Skills Resources
Wordworks believes that anyone can be a literacy champion. Anywhere! Anytime! All you need are some good ideas. Ideas that work. Wordworks has spent 20 years developing hundreds of fun ideas and creative resources that support early literacy learning at different ages. We are excited to share these with you, online for the first time!
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Resources for children 0 to 3 years old
Did you know babies start learning while still in the womb? What babies experience in pregnancy and the first months of a child’s life are vital for laying the foundations for learning. We all know children need food for their bodies to grow, but research now tells us that children’s brains need nourishment too. Little brains grow when they have a warm responsive relationship with a caregiver. When we smile, talk, sing and make eye contact with our baby, their brains grow! When we respond to babies’ babble and children’s first words and sentences, the brain circuits linked to talking are built and strengthened.
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Resources for children 4 to 6 years old
In the two years before Grade 1, there is a golden opportunity for you to engage children to build their early language and literacy foundations. The literacy wheel below reminds us of all the skills that can be taught before formal reading and writing lessons begin. Through fun and engaging activities, through informal play and talk, you can prepare your child to be a confident and happy school learner.
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Resources for children 7 to 9 years old
We all want our children to leave the Foundation Phase as confident readers and writers. At this age, it is vital to give special support to learners who are not able to make the leap to literacy. And it is important for all learners to have a varied and rich literacy experience so that they read and write with meaning and become life long learners.
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More literacy resources coming soon.
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