Developing Early Reading Skills
Articles - Education

Reading development begins at birth! Some adults think that learning to read does not start until children go to school. However, even babies can begin to acquire the skills essential to reading. Their experience with spoken language and with different reading materials all contribute to the development of these skills.


Skilled Reading Requires Several Skills.

• The English system is based on "phonemes" or sounds. That means that each letter symbol is linked to a sound or phoneme. Phonemes cannot easily be heard because when we speak the sounds in each syllable and word are combined into one sound eg: when speaking the word ‘dog’, the ear hears one sound, not three as in ‘d’, ‘o’, ‘g’.

Pregnancy and Back Pain
Articles - Pregnancy

Pregnancy and Back Pain

Half of all pregnant women can expect some back pain.

Pregnancy is a time of rapid biological change. All bodily organs and systems are affected by the growth of the fetus and this brings with it alterations in body mass, a subsequent change in the centre of gravity and stretching and weakening of abdominal muscles. According to scientific studies, roughly one half of all pregnant women suffer from back pain (Obstet Gyecol 1988; 71:71-5).


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