by Melissa van Hal | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog, Education & Ideas
Reading – Part Two: Oral Awareness, Book Awareness, Print Awareness, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Oral AwarenessThe foundation of oral awareness starts from pregnancy. The introduction of different sounds and subsequently learning to combine those sounds into...
by Melissa van Hal | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog, Education & Ideas
Reading – Part Two: Oral Awareness, Book Awareness, Print Awareness, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Oral AwarenessThe foundation of oral awareness starts from pregnancy. The introduction of different sounds and subsequently learning to combine those sounds into...
by Melissa van Hal | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Education & Ideas
An introduction to readingReading without a doubt plays a central role in our education, communication and development. Poor reading skills can set a child back detrimentally in school. Although this blog post is based on foundational reading the principles can be...
by Melissa van Hal | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog, Education & Ideas, Tips & Guidlines
Listening is an invaluable skill that forms part of your child’s social, emotional and life skills. This allows them to have a holistic and healthy development in their early years.Here are a few questions about listening and your child:Does your child hear or...
by Melissa van Hal | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, Education & Ideas
Deciding what to follow on from the first blog was tough but, recently, the needs of gifted children are finally starting to be recognized in society. It is the perfect place to further the argument that ‘removing the barrier does not work’:The obsession with removing...
by Melissa van Hal | Sep 26, 2017 | Blog, Education & Ideas
After careful consideration, I decided on this topic as the ideal way to restart my blog.It starts with ensuring that all students are ‘equal’, you must remove the barrier (the social, behavioural or learning ‘problem’), instead of allowing children to face it. I...
