Literacy: Sounding it out
Claire Hewson, teacher, Cambridgeshire
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Encourage children to use their senses to describe the animals and the noises they make in the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and observe how this helps them to develop their phonological awareness and early reading.

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