Building Skills

                                                                         Skill Building:  

To aid with planning, I intend to use the alphabet to outline my intended topics.  This page is the list of topics relating more to the techniques of teaching children to read, write, speak and listen. It is a work in progress.  Let me know if you have a topic you would like to see covered here.  I appreciate your input!

Intro:  Building Literacy Skills in Small Moments of Time  (April 17, 2021)

           How to build your Vocabulary (April 18, 2021)

A is for adjectives (April 24, 2021)

B is for best practices (April 29/21)

C is for capitals and capitalization (Big Letters and Big Ideas) (May 6/21)

D is for Definitions May 13/21)

E is for Exclamations (in speech and in encouragement)  May 20/21

F is for...High frequency Words, Fluency, Word Families and Fun! (to name a few) May 27/21

G is for Guess work (includes prediction activities) (June 3/21)

H is for Hearing (Can your child hear well?, Importance of hearing correctly to build literacy skills)

I is for Information Finding (June 17/21)

J is for Journaling (June 24/21)

K is for Knowledge (July 1/21)

L is for Letter Recognition  (July 8/21)

M is for Memory Aids (includes Mnemonics)  (July 15/21)

N is for Narrative (story-telling) (July 22/21)

O is for Observations (July 29/21)

P is for Phonics (Aug 5/21)

Q is for Queries (Questions) (Aug 12/21)

R is for Reading (or maybe Rhyme) (Aug19/21)

S is for Synonyms (Aug 26/21)

T is for Themes (Sep2/21)

U is for Understanding (sept 9/21)

V is for visuals (Sep 16/21)

W is for Writing (Oct 7/21)

X is for eXamples (Oct

Y is for Yes/No questions (Oct

Z is for Zones (reading zones or zones of regulation?) (Oct

                                                            ROUND 2!  

This round is geared more to building skills that support the development of the child in a broader sense.  Many of the topics are to develop the adult's knowledge and skills so that they can optimally support their child's growing social, communication and academic skills. 

A is for Activities (Nov 4/21)

B is for Balance (Nov11/21)

C is for Connections/child led (Nov18/21)

D is for Developmental Milestones (Nov27/21)

E is for Engagement

F is for Following Directions

G is for Gestures

H is for Home Learning

I is for Interaction or Independence

J is for Joining In

K is for Kicking and Screaming

L is for Lessons 

M is for Make Believe

N is for Natural Consequences

O is for Opportunities

P is for Productive Roles

Q is for Quick Tips

R is for Regulation

S is for Supports

T is for Transitions

U is Unforgettable (Mar31/22)

V is for Victories

W is for Watching and Waiting

X is for EXceptions

Y is for Yielding (May 3/22) 

Z is for Zeal (May 19/22)

                                                Round 3

This round will be more focussed on building communication skills.

A is for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

B is for Breathing07/22

C is for comprehension and Clarity-07/22

D is for ?developing a story

E is for Executive functioning, engagement, explaining

F is for Functions of Behaviours (foreign languages?)

G is for Grammar

H is for Humour

I is for Interests, interpreting

J is for Jokes

K is for Keeping it Simple

L is for Listening First

M is for Memory, mutism, modelling

N is for Negotiating

O is for Opposition

P is for Perspective Taking, pronunciation

Q is for Question and Answer (broccoli icecream song)

R is for Requesting

S is for Social Skills, school readiness?

T is for Talking

U is for Unraveling a Topic

V is for vocabulary or verbal skills

W is for Wh Questions

X is for eXcellence

Y is for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (speech tense)

Z is for Z/S sounds 

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