Language and literacy skills go hand-in-hand, and as speech-language pathologists we have a unique perspective on how to help children become successful readers through targeted early interventions!
We can help children to develop the foundational skills needed to succeed at reading, all before they have even started kindergarten. Leap into Literacy does more than fill the gaps in your child’s development – it helps to instill in them a love of reading!
Program may help your child if they struggle with:
- Paying attention and listening;
- Asking for repetitions or expressing when they don’t understand;
- Following directions or remembering information;
- Recognizing or coming up with rhyming words;
- Understanding syllables and sounds in words;
- Understanding the meaning of words and answering questions;
- Knowing their letters and what sounds they make;
- Pre-literacy skills such as print awareness and book handling.
LEAP is organized around three-day cycles with a new book/theme for each cycle.
A Day - Listen & Remember
Learning strategies for attention, listening & memory.
B Day - Sound Check
Focus on differentiation of sound, syllable and words and explicit teaching of rhyming.
C Day - Understand it
Working towards answering questions and learning the meaning of vocabulary words.
Full program:
Dates: Program will run three days per week from June 23 - August 7. Class will be held Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday each week.
Time: 60-minute sessions, times to be set based on interest and availability.
This 20-session program may be insurance-eligible or accessible through scholarship.