Reading readiness are developing an idea to help children with their auditory processing skills. These are vital for reading, but they argue that often school teaching focuses on visual processing skills. Watch their video and leave your feedback as a comment below.
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I work in the Moline (Illinois, USA) School District. We have seen great success with a program created by Dr. Michael Heggerty called Phonemic Awareness. It is presented to the whole class and takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes daily. We call it “The Listening Game” at our school and our students enjoy the fast paced and varied challenges. I encourage you to look at his website, http://www.literacyresourcesinc.com
Thank you Diana that is brilliant. Is there any possibility you could fill out a short survey to help us: https://aytm.com/r0830ce
Hi. Sounds like a good project to work on – anything that helps children to make progress has to be a positive thing. In physical education we say children need physical readiness for learning – if a child hasn’t the fundamental movement skills expected of their age phase, then skills such as handwriting are going to be extremely difficult for them. Sitting sit and listening is going to be tough for them if they haven’t begun to develop core stability and control of their body. It strikes me that auditory skills are probably the same. Balance is dependent on the child’s vestibular system developing – if a child hasn’t a strong sense of balance (in the physical sense) the ability to listen will be diminished and hence reading skills won’t develop as one would hope. I would be interesting to see a resource that ensures the child to be physically ready alongside a programme that develops auditory skills. Best of luck with you ideas.
Definalely given me food for thought! Thanks Liz!