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Early Reading Skills - Coggle Diagram
Early Reading Skills
Shape Recognition & Matching: Children learn to match shapes and patterns first, and this helps them to match letters and then eventually words.
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Provide sticks, rollers and moulds for young children to use in dough, clay or sand
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Concepts of Print: This means 'how we look at books' and includes following the print the right way, turning the pages and looking at pictures. Children need to learn that writing conveys a message and can take different forms and styles
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Encourage children to 'write' invitations, shopping lists, letters etc
Rhyming: Research shows that children who can understand about rhyming words have a head start in learning and spelling
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Language Skills: The more experience children have of language, the more easily they will learn to read.
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Sharing books with children, both individually and in groups, will help them to make the connection between the written and spoken word
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Letter Skills: Children need to learn what sounds the letters can make and be able to make connections between sounds and the ways they can be written
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Draw patterns such as loops and zigzags as this can help with developing the fine motor skills needed to write
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Printed Materials: Explore a variety of printed resources, including newspapers, magazines, packets and signs
Draw their attention to print in the environment, such as on signs or on doors etc.
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Memory Skills: Words are made up of sequences of letters and sounds, and it is important that children remember this before they are able to read
Memory games such as 'I went to the shop and bought a...' - this will help to improve children's memory and attention span
Sequencing - give children pictures that represent different parts of a story, and ask them to put them in the right order
Motor Skills: Since reading and writing are best taught together, having good pencil control is important
Encourage children to draw and paint using a variety of tools and materials so they develop more control
Give children small toys to play with, such as construction sets of dolly dress up, as this will help their fine motor development