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 * Click on the apple below for reading activities ||  || Click on the numbers below for number activities ||
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2011-06-06_at_1.20.07_PM.png width="168" height="150" align="center" link="Literacy"]] ||  || [[image:pirongia1/title.JPG width="376" height="114" align="center" link="Numeracy"]] ||


 * [[image:Goldilocks_Song.PNG width="281" height="157" caption="Goldilocks Song" link="http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/when-goldilocks-went-the-house-the-bears"]] ||  || [[image:Touch_the_stars.PNG width="198" height="225" link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIaUoKRE4vc"]] ||
 * [[image:fish_alive.PNG width="279" height="136" caption="1  2   3   4   5" link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKFGBdtuW7s&feature=related"]] ||   || [[image:goldilocks.PNG width="230" height="187" caption="Goldilocks and the three bears story" link="http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears"]] ||
 * [[image:tofatufa.PNG width="285" height="221" link="pirongia1/songs"]] || [[image:starfall-com-spring.gif width="235" height="111" link="@http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f"]] || [[image:wildself.PNG width="215" height="166" caption="Build your Wild Self" link="http://www.buildyourwildself.com/"]] ||

Children say the letter **sounds** as they flick through. We teach short vowel sounds before long so "a" as in a for apple, u as in umbrella, etc. Digraphs are sh, ch, ph, etc. They are two letters that make a new sound. ||
 * [[file:Sound Rumble.ppt]] Note For Parents: Sound Rumble operates the same as Word Rumble below.
 * [[file:Sound Rumble.ppt]] Note For Parents: Sound Rumble operates the same as Word Rumble below.

Click on the link then click "Slideshow" then "from beginning". ||
 * [[file:Crocs and Dinos Word Rumble.ppt]] ||
 * **Note For Parents:** Word Rumble is a Microsopft Power Point Programme that helps children to read the high frequency words quickly. It contains 50 words (croc and dinos). The word "going" is the last croc word, so for those new children it can be stopped there. For those children who are more advanced with their writing, the power point can be slowed down in the "animations" tool bar and children can write each word on a whiteboard or scrap paper. About 5 seconds per word should be enough. If you don't have Powerpoint, handmade flash cards will do the same job. We do Word Rumble every day.