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PLD’s structured synthetic phonics program is a recommended
AUSPELD Wave 1 (whole class) and Wave 2 (small group)
additional intervention program.
Recommended
SSP Program
Parent
Education
Children benefit when home
and school work together.
PLD offers an extensive range of parent education resources.
Our download sheets provide milestone information and the
specific YouTube playlist provides a range of short
educational video clips. This information can be
disseminated to parents and the wider community through
newsletters, websites and general communication.
Option 1 Milestone sheets and downloads at
Option 2 Foundation parent education playlist at
High performing primary schools:
What do they have in common?
Professor William Louden (2015)
Research commissioned by the Education Department of WA, explored the similarities and
differences among high performing West Australian Government primary schools.
All of the schools used explicit teaching strategies for teaching phonological awareness
and phonics. Common across all schools was a synthetic phonics approach. The following
is a direct quote from the research paper.
“Synthetic phonics is a systematic approach to teaching reading by beginning
with sounds (phonemes) and blending (synthesising) these sounds to make
words. All of the case study schools have implemented synthetic phonics
programs in the early years... PLD Literacy and Learning .... teach[es] phonemes
(letter and digraph sounds), letter formation, blending of sounds together to
form new words, segmenting sounds in read and write new words, and teaching
‘tricky words’ with irregular spelling.” (Page 20-21)
To read the full research paper go to
Understanding/Listening
•Follow3-step instructions,eg:
“Get yourbook,put it in your bagand thenput yourbagby thedoor.”
•Follow instructionscontaining thewords ‘first’, ‘last’
and ‘after’
•Understandeverything said tome (ageappropriate)
•Answer ‘when’, ‘why’and ‘what’questions
•Understandopposites (hotandcold), locationwords
(next to,between, in front)
•Understandhumourand laughat jokes
Speaking
•Speak intelligiblywitha few speech immaturities remaining
•Usebasicallyadult likegrammar
•Tellnewsor storieswithoutanyassistance
•Retella storyaccurately
•Participate in longdetailedconversationswitha range
ofpeople
•Explainwhy somethinghappened
Playand Social Skills
•Enjoy socialcommunicationwithavarietyofpeople
•Make friendsandengageeasilywithpeers
•Play fairly in simplegameswith rules
•Engage incomplex imaginaryplay
•Join inand startconversations
•Useanextensive vocabulary toexpress ideasand request
information
Speechand LanguageDevelopmentalMilestones
Now that I am 5 years old...
I should be able to;
Tips ForHome
•Read storiesandaskquestions
about thebook.
•Encourage yourchild to retell stories
using theirownwords.
•Makeup storiesusing thepictures
in textlessbooks.
•Talkaboutpast,presentand future
eventswith yourchild.
•Give yourchild themeaningof
words theydon’t know.
•Planand rehearse yourchild’snews
prior to the schoolnews tellingday.
Causes ForConcern
•A small vocabulary.
•Onlyuses short sentencesor
sentenceswithgrammaticalerrors.
•Cannot retellaneventor
simple storyevenwith support.
•Difficulty following instructionswith
twoormore steps.
•Difficultyansweringhow,whenand
whyquestions.
•Child’s speech isdifficult to
understand.
•Poorconversationand social skills.
•Doesnotenjoy listening to stories.
•Shortattention span.
Shouldyouhaveanyconcerns
aboutyourchild’sdevelopment,
consulta SpeechPathologist.
PLD Organisation Pty. Ltd.. This information sheet can be downloaded and distributed
providingPLD’s logoandcontactdetailsarenot removed.
PLD’sprograms thatdevelop theabove skillscanbeviewedby searching thecodes:
Mc5,Mc5a,
AR35,10m5, Pbr5, Sem5on
116Parry Street
PerthWA6000
Australia
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KeyArea:Oral Language Skills
Independent
Research