Phonics and Reading Program | 4 - 5 Years | Serving Frisco, TX
Phonics and Reading Program:
Our phonics program is designed to help children develop strong foundational skills in blending sounds and reading.
We help children develop phonemic awareness and then take those skills to learn phonetic letter sounds moving on to blending letters to sound out words.
After mastering blending letter sounds and learning a few key sight words, they begin their reading journey.
Our teachers receive specialized training to deliver the program effectively.
We offer 5 phonics sessions per school year, and we also offer phonics classes during Summer.
Overview:
The first part of class engages in auditory, visual, and kinesthetic activities that reinforce letter sounds.
During the second part of phonics class, the teachers work one on one with each student, progressing along at each child’s individual pace.
Letter Recognition:
We re-enforce upper- and lower-case letter recognition by connecting through fine motor skills.
Practice sheet with circling the objects that begin with the target letter sound.
Writing First name by proper capitalization.
Promote proper pencil grip.
Phonemic Awareness and Phonetic Letter Sounds:
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify and understand that words are made up of individual sounds.
Connecting individual letters to their sounds are phonetic skills that are practiced in our classes repeatedly in fun and engaging ways.
The program focuses on developing phonemic awareness through:
Re-enforcing letter sounds using interactive tools like flash cards, puzzles etc.
Hands-on activities like sorting objects by letter sounds, playing phonetic skill games, and incorporating phonetic songs to keep children engaged actively.
Teaching from a multi-sensory approach as it allows children to learn in their own learning style.
Blending Sounds- helping children combine individual sounds into words.
Segmenting Sounds- practice breaking words into their individual sounds.
Using word lists, organized by word families (-at, -an, -ad, etc.) to prepare children for beginner’s reading.
Books:
The reading portion of our program begins with ten books that use words from the word family groupings that the children mastered previously.
The books are sorted by the skill level of reading of each child.
The first set of books includes two books for each short vowel sound.
The next set of books include long vowel sounds, blending, and silent letters. The children continue at their own pace through the multiple sets of books according to their progressing reading and comprehension skill levels.
Social Skills, Self-Help/Independence:
Participating in phonics circle time.
Developing persistence in completing phonics worksheets.
Eating lunch independently and cleaning up the lunch area when finished.
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