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Developed by Occupational Therapist, Fiona Lilley and Speech Language Therapist, Sally Barrable, this resource promotes the skills of auditory and visual association. The activities complement Barbara Brann's 'The Magic Caterpillar's Building Blocks for Literacy Framework'.
The activities provide opportunities to develop critical thinking skills, categorisation skills, verbal reasoning and identifying similarities and differences between a selection of items. Supporting young students to verbalise their thinking is also critical to constructing logical thinking and the necessary oral skills that underpin literacy development.
The items can easily be stored in a clear plastic container for ease of use.
Suitable for:
Classroom teachers, education support staff
Families supporting young children with development of early literacy skills
Kindergarten Teachers/ Early Learning Centres
Tutoring groups focussed on developing early literacy skills
Educational Benefits
Categorising skills support development of vocabulary knowledge
Words in our brain are stored in categories and meaning is linked with words stored in the same category
Identifying similarities and differences in objects develops vocabulary
Expressing similarities and differences in a complete oral sentence supports oral language development skills that underpin reading and comprehension