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Why Choose Phonics?

Although here at FruitPhonics, we do not endorse any particular product or subscribe to any specific ’school of thought’, we believe that modern phonics based literacy tuition, sometimes called synthetic phonics, has consistently been shown to be by far the most effective route to early literacy for the majority of children.

In the case of slower learners and the socially disadvantaged, these methodologies have been shown to virtually eliminate intervention teaching. This is a particularly salient point for international children, learning English as a foreign language, who do not have the advantage of an English Language based cultural experience.

Why 3D animation?

What role can 3D animation have in educating young children? Why do we consider it to be so potentially powerful? Why should parents consider it to be an attractive option?

Over the past decade, 3D animation has emerged as a powerful entertainment medium for children and adults alike because it works on multiple levels. 3D animation has remarkable powers of emotional engagement. It’s the Shrek effect, or Monsters Inc, or Toy Story or any of the hugely popular 3D franchises that have emerged in recent years; and not just among children. They suspend disbelief and immerse themselves in the richness of the 3D worlds, the emotional depth of the characters and their narrative. The range of emotional expression made possible by 3D technology is remarkable and when fused with the visual spectacle and animation anarchy so familiar from the 2D form of the art, it is not so surprising that the result is so spectacularly engaging.

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Do you remember when you were younger looking with admiration at all sort of animals? There is something fascinating about animals. Everybody loves them (well, most of us), but children seem to be particularly enamoured with fuzzy, little faces. Maybe they love them so much because a lot of them are as small as they are, and perhaps because animals are so fascinatingly different. I can not tell why, but I do know that the attraction is true.

Books featuring animals and stories about them are always the children’s favourite books. Animal books were all she wanted to read for a long time, and they are still her favourite.

The first animal books that she looked at were simple picture books. All she wanted was to look at images of various animals and see what they can do or where they live. Though her most favorite animal books were the ones about animals that she could see every day, I have found that she is now more interested in the ones that we don’t see.

She wants to go to Australia and hold a koala bear. Sometimes, she pretends she is a baby koala, and when you ask her what her favorite animal is she might say a baby kangaroo, which she calls a Joey.

She started enjoying animal books that come with a story as she got older. Perhaps it is easier for her to use her imagination with animals as opposed to human beings. I’m not really sure.

This could be the reason why stories like Donald Duck are so popular from one generation to the other. The way to learn about human interaction because they show animals in a very human way.  Read more...