Traditional Inuit beliefs are bound up in the spiritual web of humans interacting with animals interacting with the environment. Their belief system reflects a deep love and respect for their world and environment.
The knowledge and ability to recognize that words are made up of a combination of individual speech sounds. phonics A body of knowledge consisting of 26 letters used to symbolize 44 English speech sounds.
Phonological awareness, the ability to detect or manipulate the sounds in words independent of meaning, is a precursor to reading. The added letter knowledge training component includes teaching children the letters of the alphabet and making an explicit link between letters and sounds.