Some children at an early stage are taught the difference between letter sounds and letter names . How ever upon entering grade 1 in school the focus shifts to writing and reading becomes only a partial concern . The challenge with this shift of focus is that even though children are taught the sounds individually , they are not taught how to connect sounds to form words and develop comprehension skills . Resulting in many trying to by-heart short words .

Thinking along these lines are not practical as the English language has over 170,000 words – many having a complicated mix of sounds and silent letters . Unless children are taught to decipher such patterns at an early stage; their understanding , reading and speaking ability is significantly affected .

Just think about it for a second …. If you were to read the word “ bag” using letters it would sound something like this බි- ඒ- ජි . As you say the letter names out loud , can you hear the word you are trying to say ? No , this would be impossible .

How ever ,if you say the correct sounds attributed to those letters , then it becomes easy to connect and decipher the word . for e.g. බ-ඇ-ග්. In English we call this phonetics . The 26 letters in the alphabet have close to 44 different sounds and it is crucial that your child be taught to understand all of them .

Now some schools , do teach children letter sounds . Unfortunately what is taught is inadequate , or the sounds are limited to only consonant and short vowel letters. Long vowels sounds , digraphs , blends etc. are not discussed and this affects the child’s ability to read longer words .

Our unique program is designed to help beginner learners as well as those who are older in age to master the simple techniques which help make reading fun . Learning to read is a core life skill that not only develops your language , but also improves your critical and creative thinking ability . READY is a personalized reading initiative ; where every students learning style is factored in and a personalized lesson plan is developed based on their learning ability .

To get started, we first conduct a pre-assessment to identify the specific learning gaps in reading . These gaps are then monitored on a quarterly basis by way of a progress review . Helping you and your child understand how much of an improvement is taking place along the way.

Contact us onto find out more information about our unique Language Development Programs and help your child become READY .

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