As your child approaches the start of primary school, it is a good idea to play games that help with their understandings of word sounds. Great ideas for these include exploring rhymes and words ...

their spoken language explodes – and with it they seem to have acquired all the syntax or grammar that underlies our language system. We spontaneously play games that involve sound with our children.

With sticker pages, stories, puzzles, drawing, things to make and games to play, the magazine breaks reading down into achievable, age-appropriate steps, helping to familiarise children with the 26 ...