The top 10 words our kids can't say
Nearly a quarter of children under the age of 10 here in the east can't say Spaghetti.
Research published this morning shows more and more parents are turning to technology to try and help children learn to read.
Phonics is used to help children learn the sounds to make words easier to say and from this year is being introduced in the national curriculum.
Other common words which children here struggle with are Binoculars and Ambulance.
The top three words children in the East struggle with are:
Here are the top ten words children across the country struggle with.
2 Binoculars 15%
And here's how they actually tend to pronounce them.
· Amblance (ambulance)
· Aminal (animal)
· Babbit (rabbit)
· Pasgetti (spaghetti)
· Binoclars (binoculars)
· Confoo'd (confused)
· Constructions (instructions)
· Hopital (hospital)
· Lellow (yellow)
· Skissors (scissors)