Benefits of Our Programme: Letter-Sound Recognition


 

Benefits of Our Programme: Letter-Sound Recognition 


At The Caribbean Academy for Reading Intervention and Development, we offer an Individual Reading Assistance Program that assists struggling readers to build skills in: 

  • Sight words and high-frequency words 

  • Sounds recognition 

  • Reading comprehension 

  • Letter and word recognition 

  • Phonics and phonemic awareness 


In our last blog post we reviewed the importance of sight words and high-frequency words in reading. This important component of reading is a major part of our Individual Reading Assistance Programme. However, our programme also includes letter-sound recognition. So, what is letter-sound recognition and why is it important? 


Importance of Letter-Sound Recognition 


Simply, letter recognition refers to the ability to identify individual letters. Because it serves as the foundation for learning to read and write, the ability to recognize letters is one that kids should work on developing. Children who can recognize letters can begin to associate those letters with the sounds they make, which is crucial for reading and spelling. Children need to understand how the sounds in words function before they can learn to read print. They must comprehend that phonemes, or discrete speech sounds, are the building blocks of words. Since students can use letter-sound patterns to say the word, even if it is unfamiliar to them, letter-sound knowledge, also known as "graphemic knowledge," aids students in decoding written language and teaches them how to learn new words. These difficulties are telltale signs of the struggling reader.



Our Reading Assistance Programme is designed to teach the foundational skills of reading to children with significant academic challenges, empowering them to achieve grade-level proficiency. Our dedicated tutors help struggling readers understand the basic mechanics of reading and help them develop critical reading skills that will help them develop a lifelong love of reading. 


Target Audience: Struggling readers between the ages of 5 years to 10 years. 


Persons interested in our Individual Reading Assistance Programme can contact us at 1-868-474-9819. 



Chrystal Murray has a passion for imparting knowledge and adding value to the lives of others.

She has been an educator for over 14 years. She holds a B.A. Degree in History and Education from the University of the West Indies (UWI). She also possesses several professional certificates in Understanding Dyslexia, Successful Educational Strategies for Children with Special Needs, and Supporting Multiple Abilities through Differentiation just to name a few. She is also certified in Counselling Youth and Children and Parenting the Adolescent. Chrystal is the Founder and Principal of two academic institutions, the Caribbean Ivy League Academy and the Caribbean Academy for Reading Intervention and Development. She founded the Caribbean Academy for Reading Intervention and Development where she works assiduously with children who have reading challenges. She also uses this platform to motivate, inspire and help build confidence in the children who are in her care.






Chrystal Murray 

Reading Interventionist 

1-868-474-9819


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