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Literacy Milestones Each Stage contains indicators of literacy development which are typical for a child of that age. These indicators are sometimes called 'growth points' or 'milestones', and are observed by watching normal learners as they talk, read and write. |
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| Birth to 5 years | Stage
1 Laying the Foundations |
From birth children begin to learn things that will help them to become readers and writers. If you prepare them well, they will excel at school. If you wait until they start school to begin their education they will struggle to compete with other children who are better prepared. |
| 4 to 5 years | Stage
2 Transition from home to school |
The year before starting school and the first year of school are an important time for learning very specific skills to do with listening, memorising, reading, and writing. Because there is so much to learn they will make mistakes. You need to know what is acceptable and how to deal with this. |
| 5 to 6 years | Stage
3 Emergent Literacy
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This is an interesting time because their beginning skills are turning into real use of reading and writing and spelling skills. However those skills are not fully developed and you need to know how to nurture them to keep your children happy and confident learners. |
| 6 to 7 years | Stage
4 Integration of skills |
Skills and knowledge from all areas of literacy combine to build an organised, coherent body of knowledge about rules for reading, spelling and writing. Your children become more capable of solving problems, require less supervision and direction, and become more independent. But they still need plenty of guidance from parents and teachers. |
| 7 to 8 years |
Stage 5 Consolidation |
During these years literacy strategies are consolidated as your children grow into mature readers, writers and spellers. You will see them gain control over what they read, how they spell, how they find and present information, and their speaking and writing vocabularies. |
| Children who begin early may be much more advanced than the guidlines suggest | ||
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