Literacy
It is crucial for children to develop a life-long love of reading. Reading consists of two dimensions: language comprehension and word reading. Language
comprehension (necessary for both reading and writing) starts from birth. It only develops when adults talk with children about the world around them and
the books (stories and non-fiction) they read with them, and enjoy rhymes, poems and songs together. Skilled word reading, taught later, involves both the
speedy working out of the pronunciation of unfamiliar printed words (decoding) and the speedy recognition of familiar printed words. Writing involves
transcription (spelling and handwriting) and composition (articulating ideas and structuring them in speech, before writing).
‘Cross the river’ is one of our favourite games to play in phonics!!