Letterland
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hi buds!
i read that edufarm is using letterland for phonics. as i read from this thread that letterland is good, another qns is whether edufarm teach it well? cuz the wkend class is only next blok and its cheap! save a lot cuz i initially wanted to enrol my 3yr in ICR. ur feedback is appreciated
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Hi buds,
I am currently playing e mystery bag game to reinforce on recognition of letter shapes n name. My dd enjoy e game v much! Thank you so much!
Just now, i went to Page One at vivocity and found some letterland products. I was so excited! I bought a alphabet song cd, handwriting song cd & alphabet frieze. Wanted to buy ABC board book but they do not carry it.
As i had mention above, now im reinforcing on letternames and shapes, can i let her hear e alphabet song cd? I tink its for learning e letter sounds rite? As for alpahbet frieze, its like poster kind which can be paste on wall, but i dun like e idea of pasting on e wall. So shd i show her 1 alphabet at a time or can i continue to show her a few at a time? Basically do you hav any ideas of how shd i go abt with it?
For those who are interested in buying letterland product at Page One, They are next to the shelf of ladybird books, right at e bottom. -
ADave:
Dearest ADave, i have not had a chance to explore this edufarm place,hi buds!
i read that edufarm is using letterland for phonics. as i read from this thread that letterland is good, another qns is whether edufarm teach it well? cuz the wkend class is only next blok and its cheap! save a lot cuz i initially wanted to enrol my 3yr in ICR. ur feedback is appreciated
hence i can't really comment constructively. Letterland in itself is a great
phonics method/pgrm... and as with many other methodologies, it is in the
hands of the facilitator that really counts. I would request the centre allow
me at least one sitting (observation) of the teacher that my child would be
assigned to, so that i can gauge her competency level in knowledge of the
method, her delivery, her speech... & definitely not forgetting her patience
and passion.
Sorry i couldn't be of much help with this. :oops: -
spring:
Hi buds,
Hiya spring! Hope you and your family have recovered from that awful
bug that's been dampening some new year spirit. Glad to see you back!spring:
Happy it worked out for ya!I am currently playing e mystery bag game to reinforce on recognition of letter shapes n name. My dd enjoy e game v much! Thank you so much!
spring:
Now, you're making me excited too! :lol:Just now, i went to Page One at vivocity and found some letterland products. I was so excited!
spring:
Wow, your collecting fetish has begun. Pockets, beware!I bought a alphabet song cd, handwriting song cd & alphabet frieze. Wanted to buy ABC board book but they do not carry it.
Those are good buys, spring. My ABC book of all places i
managed to get it from Popular. I was soooo surprised 2
see it in Popular. If you're really keen, they do sell it on
ebay and you might just get them directly from Francis.
Or you may wish to consider finding out if you can just
ask any Tumble Tots operator for their kind assistance
to get one for you, since they offer Letterland phonics
in all their centres. I got mine over 35 bucks.spring:
This is totally subjective. It depends on how you wish forAs i had mention above, now im reinforcing on letternames and shapes, can i let her hear e alphabet song cd?
your child to learn. Letterland does do both letter names
and sounds simultaneously. And with dedication to its
method, it can work.
If you think she won't be too
overly confused between letter names and letter sounds
you may go right ahead. Using this method, she should
be able to distinguish both simultaneously and be able
to effectively tell the difference. Character recognition
via the songs will also help to enforce the learning of
letters and sounds. The characters makes it fun to
learn.spring:
Yes it should be.I tink its for learning e letter sounds rite?
I dun think they have any CDs teaching just letter names songs.spring:
Hehee.. i used to decorate my DD1's room with the wall frieze. It madeAs for alpahbet frieze, its like poster kind which can be paste on wall, but i dun like e idea of pasting on e wall.
the room look colourful and she would point to them as we sing along
to the CDs. I will work the flashcards with her as well during revisions
at home. *My DD1 attended Tumble Tots for a while...*spring:
For young children of 2 yrs, preferably one at a time. But if you think sheSo shd i show her 1 alphabet at a time or can i continue to show her a few at a time?
can handle it, a few is fine too. Since you are teaching your own child, the
progress you undertake is subjective to the time you can afford to spend
with her daily and also her interest.spring:
Letterland is all about the characters. Plus a lot on the stories and songsBasically do you hav any ideas of how shd i go abt with it?
as well. The idea is to help children recognize the characters which hides
their letter shapes. Each character makes their own sound. Geez, i am
so behind in updating you about the method. I've got to upload the pics
soon so you can have a feel of how to start. Very sorry lah, my DD2 first
week in P1 so a lil abuzz with excitement. But i have less time to log in
as both my girls are in different sessions. Meaning one goes, one is home.
I promise i will try my best to put them up soonest. Many apologies for the
delay.spring:
I'm extremely positive that your sharing will benefit many others who areFor those who are interested in buying letterland product at Page One, They are next to the shelf of ladybird books, right at e bottom.
keen on Letterland products. Thanks for this juicy information! :celebrate:
How much did you spend in all? :evil: -
buds:
Yes... I recall the wall frieze..Hehee.. i used to decorate my DD1's room with the wall frieze. It made the room look colourful and she would point to them as we sing along
to the CDs. I will work the flashcards with her as well during revisions
at home. *My DD1 attended Tumble Tots for a while...*
The kids room was like a mini kindergarten and both DDs had their own private teacher..
They had so much fun learning and that's how it should be..
They are really lucky to have buds as their mummy.. :oops:
and Im lucky to have buds as my DW too... :love:
Plus I saved a \"BOMB\" :!: on enrichment classes..!! :moneyflies: -
buds hubs:
Plus I saved a \"BOMB\" :!: on enrichment classes..!! :moneyflies:
You bet! :lol: -
buds:
Thanks for asking! Yupz... we had fighted e awful bug n had recovered.
Hiya spring! Hope you and your family have recovered from that awful
bug that's been dampening some new year spirit. Glad to see you back! buds:
I had searched for e ABC book at sengkang popular b4, they dun hav it. They only hav some letterland activity book. I had contact Francis b4, but for meetup for collection of item is only at toa payoh on sat, quite inflexible, and his charges for registered mail is v expensive, dunno why. :? Yup... tink i will try askin e teacher at tumble tots to oder e book for me, my dd is attending their weekly classes now.Wow, your collecting fetish has begun. Pockets, beware!
Those are good buys, spring. My ABC book of all places i
managed to get it from Popular. I was soooo surprised 2
see it in Popular. If you're really keen, they do sell it on
ebay and you might just get them directly from Francis.
Or you may wish to consider finding out if you can just
ask any Tumble Tots operator for their kind assistance
to get one for you, since they offer Letterland phonics
in all their centres. I got mine over 35 bucks.buds:
Ya.... yest i already let my dd listen to e alphabet song cd.This is totally subjective. It depends on how you wish for
your child to learn. Letterland does do both letter names
and sounds simultaneously. And with dedication to its
method, it can work. If you think she won't be too
overly confused between letter names and letter sounds
you may go right ahead. Using this method, she should
be able to distinguish both simultaneously and be able
to effectively tell the difference. Character recognition
via the songs will also help to enforce the learning of
letters and sounds. The characters makes it fun to
learn.
Just now while im bathing her, she say 'annie apple'. Den i try to test her n ask \"so annie apple belong to which letters?\" She replied \"a\" so i continue to test her n she can tell me accurately until letter \"g\" which is golden girl. I was quite surprised she can name me a few of e characters correctly bcos i tot she isnt really paying attention to e songs.buds:
I cant seems to find a large wall space to paste e frieze underneath each other in e bedroom. So can paste them separately anot huh? e.g a-l on this wall, m-z on another wall? For e flashcards rite, i had asked e teacher at tumble tots, she told me tat e first reading flashcard wld b more suitable for older children(shd b 3yrs plus n above), as she say its not big enuff for younger kids to catch their attention. The flashcards tat they r using to teach my dd's age group is bigger which she said its produced by tumble tots. How long had your dd1 been in tumble tots? Is she attending e weekly or daily class?Hehee.. i used to decorate my DD1's room with the wall frieze. It made the room look colourful and she would point to them as we sing along to the CDs. I will work the flashcards with her as well during revisions at home. *My DD1 attended Tumble Tots for a while...*
buds:
For e mystery bag game, she really enjoys it alot n always laughing when we r playing, in fact i enjoyed playing myself also. :lol:For young children of 2 yrs, preferably one at a time. But if you think she can handle it, a few is fine too. Since you are teaching your own child, the progress you undertake is subjective to the time you can afford to spend with her daily and also her interest.
So im tinking if i can use this game to introduce 2 alphabets in 1 day n continue for a week? Other den this game, she also likes to play with alphabet puzzles, n i also make her trace some alphabets.buds:
I have guess so... know tat both ur gals r schooling already n school had just reopen, parents must be busy preparing them for school.Geez, i am so behind in updating you about the method. I've got to upload the pics soon so you can have a feel of how to start. Very sorry lah, my DD2 first week in P1 so a lil abuzz with excitement. But i have less time to log in as both my girls are in different sessions. Meaning one goes, one is home. I promise i will try my best to put them up soonest. Many apologies for the delay.
Take ur time...dun worry... in fact u had already taught me alot. :celebrate:
Abit sidetrack... sometimes im wondering how mummies like you can cope with so many things esp when kids r schooling plus loads of housework? I cant imagine tat cos now my dd is stil young n currently i only hav 1 kid. Can giv some tips how u organise ur time? -
buds hubs:
They are really lucky to have buds as their mummy.. :oops:
and Im lucky to have buds as my DW too... :love:
Plus I saved a \"BOMB\" :!: on enrichment classes..!! :moneyflies:
Hi buds hubs,
Im sure u r a lucky guy to hav buds as ur wife.....
Definitely a \"xian qi liang mu\" -
Introducing Letterland Phonics
Some children would have learnt traditional alphabet names.
While showing children the plain sides of the Letterland flash
cards/code cards for Annie Apple, Bouncy Ben... (etc) ... you
can explain how you will be talking about these letters like
this.
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\"We may be used to calling these letters by the names aayy,
bee and cee... which are called letter names.\"
Then, show children the picture sides of the same cards.
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\"In Letterland, the Letterland people and animals you see on
these cards don't call each other by their letter names. They
call each other by their Letterland names instead like.....
Clever Cat, Dippy Duck, (etc)..\"
The reason for stressing the Letterland character names at
this early stage of Letterland Phonics introduction is to ensure
that the correct sound will be on the child's lips the moment he
or she starts to say any Letterland character's name.
You may come up with your own presentation of the letters as
the scheme progresses. Also use your own judgment to decide
how many of the stages to go through for each letter, depending
on the interest of your children. The story telling style of teaching
Letterland will strengthen communication between you and your
children.
Introducing Clever Cat
Introduce Clever Cat by first showing the children the pictogram
side of the card.
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\"Children, let me share with you something about this letter....
She is called Clever Cat and she lives in Letterland. Most of the
time, you cannot see all of Clever Cat's face in her letter because
she likes to keep it a secret that she's actually there. Luckily on this
card, you can see her face... on one side.\"
Next, show the plain letter side of the pictogram and back again.
If you have the wall frieze, you may ask the children to stand up
and touch Clever Cat.
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Clever Cat Activity
\"Now, it's your turn to draw your very own picture of Clever Cat's
face, just like this one. Add her ears and her eyes and don't forget
her whiskers too so that yours will look like the Clever Cat on this
card.\"
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Pass around plain c-shapes for the children to picture code with
their colouring materials like crayon or magic pens. For children
who are not independent writers, you may get them to trace on
pencil marks that you have made on their papers too.
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Engage children in talk about Clever Cat, her nose, her ears, (etc).
They can also share about their own pet cat or any pets in general.
Clever Cat's Letter Shape
Lead up to writing the letter 'c'.
\"Did you know that some animals love it, when you stroke them?
Clever Cat likes you to stroke her too but as long as you do it very
smoothly and carefully.\"
If you own the handwriting song... go to the track to play Clever
Cat's tune... which would go like this...
\"Curve round Clever Cat's face to begin...\"
\"Then, gently tickle her under her chin...\"
Slowly trace the pictogram side of Clever Cat and then repeat the
verse (with or without the music playing).. Singing repetition is like
chanting, which makes learning fun and easy to remember.
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Then, stroke the plain side of the card too.
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Repeat the song again if you wish to, or if you see that the children like it.
You may practice good visual memory training exercise by tracing
the letter in the air with full arm movement while the track verse
is repeated.
Clever Cat's Craft Activity : Puppet / Face Mask
Materials
1. Drawing block
2. Crayons
3. Scissors
4. Pencil
5. Marker
6. Rubber bands / Chopsticks
7. Old newspapers for colouring base
8. Paper plate (optional)
>Get a paper plate to begin. I have run out of paper
plates, so here i am using a plastic plate that i have.
Cut out the interior base of the plate with pen knife
or scissors. The hole is for the child to place his/her
face.
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>Using a pencil, draw the outline for Clever Cat's face.
Include her ears and the sides of her furry face. When
you finish, darken the lines with marker and invite the
children to colour.
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>With the spare scrap drawing paper, draw the outline
of a hollow letter 'c'. Colour inside the letter. If they are
old enough to work independently with scissors, then
provide child sized scissors for them to cut out the
outline of the letter 'c' that they have finished
colouring.
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>Stick the chopstick below the finished Clever Cat's face
for easy handling... like a puppet. And if you like, the
paper plate or drawing of Clever Cat's face can also be
used/donned like a mask with two rubber bands at the
side to place behind the ears.
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>Place your face over the mask/puppet and pretend to
be Clever Cat. Ask the children to pick up the letter 'c'
to put on Clever Cat's face to tell them that it is the
letter shape for Clever Cat.
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Clever Cat's Sound
Ask the children to make sounds of a cat ie. mewing or
purring... then explain to them...
\"Clever Cat is not like other cats. She makes a different
yet special sound instead. She does not even say it loudly.
She whispers it.... like this... /c/... /c/... /c/... Can you try to
whisper Clever Cat's sound?\"
If you have purchased the Alphabet Songs CD, you may
play the Clever Cat track to help children pronounce her
letter sound correctly. The song would go like this...
\"Clever Cat says /c/ in words...\"
\"/c/ in words, /c/ in words...\"
\"Clever Cat says /c/ in words...\"
\"And cuddles close to me..\"
\"She also makes another sound..\"
\"Another sound, another sound...\"
\"She also makes another sound..\"
\"Just you wait and see..\"
Cup your hand around your mouth to know if you're
saying it correctly... you should feel that warm breath
on your hand when saying the sound... do not add /uh/
to the /c/ sound which makes it \"cuh\". Just a short, curt
whisper... /c/.
Extension Activity
This game idea is from DD1. It's a matching game to play
with your children. Easy to prepare & can use scrap paper.
She use scrap drawing block to roll up into thin sticks for
the holder and she cut out three letter 'c' shapes and 2
other different consonants ) ... coloured them ... pasted
the thin sticks and voila! Ready for game time!
Show children the pictogram and ask them to pick out
Clever Cat's letter shape. It can just be coloured hollow
letters shapes for the children to pick up with their fingers
or add a stick to make them stick letters so that the child
can hold it up for you like a puppet on a stick.
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spring:
Thanks for asking! Yupz... we had fighted e awful bug n had recovered.
Happy to know that you're all fine now. :celebrate:spring:
Good lah then, surely can order thru the centre.I had searched for e ABC book at sengkang popular b4, they dun hav it. They only hav some letterland activity book. I had contact Francis b4, but for meetup for collection of item is only at toa payoh on sat, quite inflexible, and his charges for registered mail is v expensive, dunno why. :? Yup... tink i will try askin e teacher at tumble tots to oder e book for me, my dd is attending their weekly classes now.
spring:
Children ARE always listening... even if they're not really watching.Ya.... yest i already let my dd listen to e alphabet song cd.
Just now while im bathing her, she say 'annie apple'. Den i try to test her n ask \"so annie apple belong to which letters?\" She replied \"a\" so i continue to test her n she can tell me accurately until letter \"g\" which is golden girl. I was quite surprised she can name me a few of e characters correctly bcos i tot she isnt really paying attention to e songs.
Did you mention before that your DD was like only 2yrs old?
If yes, then she's goooood.spring:
Or you can also paste in two rows.I cant seems to find a large wall space to paste e frieze underneath each other in e bedroom. So can paste them separately anot huh? e.g a-l on this wall, m-z on another wall?
spring:
It's ok. You're only teaching one child. Your own child. So to save cost, theFor e flashcards rite, i had asked e teacher at tumble tots, she told me tat e first reading flashcard wld b more suitable for older children(shd b 3yrs plus n above), as she say its not big enuff for younger kids to catch their attention. The flashcards tat they r using to teach my dd's age group is bigger which she said its produced by tumble tots.
first reading flashcard should suffice. Anyway, your DD will turn 3yrs in no
time at all. If you get a product suitable for 2-yr old now, you would only
use it a year... or maybe less. Especially since your DD seems to progress
well. Being in Tumble Tots also help since they do Letterland Phonics in the
centre too. Yes, for bigger groups gotta cater differently.spring:
Mebbe a year or slightly more than a year.How long had your dd1 been in tumble tots?
She very kun-niang... very xiao-jie... so i thought boot camp with Tumble
Tots would toughen her up a bit and make her more of an all rounder. She
is great with fine motor skills at a very young age. I suppose the early intro
to Montessori's soft skills played a big part with that and she has very gd
attention span. She can be oblivious to everything else, like people talking
in the background, or someone watching tv and stuff like that..... but she
wud just place all her attention on me when i'm teaching her.
But her gross motor, tsk.. tsk.. cannot make it.
Those cannot hop on one leg kind. Scared to climb... (etc)spring:
She first attended weekly, then upgrade to twice a week... followedIs she attending e weekly or daily class?
by 3 times a week... then when she finally asked the magic question
we knew she was ready. What question, you may ask? Well, on the
days she didn't need to go to school ie. Tues and Thurs, she'd ask...
\"Mummy, how come i don't need to go to school today?\"
So, since she started showing she was keen and looking forward to
go to school daily, we moved her up for daily lessons at the centre.spring:
Yes, it is a fun game. And an evergreen game.. can be used for MotherFor e mystery bag game, she really enjoys it alot n always laughing when we r playing, in fact i enjoyed playing myself also. :lol:
Tongue introduction and even for early Math concepts.spring:
You definitely can, spring! At the rate your DD is learning, let's move up toSo im tinking if i can use this game to introduce 2 alphabets in 1 day n continue for a week?
her pace. In Montessori we believe in teaching children the right concepts
at the right time. Cos it's when they're most interested to learn about a
certain subject, it's the best time for them to learn and they will pick up a
lot in that span of time. It's termed as the Sensitive Periods. During this
period, sometimes it takes the children almost the least effort to learn as
that is the period when they absorb that topic/area best. So, i'm thinking
your DDs sensitive period is NOW! So... jia-you mummy spring! :celebrate:spring:
Fantastic!Other den this game, she also likes to play with alphabet puzzles, n i also make her trace some alphabets.
You're on the right track, sweetie!spring:
Yes, i am feeling more occupied with them in different sessions. But lookingI have guess so... know tat both ur gals r schooling already n school had just reopen, parents must be busy preparing them for school.
Take ur time...dun worry... in fact u had already taught me alot. :celebrate:
at this situation in a more positive light, i get to spend one on one quality
time with each of them. DD2 during the day... and DD1 in the afternoon,
after she gets home from school. It just looks like there won't be much ME
time this year for me.spring:
I'm very very easy on the housework. Hubs oso doesn't mind the own timeAbit sidetrack... sometimes im wondering how mummies like you can cope with so many things esp when kids r schooling plus loads of housework? I cant imagine tat cos now my dd is stil young n currently i only hav 1 kid. Can giv some tips how u organise ur time?
own target kinda housework routine. Plus, he's such a doll. :hugs: He
usually helps me quite a lot around the house. The bulk of the job would
be the never-ending clothings.... :roll: ..... and definitely time to
teach/coach the kiddies with school work & some of my own set of revision.
Seems like late nights are the only quiet time of the day for this year and
the next. That oso if hubs doesn't make noise with me sleeping late KSPing.
I made it my first priority today; to put up the brief guide on introducing
Letterland for you in my post above. Hope it provides clearer picture for
you on how to work with your DD in the days to come with the early
stages in the scheme. Paiseh, took so long to update you on that. Well,
more work for you to do now, spring! Jia-you!
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