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Reading a first book
Reading sentences and little books made only of the sounds learned so far. Little Roos has 1 free game that practise it, for ages 4-7.
Where it fits
In the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (birth to five) and the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation to Year 2), with the official wording:
- AC9EFLY04 (Australian Curriculum v9: English, Foundation): read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, and monitor meaning using context and emerging grammatical knowledge.
- AC9EFLY12 (Australian Curriculum v9: English, Foundation): write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words.
- EYLF 5.4 (Early Years Learning Framework V2.0): Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work.
Games that practise it
- Echidna's Sentences: Reading a sentence: put the words in order to match the picture. Ages 4-7.
Away from the screen
About two minutes each, with things most homes have.
Jumbled sentences (from Echidna's Sentences)
- Write a short sentence your child knows on a strip of paper: "The frog sat on the log."
- Cut it into words, mix them up, and build it back together.
- Read it together, pointing to each word. Then make a silly one: "The log sat on the frog!"
Things to ask while they play
- Which word comes first? How do you know?
- Where does the full stop go?
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