Phonics and phonology (the study of the patterns of sounds in spoken language) may help children develop better maths skills, according to new research.
Discussion of the sounds in words, or identification of individual letters, are more likely to result in the growth of early numeracy skills than reading stories or counting, academics at Liverpool John Moores University found.
As part of the Liverpool Early Number Skills Project (LENS), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, researchers observed more than 200 children from 40 early years settings in North West England from the spring term of their pre-school year to the Summer term of Reception.
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