How do you introduce letters and sounds to your child? What skills are necessary to ensure a smooth transition to formal reading lessons? In this episode, Julie Ross, creator of A Gentle Feast explains the developmental progression of oral and auditory skills in teaching a child to recognize and explore letters and sounds.

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ABOUT JULIE
Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she’s not busy homeschooling, reading children’s books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap.

RESOURCES MENTIONED
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness: Activities for Your First Grader https://www.readingrockets.org/readin...
What is Phonological Awareness? https://teachphonics.blog/2018/09/20/...
100 Gentle Lessons in Letters and Sounds https://agentlefeast.com/?post_type=p...

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