A large body of research indicates that children's letter knowledge is crucial for the development of reading skills. Letter knowledge is a strong predictor of children's progress in reading. Knowing the names and sounds ...

Although Learning Stories are widely used in New Zealand early childhood settings, there are doubts about the effectiveness of this assessment technique. A different approach to assessing young children, known as Learning ...

Literacy teaching in New Zealand generally follows a whole language approach that emphasizes the teaching of letter-sound knowledge within the context of meaningful text related activities. This article discusses how a New ...