What to teach? When to screen? How to cater for the range in ability?
This course will provide you with the structure and tools to improve the literacy outcomes of your early years students.
Recommended for – staff working within Kindergarten (WA, QLD, SA, TAS) and Pre-school (ACT, NT, NSW, VIC) Course presenter – Diana Rigg BA(Ed), BEd, CPP(UK), MEd, MSc(SpPath) Course length – 4 hours viewing plus quiz Access to course – 90 days Certificate – Awarded upon completion Supporting materials – Referenced material available for download
Course Description
The EARLY YEARS are a period of significant potential learning. It is essential that balanced within an early childhood framework key skills (for later literacy and learning) are developed. The explicit instruction of phonological awareness, alphabet sounds and oral language is imperative. Within this course ‘age-appropriate’ (i.e. fun, engaging but rich and clear) learning experiences will be demonstrated with PLD programs and also with general resources.
How much explicit instruction is required? Three or four three minute explicit instruction sessions each day, in addition to short one-minute progress checks.
PLD supports play, socialisation, inquiry, activities, child-centred approaches and some direct development of key skills that set up young children for success within the education system. Read More.
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The Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual outlines what to teach and when to teach it sequence over a full year for Literacy, Oral Language and Movement & Motor. The manual provides week-by-week guidelines including professional development options and essential PLD evidence-based programs. Keep in mind that it may be appropriate for schools to adapt the […]
The Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual outlines what to teach and when to teach it sequence over a full year for Literacy, Oral Language and
The following Early Years full year assessment schedule and scope and sequence have been extracted from the Early Years Screening & Tracking Manual. Within this download, outlines have been provided as a general term-by-term guide from which schools can adapt their scheduling. While some students will progress faster and some slower, these plans should be […]
The following Early Years full year assessment schedule and scope and sequence have been extracted from the Early Years Screening & Tracking Manual. Within this
The Pre-Literacy Screens have been designed to profile the acquisition of core literacy precursor skills that will impact later reading, spelling and phonic development.
The screen focuses on two main skills: 1. Phonological Awareness: the ability to attend to the phonological structure or sound structure of words. 2. Alphabetic
The document outlines how to implement PLD’s literacy, Movement and Motor and Oral Language resources during the Early Years, Foundation, Year 1 & 2 and across Years 3 to 6. Each page provides suggested time frames and implementation recommendations.
The purpose of this document is to provide an implementation outline to assist schools in scheduling the PLD programs within a broad school-based strategy. When
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Single User, Small group licence (3-5 users), Medium group licence (6-10 users), Large group licence (10+ users)
A program for 4-6 year olds, incorporating Stage 1 phonic concepts.
Introduction to the Program
An A5 flipbook utilising a multi-sensory approach to help early readers master Stage 1 phonic concepts. By engaging visual, auditory, and tactile sense, children build a strong foundation in letter recognition, formation, and sound association.
The Program Includes:
Stage 1 – Target 1 alphabet sounds
Group 1: s, p, n, i, a, t
Group 2: m, r, h, e, d, c
Group 3: f, l, g, o, u b
Group 4: w, j, v, k, z, y, q, x
Stage 1 – Target 2 phonic concepts
‘th’ (voiced) & ‘th’ (voiceless); ‘sh’; ‘ch’; ‘ee’; ‘oo’ (long) & ‘oo’ (short); ‘ck’
Stage 1 – Target 4 phonic concepts
‘ng’; ‘ay’; ‘or’; ‘ar’; ‘ai’; al(l)’; ‘wh’; ‘qu’; ‘qu’
Multi-sensory cues to develop alphabet sound recall and formation
Mnemonic letter sound pictures
Verbal cues to support the correct letter formation of each letter
Mouth cues for the alphabet sound
Picture cues for the alphabet sound
Initial teaching cards with multisensory cues and consolidation teaching cards without cues.
Other Programs within the Range:
Alphabet the Multi Sensory Way – Cursive Font
Pre-literacy Flip Book Bundle
Phonic Sound Wall Charts for Foundation
Letter Formation for Little People – Step 1
Links to the Teaching Sequence Manuals
This product can be used to support the implementation of the:
Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual
Foundation Year Teach Sequence Manual
Year 1 and 2 Teaching Sequence Manual
What to teach? When to screen? How to cater for the range in ability?
This course will provide you with the structure and tools to improve the literacy outcomes of your students who have weak alphabet skills or as a supplementary course for staff within the Early Years.
Recommended for – staff working with students who have weak alphabet skills or as a supplementary course for staff within the Early Years. Course
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