1 Portuguese are generally known as explorers, thanks to Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Pedro Alvares Cabral and FernÃ£o de MagalhÃ£es, among others.  References to their wine (âportoâ), Fado music or sardines are also typical, as are their beaches.
Children use these phonograms to learn about âword familiesâ for example cake, make, bake, fake. Embedded phonics-an approach to the teaching of reading in which phonics forms one part of a whole language programme.
1 This is what phonic learning is all about and once children can do that they will forge ahead. 2  Dyslexia Help: The Middle Years (ages 5-7 and beyond) - How Parents Can Help: - Reading: Keep reading to your child and have him/her read to you.