Phonics taught at Kindies here??
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It is important that the teacher knows and understands the phonics programme they are implementing....and it is also important that they are able to prononuce the phenomes properly.....this is not something a native teacher necessarily knows!!
For phonics to really work you have to do it everyday, and constantly reinforce it....so if you know what programme your daughters class will be using it's good to have it at home too, so you can help her out. However you must make sure you can also prononuce the phenomes correctly.
For phonics to really work you have to do it everyday, and constantly reinforce it....so if you know what programme your daughters class will be using it's good to have it at home too, so you can help her out. However you must make sure you can also prononuce the phenomes correctly.
My college lecturer used to call it adding the 'schwar'. What she meant was, lets take the sound 's', if you add the schwar, then actually say 'su'. When you say 'su' you can hear two phonemes 's' and 'u'. This can cause great confusion especially when using phonics for spelling, which is why you have to make sure you pronounce the phonemes correctly.
can start early
As one who has been trained in multiple phonics curriculum and have studied early childhood education, you can start kids off in phonics as early as 2 yrs old and yield results. Believe it or not, you might even get better results if you start early.
I won't endorse any particular place or system, but these factors DO MATTER. As you're looking into this, you might want to make sure you the instructor is either American (or Canadian) accent or UK accent. This changes things a bit. American is probably best since it follows phonics rules a bit more.
Also, phonics systems do matter too. The most common in hk is Jolly Phonics followed by Letterland. Both are decent, but not so great compared to more advanced and proven effective systems that have come out from other publishers. And JP is British so just know that it's already biased for the British Accent in multiple cases.
As one who has been trained in multiple phonics curriculum and have studied early childhood education, you can start kids off in phonics as early as 2 yrs old and yield results. Believe it or not, you might even get better results if you start early.
I won't endorse any particular place or system, but these factors DO MATTER. As you're looking into this, you might want to make sure you the instructor is either American (or Canadian) accent or UK accent. This changes things a bit. American is probably best since it follows phonics rules a bit more.
Also, phonics systems do matter too. The most common in hk is Jolly Phonics followed by Letterland. Both are decent, but not so great compared to more advanced and proven effective systems that have come out from other publishers. And JP is British so just know that it's already biased for the British Accent in multiple cases.
I have to laugh at 'educator's comments.
Phonics is about everyday speech sounds being linked to a visual stimuli. Hence, what children hear at home is going to be as much of (probably more!) an influence than whether a teacher is Australian, Canadian or English. Not much point ufssing over whther the teacher is Canadian or UK if the child hears Indian/Cantonese/manadrin accebted English at home - that's the accent they'll grow up with. Good phonic instruction can be interventionalist in its nature, and certaibly certain word pronounciation can be modified......
Actually,there is research arguing that that Irish has the pronounciation closest to a 'pure' phonic concept. If anyone wants their kids to learn English and send them to Ireland, be my guest!
Phonics is about everyday speech sounds being linked to a visual stimuli. Hence, what children hear at home is going to be as much of (probably more!) an influence than whether a teacher is Australian, Canadian or English. Not much point ufssing over whther the teacher is Canadian or UK if the child hears Indian/Cantonese/manadrin accebted English at home - that's the accent they'll grow up with. Good phonic instruction can be interventionalist in its nature, and certaibly certain word pronounciation can be modified......
Actually,there is research arguing that that Irish has the pronounciation closest to a 'pure' phonic concept. If anyone wants their kids to learn English and send them to Ireland, be my guest!
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I think the general consensus is that Letterland is largely outdated.
And the best phonics programmes are those that teach 'synthetic phonics,' e.g. Jolly Phonics.
If you plan to teach your own child phonics at hme, then it is best to find out what programme/method will be used in their primary sch and go with that, so that there is consistency in their teaching and learning.
It would also be worth taking a course/studying phonics, and the teaching and learning of it, to make sure you are doing the best thing for your child.
And ultimately to keep reading, reading and reading to your child!
And the best phonics programmes are those that teach 'synthetic phonics,' e.g. Jolly Phonics.
If you plan to teach your own child phonics at hme, then it is best to find out what programme/method will be used in their primary sch and go with that, so that there is consistency in their teaching and learning.
It would also be worth taking a course/studying phonics, and the teaching and learning of it, to make sure you are doing the best thing for your child.
And ultimately to keep reading, reading and reading to your child!
