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Jokey2828：
好開心在letterland可以見到您！
你知我個多個月開始，已經好想找教Phonics的教材比我個女，由最初Leapfrog的phoics desk開始，到後來找longman的Phonics for kids....
但係最後我都係選o左用letterland，雖然我已經買了Phonics for kids，但係我都收埋唔用了！
有少少個人見解，唔知你同唔同意，好多教phoics的教材套，都係用一o的songs或repeating games去令小朋友記住一o的letter的sounds，有o的會加入一o的人物或物件，令小朋友對letter sound有到深的記憶。
例 如Phonics for kids，"A"是Annie Ant，Annie Ant has an axe，於是有首歌唱Annie Ant has an axe， "a" "a" "a"。如果小朋友聽得多，自然會記得，於是見到A會反射到"a"的short sound。
但 係letterland的approach是不同的，雖然佢都係有一個人物代表"A"，"Annie Apple"但係佢係一個有性格，背後有故事的人物，當然佢都有首歌(Alphabet Songs)比小朋友唱出佢的sound，平時佢個樣係small letter "a"，因為佢係apple會碌來碌去，所以寫letter a時：(writing song)

[size=medium]At the leaf begin.
Go round the apple this way. [由塊葉度開始畫一個圈]
Then add a line down,
so Annie won't rool away.

每個letter平時都係small letter[size=medium]因為其實我們成日見到的字都係用small letter組成的，我唔明點解好多學英文的教材都係學Captial letter先？o甘令小朋友好難catch up with using small letters！
但係每當佢o地start a sentence or a name時，佢o地就會好開心，所以會變樣(變成captial letter)！
"Annie Apple"會其其他apples一齊放在Apple Stand，個stand就係Captial Letter A in shapes！個Stand係邊個做o架？原來有個人take care of Annie Apple and all of her apple friends，佢就係Mr A (long vowel sound of "A") - The Apron Man.......


以上只係每一個letter的[size=medium]Early Years這 個stage的內容，當然重會有其他activities cards，CD、VCD及games等可以要合，最重要係用故事令小朋友在最初認識 Alphabet前記得每人個letter的sound及關係。有好多故事是很有意思的，因為故事是會發展下去，到programme 1及2時，有些letter 走埋一齊時會有唔同的sound。
好似我之前quote出collin的例子：
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collin寫道：

2. It's wonderful when she gets into PROGRAMME ONE and PROGRAMME TWO. She easily understands "q" must go with "u", quarrelsome queen always bring along with an umbrella, e.g. 'queen', 'quiet', 'quick', 'quack'.....see! 'U' must follow 'Q'.

3. e.g."H" is called 'Hairy Hat Man'. He hates noises so he doesn't put on shoes. He always speak in soft sound 'ha'. When he meets the 'S' (Sammy Snake--------always sound ssssssssss; it's so noisy, right!), he will turn his head to say 'SHhhhh'. It's a good way to let the child understand the structure of the sound through such interesting story.
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一般phonics的system去完letter sound，頂多都係去到 -er、-ly、un-、th...講一些一般的blends，跟住又有一些歌或 exercies之類去鞏固，令小朋友記得，但其實只係一小部份，好難可以letterland去得o甘遠：





我 覺得佢係成個language programme，唔只係一個phonics programme，因為了解到phonis的原理後，係好自然可以做到building words及 sight reading words，唔係只係一般的教材o甘知道個letter sound就算，配合其他activities books及 reading scheme，重可以做到writing words及 writing sentences。
[size=medium]不 過我覺得如果想用home teaching的方法教，媽媽一定要自己先下好多苦功，因為佢係一定要靠有tutor用verbal的型式將letter story用唔同的教具去傳授，這亦是全個programme最重要的一環，如果無人講故事，跟本係用唔到這套教材，亂講就重衰！所以我已經買了3個 stage 的 teacher's guide番屋企慢慢 『o米』！除非你o念住send 小朋友去centre度學或者你讀的幼稚園已經用緊。

至 於 age range，其實可大可少，不過我都同意太古個sales講的，只要你小朋友已經識得聽故事，約兩歲，就可以start "Early Year" 因為只係雖要講letter sound 唱 letter sound的歌及聽letter stories，用中、英文講都得。未必一定要去到letter writing。因為Programme1 係會再revision多次letter writing的，到 programme2我覺得都幾深，起碼到5、6歲找學到都未遲...