Child, pointing at a book: “What’s that word?”
Parent: “That says ‘cat.’”
Child: “How do you know?”
Parent: “I learned to read when I was little, just like you are now!”
Child: “But how do I learn?”
When we think about reading, it’s easy to focus on the simple ability to recognise words or recall a familiar story from memory. However, reading is a complex skill that involves much more than these basic steps. For parents, understanding the full range of skills involved can make all the difference in supporting a child’s development as a confident, capable reader.
We’ve all heard about the importance of phonics. Why is it so important? It’s because the relationship between sounds and letters essentially helps kids recognise patterns in words and decode them with ease.
This gives them the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in words. Without this foundational skill, children can struggle to decode new words and understand their meanings.
Another critical skill is fluency, the ability to read smoothly and with expression. It’s about reading with appropriate speed, accuracy, and tone, so children can focus on comprehension rather than on decoding each word individually.
Comprehension is the most complex part of reading. It involves understanding not just the meaning of words but also how they fit into the context of a sentence or story. Building vocabulary and background knowledge helps children grasp both individual word meanings and their role in the bigger picture.
The Jigsaw Phonics with Alice programme is uniquely designed to support each of these key skills. By offering a structured, progressive and a dyslexia-friendly approach to English literacy skills, it helps children master phonics, blending, segmenting and reading from a phonics and reading specialist.
Through her structured online phonics tutoring programme, face-to-face workshops throughout the year, parent workshops, and resources to use at home, learning is both fun and effective.
Classes are held between 2 to 4 children of the same ability, with Ms Alice, who is a British-trained early years educator from the United Kingdom with 16 years experience as a primary school teacher, 10 of which were spent teaching at an international school in Kuala Lumpur. Ms Alice tailors the curriculum to keep up with your child’s growth and development, ensuring it’s always in sync with their needs. With her personalised approach, your child gets custom-fit lessons that can help to fuel their reading journey and set them up for success.
Give your child aged 5 to 10 a head start in reading with a fun two-lesson phonics trial! Sign them up at Jigsaw Phonics with Alice for two 30-minute online lessons (priced at RM220), including a phonics and reading assessment with detailed feedback given after the two assessments- plus, you can also get a sneak peek into the programme’s awesome structure.
WhatsApp here to chat with Ms Alice about your child’s progress and how you can book your slot.
This is a sponsored post by Jigsaw Phonics with Alice. Online phonics tutoring is a virtual learning method where children receive phonics instruction and support from a qualified tutor using an online platform. It allows students to learn and practice phonics skills remotely, providing flexibility and personalised attention in a convenient online setting. Follow Jigsaw Phonics with Alice on Instagram.
