7 Oct , 2023 | Tools
Wordworks early literacy poster This poster by our literacy development partner, Wordworks, provides parents and early childhood development practitioners with key information and practical ideas on early language and literacy learning. Click to open and download....
7 Oct , 2023 | Tools
CAPS allocation for reading South Africa’s national curriculum (CAPS) sets aside time specifically for reading and this should include reading for pleasure. The chart shows CAPS allocations for reading. For example, in Grade 4, CAPS allocates 6 hours per week for Home...
7 Oct , 2023 | Tools
Wordworks, in Cape Town, was established in 2005 to help parents to support early learning in preschool children. Today, Wordworks trains volunteer tutors to work with children on a weekly basis at schools and at local libraries, to help them to read and write;...
7 Oct , 2023 | Tools
By Carole Bloch “In this society which urgently needs to educate citizens to be articulate and literate, there is something simple but profound we can all do – we can tell and read stories to children. Far from being a luxury, the story habit establishes in children...
7 Oct , 2023 | Tools
“I love playing and chatting with children… feeding and putting them to bed with a little story… I like relaxing at the house, reading quietly, taking in the sweet smell that comes from the pots, sitting around a table with the family and taking out my wife and...
7 Oct , 2023 | Tools
This learning brief summarises some of the most important findings of ‘Narrowing the Literacy Gap’, a recently published report coauthored by Dr Shelley O’Carroll and Rebecca Hickman. The report investigated opportunities to strengthen the literacy and language...
