{"id":1339,"date":"2020-11-03T04:34:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T04:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/?page_id=1339"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:00:29","slug":"literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beaconmedia.com.au\/beaconmedia\/early-childhood\/literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pre-reading and language development<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Literacy in the pre-school years ppt<\/a>  pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-reading skills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language development in Early Childhood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-writing skills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing patterns<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-phonics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Odd-one-out cards<\/a> for laminating. Cut these into strips and use as an activity for group time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jigsaw puzzles to print and make <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colour matching<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning Phonics<\/strong> – Initial Sounds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Initial Sounds with rhymes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initial Sounds – Pictures cards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initial Sounds – Movement cards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Picture Pocket chart<\/a> for storing small initial sounds pictures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bible Phonics for initial sounds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For each initial sound there is a picture of a key object from a Bible story. There is a Bible story for the teacher to read, a rhyme for the children to learn, e.g. “a” for ant – the wisdom of the ant Proverbs 6;  “b” for boat in the story of Jesus calming the storm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bible Phonics Picture Chart<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bible Phonics stories and rhymes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are not sure about the initial SOUNDS that the alphabet letters make, listen to this audio:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bible Phonics audio mp3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Where is the green sheep?<\/a> This is a book making activity based on the story book by Mem Fox. The child can choose what kind of sheep they want on each page, e.g. Page 1: Here is the green sheep;  Page 2: Here is the red sheep; Page 3: Here is the big sheep; Page 4 Here is the little sheep etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where is the Green Sheep: Examples of children’s work<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gentle Hands Big Book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things we need to a healthy life Big Book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things we need for a healthy life Small Book<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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