Posts Tagged ‘#EarlyChildhoodEducation’
The Sunrise Readers – also ideal for Homeschoolers!
Parents and educators – these popular reading books are available in South Africa for the first time ever – at affordable prices! The Sunrise Readers are a reading scheme consisting of a delightful series of carefully structured reading books, to be used in the first years of a child’s education. The vocabulary accumulates gradually and…
Read MoreThe importance of reading to children
Parents often leave the teaching of reading to teachers! Parents have a vital role to play. My own story as a reader who became an author: As a teacher and as a parent, I will always be grateful to my grandfather. I can’t remember when he started reading to me, but one of my earliest…
Read MoreSunrise Readers Book Two – Work and Play – Word Games
When all of the sight words for Sunrise Readers Book 2 Work and Play have been introduced to the learners, these games give enjoyment while practising and reinforcing the words. Some of the games suggested below can be played once the learners have been introduced to 4 – 6 words, using those words only. These…
Read MoreA teacher talks about the Sunrise Readers
Dilys Green is a practical expert in the field of teaching reading. Over the past thirty years, she has successfully launched hundreds of young learners into the exciting universe of reading competency. In this video, she talks about the Sunrise Readers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcJhi1WJ6f0 Click on the link above to hear what Dilys has to say about…
Read MoreWhat makes the Sunrise Readers special?
They are story books! Each book contains short stories –age-appropriate, and easy for teachers and parents to use. Unlike many solely phonics-based readers –our stories have meaning and are values based. They are inclusive of all backgrounds. They also include children with disabilities and some without nuclear families. The books encourage empathy, understanding, acceptance and…
Read MoreVivian Jenkins & Chrissie Lewis – Authors of the Sunrise Readers
Since the first writing of these successful reading books, Vivian Jenkins and Christine Lewis have accumulated over 25 years of educational research and teaching experience each. They have brought a great deal of experience and cutting-edge expertise to the careful revisions that have been made to these books. They have continued to work in Education…
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