Balanced literacy contains both spoken and written components. The foundation for language learning is hearing and imitating sounds, listening to words, understanding the meaning of words and sentences, and being able to use words to communicate. At The Daffodils Preschool we teach the children who are ready to read by using a phonetic approach that demonstrates how words are made up of sounds, which is later supplemented by sight-reading strategies.
Learning to read starts with phonics because we understand that reading is essentially the decoding of the individual sounds of a word, and connections are made among speaking, reading, and writing in all areas of the curriculum right from the start to promote balanced literacy.
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Daffodils
At Daffodils we learn to say,
Bright new words in joyful play.
Stories bloom and letters grow,
Seeds of language start to show.
At Daffodils Preschool, children joyfully learn Dolch Sight Words for instant recognition and fluency, while phonetics helps them connect letters to sounds through songs, rhymes, and playful blending; together these approaches build confidence, nurture curiosity, and lay a strong, balanced foundation for early reading success..