support in understanding phonics. Even teachers who are savvy about the latest research and methods for phonics instruction struggle to find time to add more to a full school day.
Added by: borisvm | Karma: 491.67 | Non-Fiction, Other | 15 April 2013
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Why Do British Singers Sound American
On many occasions British singers don't sound as British people. They sing with a different accent . In this article they explain some reasons why this phenomenon happens.
A child experiences the sights and sounds of morning - from the bee buzzing outside to the noise of the awakening household to the flurry before Daddy and Mommy leave for work and Grandma comes to spend the day. Buzz celebrates the warm familiarity of the family routine, as well as the childlike game of discovering a recurring sound - buzzzz - within the hubbub of daily life.
