Families and caregivers play an essential part in teaching early childhood
literacy skills.
Being able to read is a vital life skill, so make the early stages of learning
the alphabet as fun as possible for your little ones. Young children learn and
develop best through using their whole body, all of their senses and their
natural environments. You’ll find that most children begin to recognise letters
when they’re about 2-3 years old, and are able to identify a large number of
letters between 4 and 5 years old.
When teaching a child a new letter of the alphabet, ensure
that the child can:
- HEAR the letter
- SEE the letter
- SAY the letter
- TOUCH the letter
- CREATE the letter
- READ the letter
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Why not celebrate Dr Seuss' Birthday today & treat the kids to one of his well-known books! From just $11.04 over at Baby Universe. Lots of other books to choose from too.
It's also New Zeland Book Month this month, so what a better way to celebrate than to buy and read books to the kids.
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts and wrote 46 children's books in his lifetime, which were often characterized by imaginative characters and rhyme. He was a perfectionist in his work and he would sometimes spend up to a
year on a book. It was not uncommon for him to throw out 95% of his
material until he settled on a theme for his book.
Besides the books, his works have provided the source for
children's television specials, Broadway and movies.
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