Read with me

Children are introduced to the alphabet at an early age. As toddlers they are surrounded by visual and verbal cues, such as letter friezes and labels on display around the room. They are introduced to the alphabet phonically at circle time on a daily basis as a foundation to early letter recognition and reading.
 
Once in the preschool room, children focus on one letter a week, through visual recognition, worksheets, daily register and working with the Montessori sandpaper letters. At 9 months we work in conjunction with the Oxford reading Tree Scheme, using familiar characters and beginning with simple non word story building and working up to reading long sentences.
 
We have also recently incorporated the Jolly Phonics scheme, used by schools nationally. All the children work at their individual pace and are given relevant exercises and worksheets to take home and complete.
Montessori materials are utilised in combination with the traditional methods in order to maximise children´s learning potential.
 
The majority of preschoolers have already begun reading before leaving 9 months nursery.