Sound Connections Centre

Literacy and Language

Helping children reach their potential!

(403) 347-3050

YOU ARE INVITED

To a session with The Sound Connections Centre
www.soundconnectionscentres.com
When: Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 from 10:00am 11:1 am Where: St. !ar"uerite in the #re. $inder"arten %oom What is Sound Connections? Sound Connections is a series of s&ecia'i(ed &ro"rams desi"ned for chi'dren startin" from ) years of a"e and u&wards whether they ha*e identified 'earnin" needs or not. The &ro"rams encom&ass many as&ects of ear'y chi'dhood de*e'o&ment, 'iteracy ac+uisition, &hono'o"ica' awareness and s&eech and 'an"ua"e stimu'ation. The ,ey conce&t in the Sound Connections #ro"rams is -mu'ti.sensory/ 'earnin", which means that the brain is tau"ht throu"h as many senses and 'earnin" sty'es as &ossib'e. 0nstructors use toys and attracti*e resources that a&&ea' to chi'dren but a'so he'& them to 'earn. The &ro"rams use a fun, ,inaesthetic a&&roach, where chi'dren 'earn by doin" throu"h mu'ti.sensory, brain.friend'y acti*ities. This hour 'on" session wi'' ha*e *arious centres set u& for you and your chi'dren to circu'ate throu"h. 1ach centre wi'' ha*e fun, &'ay based, mu'ti.sensory acti*ities that &ro*ide students with o&&ortunities re+uired for successfu' 'an"ua"e and 'iteracy de*e'o&ment. The centres wi'' inc'ude im&ortant &re.'iteracy acti*ities to bui'd &hono'o"ica' awareness such as: Fun 'istenin" and attention acti*ities 20nteracti*e &oems, fo''owin" directions acti*ities3 Word countin" acti*ities de*e'o&s word awareness4 5wareness that sentences are com&osed of indi*idua' words. Com&ound word acti*ities 5wareness that -cowboy/ is made from two sma''er words, -cow/ and -boy/ Sy''ab'e acti*ities 5wareness of the sy''abic structure of words, -crocodi'e/ is made from the sy''ab'es croc6.o6.di'e. 5'so "reat for s&eech7'an"ua"e de*e'o&ment %hymin" acti*ities 8e*e'o&s &hono'o"ica' awareness 0ntroduction to an indi*idua' 'etter sound or &honeme !arshma''ow !ouse 7m7 . This is the most difficu't 'e*e' of awareness and in*o'*es the ,now'ed"e that words are made from indi*idua' sounds -cat/ is made from c6a6t.

#arents wi'' be "i*en e9tension acti*ities to continue to de*e'o& these im&ortant s,i''s which &re&are chi'dren for readin". Come :oin the fun;