I felt it was a good idea to just put down on the page where we are currently up to in our play-based space with literacy development. I feel like I have learned so much in the last two years, but particularly in the last year regarding literacy acquisition. If you have followed my blog you will know that we have been on a journey with reading. Embracing decodable books and individual reading a few years ago now. The use of decodable books came about after a search for books that would cater for year 4 boys and their 'lower levels' but also inspire them to read. To do that we discovered project x code by Oxford and we have not looked back! Project X made a real difference! You can find them and the superhero series along with Alien adventures through: Edify Ltd www.edify.co.nz Fiona van der Hor - fionav@edify.co.nz We use the Superhero series and the Alien adventures in our class along with the Little Learners from Liz Kane Literacy. Decoda...
I am passionate about play and structured explicit learning, finding the best of both worlds.