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2. The teaching style of the preschool, do they concentrate solely on developing one set of skills e.g. a child's social skills or academic skills, or do they cater for children on all levels physically emotionally and academically.

3. What are the figures for teacher/child ratio are they within the government's requirements? Do they have teaching assistants to allow the teacher to dedicate their full attention to each child while they are working with them?

4. The schools daily timetable, is it varied allowing constant stimulation for the child?

5. The variety of equipment the school has.

6. The willingness of teachers to converse with parents on their child's development, do they have staff parent meetings? Is it possible to speak with teachers if a problem or concern arises? (Another plus side to having a teaching assistant it allow the teacher more flexibility)

When you have chosen a preschool discuss the form of teaching they will use be sure everybody is working from the same page so as to not confuse the child.

There are many ways to teach your child letters you need to find which method allows your child to develop whilst also remaining enjoyable. Children have stages in their life (2 and a half and 4 years) at which they automatically absorb phonetics. This method of teaching letter sounds is great as it allows children to read instantly any word that is phonetic once they know all the letter sounds in the alphabet (there are a lot of phonetic words). If you use this approach create materials for your child to read like flash cards word strips phonetic books, allow them to read to you this gives them a great sense of achievement.

Phonetics is not a suitable approach for all children though I worked with a boy once who was diagnosed with autism. I spent a long time trying to tech him phonetics but to no avail. Through trial and error and a little help from Thomas the tank engine we came to realize the boy had a strong ability to sight read. The boy could read every engine name ever to have been on Thomas the tank engine and so we built on that foundation and used his passion to tech him other words. Within 1 year he went from being unable to read 1 word to being grades ahead of his age in school. Remember every child is individual.

A nice area to include in the home is a reading area. Decorate this area together and have the whole family become involved in special reading times; this can become a very valuable family time in such a hectic world!

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