What is Phonological Awareness?

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What is phonological awareness?

Developing phonological awareness skills are a prerequisite to developing good reading skills. Having good phonological awareness skills means that a child is able to manipulate or work with individual sounds and words. For example, a speech therapist might ask child to break the word "ship" into individual sounds: "sh-i-p". This skill is referred to as the segmentation of sounds. Listed below are a few more

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Hopscotch for Letters and Sounds

Hopscotch for Letters and Spelling

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Hopscotch for Letters and Spelling

This fun twist on a classic game is a great way to incorporate gross motor skills and phonological awareness. By writing out the letters or phonemes and hopping to them, your child can enjoy practicing letters and letter sounds while working on balance and coordination. Here are two variations

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Way To Go Charlie!

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Way To Go Charlie!

Charlie has been working hard in speech therapy, as well as completing her Hear Builders program at home, in order to improve her phonological awareness skills. Phonological awareness includes tasks such as

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spider web activity

Gross Motor Spider Web Activities

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Gross Motor Spider Web Activities For Halloween!

Let us help you get into the Halloween spirit with a few gross motor activities using a larger than life spider web. With this easy to make indoor or outdoor spider web, you and your children are sure to have a ghostly good time. The spider web gross motor activities listed below are simple, spooky and not at all frightening. These activities promote balance and problem solving, and can be adapted for various levels.

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Understanding Gross Motor Skills

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Understanding Gross Motor Skills

A boy standing in front of a chalkboard, thinking of an answer.What are gross motor skills?

Gross motor skills refer to everyday physical activities that require the use of the large muscles in the arms, legs, and torso. These activities include standing and walking, running and jumping,
sitting upright at a table or desk, participating in hand-eye coordination skills such as ball skills (throwing, catching, kicking), and other skills such as riding a bike and swimming.

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Free Community Yoga

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Yoga Classes At TheraPLACE To Benefit Best Buddies

TheraPLACE is happy to announce we are hosting donation-based yoga classes on Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM during the month of October. Everyone is invited to attend these all-level yoga classes. Beginners are welcomed and encouraged!

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Way To Go Paige!

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Way to Go Paige!

TheraPLACE would like to recognize Paige for her excellent progress towards improving her overall strength, especially lower body and core, balance, and coordination. All of these greatly improved skills will carry 

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