ABSTRACT
Teaching guidelines 7 Activities 8 Using spoken language 8 General activities for school and home 8
Sharing reading 9 General activities for home 9 General activities for school and home 9
Turn-taking 10 General activities for school and home 10
Being aware of sounds 11 Activities for school and home 11
Activity 1: Locating sounds 11 Activity 2: Identifying sounds 11 Activity 3: Sound shakers game 12 Activity 4: Distinguishing sounds 12
Using auditory and visual memory 13 Activities for school and home 13
Activity 5: Kim’s game 13 Activity 6: Sequencing pictures 13 Activity 7: Matching pairs 14 Activity 8: My Granny went shopping 14 Activity 9: Can you do what I do? 15 Activity 10: Can you find it? 15 Activity 11: Sound pairs 16
Activities for school and home 17
Activity 12: Sequencing actions 17 Activity 13: Sequencing daily events 17 Activity 14: Following a recipe 17 Activity 15: Sequencing patterns 18 Activity 16: Visual timetable 18 Activity 17: Songs, rhymes and stories 18
The activities in Sections 2 to 6 assume that children have the basic skills that one would normally expect of their age group. If these skills are weak or lacking, then take some time to work on them by using this section before you start the activities in the rest of the manual. This should ensure that each child derives maximum benefit from the activities and makes progress in improving his literacy skills.
