Our Kindergarten children have been working really hard these last six weeks learning their letters and sounds. Now, they’ve moved on to sounding out simple words with word families, such as “at”, “og” and “an”.
Kindergarten was invited to the Year 1’s class to listen to some lovely reading and they enjoyed it a lot. The children in Year 1 are becoming confident readers! Every two weeks, we plan on getting together to listen to each other read. Both Year 1 and Kindergarten children are really excited to add this new element of ‘Reading Buddies’ to their Literacy programme.
A ‘Reading Buddies’ programme can help them develop a love of reading and a greater motivation to read. It allows both younger and older students the opportunity to develop fluency, as well as a sense of pride in their accomplishments. When children read books that they are confident in reading, it improves their reading abilities. As with any skill, reading needs to be practiced on a regular basis, and with this practice children can improve their skills whilst also developing new friendships.