Using Prefixes and Suffixes to Read and Spell
A simple strategy for decoding longer words is by using prefixes and suffixes. Read on to learn how. What you will learn What is are prefixes and suffixes How to remover prefixes and suffixes from words to help with reading and spelling What are prefixes and suffixes? A prefix is a letter or group of…
What Are Open And Closed Syllables?
Your children may have come home from school talking about open and closed syllables. They may have come home talking about long and short vowels. Confused? Read on… What you will learn: What exactly are open and closed syllables How to spot open and closed syllables How open and closed syllables change the vowel sounds in words Long…
Healthy Breakfast for Children
Eating a healthy breakfast is key to good health and development of your children’s bodies and minds. Without a good healthy breakfast our bodies do not function at their optimum, either for energy or concentration and focus. Many children who struggle at school have no breakfast or their breakfast is poor nutritionally. What you will…
Starting Syllable Division
When reading we encounter many multisyllable words. How do we teach our children to break them up for themselves. What you will learn: the first 2 rules for syllable division tips for practicing syllable division Syllable Division – Rule 1 The simplest way to break down a word in to syllables is to look for…
Explaining The Doubling Rule for Verbs
Do you know when to double the final letter in a verb before adding a suffix? What you will learn When to double the final letter of a verb before suffixing When not to double the final letter before suffixing a verb The 1:1:1 rule for suffixing. What is suffxing? A suffix is a letter…
Spelling Strategies for Phonic Words
Last week I posted a strategy for learning to spell tricky or subject specific vocabulary. This week we will look at spelling strategies for phonic words. What you will learn strategy for spelling phonic words how to sound out syllables how to sound out words Spelling Strategies for Phonic Words Step 1 Say the word…
Using Multisensory Learning To Learn Spelling Words
Welcome to the first in my new series providing you with effective way to help you use multisensory learning to help your child secure spellings. What you will learn: what is multisensory learning how to use multisensory learning for learning spelling words the types of words that are effective using these techniques Simultaneous Oral Spelling There are…
Learning Letter Sounds Set 6
This is the final part of my 6 part series learning letter sounds. What you will learn: the final letters so you child knows the 26 letters and their most common sounds how to apply these sounds in reading and spelling by flipping the sound Learning Letter Sounds qu The letters q and u together…
Learning Letter Sounds – Set 5
Welcome to part 5 of my series on Learning Letter Sounds What you will learning the next set of letter sounds to teach your children and common problems idea how to teach the sounds Learning Letter Sounds – Set 5 wh ‘wh’ for most dialects makes the same sound as ‘w’. For some dialects is…
Learning Letter Sounds – Set 4
Welcome to the fourth part of my learning letter sounds series. We are continuing to build up the letters and sounds learnt for reading and spelling. What you will learn: the next 5 letters and their respective sounds the correct way to say the sounds Learning Letter Sounds ch The letters ch together make 3…
