Preschool English Language Art

Description

Course Overview:

The foundations for learning in the English Language Arts are critical to all other curriculum areas as well as to the child’s social and emotional development.  Children develop the basis for verbal communication in early childhood, beginning with nonverbal social exchanges. They begin to appreciate literature and the joy of reading by being read to in family and early care/education settings.  A solid foundation in language development in the years before a child enters school promotes success in reading and writing in the future.

This course is designed to help students master the foundational reading skills of word recognition, vocabulary, transitional words, paragraph organization, basic comprehension skills, and reading strategies. 

Course Objectives:

Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.

Listen to, identify, and manipulate language sounds to develop auditory discrimination and phonemic awareness.

Listen to, recognize, and use a broad vocabulary of sensory words.

 

About the Teacher

Ms. Huma

Hi! My name is Huma. I am a certified elementary school teacher. I got my Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto and my Master of Science degree from the University of London (U.K.)  I am also TESOL certified and hold additional qualifications in teaching kindergarten, students with special needs and English language learners. I have been teaching for over 23 years now.

I strive to know each of my student’s strengths and needs and then adjust the starting point for my teaching to match their abilities. This makes my lessons interesting and stimulating for every student and keeps them actively engaged in learning new things and become lifelong learners and problem solvers.

My teaching philosophy is a three-step process of “I do, you watch“, “Let us do it together”, “You do, I watch”. I provide my students with clear learning goals and instructions for each lesson.  I give them descriptive feedback on their efforts to help them improve and reach their full potential.