Rainbow Playdoh Use playdoh to spell your name, learn tricky words, write the alphabet, create monsters/aliens or make your favourite wild animal and all in rainbow colours. The possibilities are endless! Coloured Rice Art Dye different amounts of rice and combine with pasta, rice and lentils to create textured pictures. I use Splash food gelsContinue reading “Rainbow ideas for Half Term”
Category Archives: Early Years
What is Phonetic Spelling?
What does it mean when a teacher says: “the children’s words need to be spelt phonetically and not necessarily accurately”? By this they are telling us that it is ok if the child’s spelling isn’t strictly accurate (using the correct letters) as long as they have used good sound choices to form their words. ForContinue reading “What is Phonetic Spelling?”
Getting ready to write!
It’s really important that your child is feeling comfortable when they are writing. In order to achieve this, they need to know know how to hold their pencil correctly (Froggy fingers) and how to use their other hand (the ‘helping hand’) to steady their paper and place it at the correct angle. Only then willContinue reading “Getting ready to write!”
Home schooling Timetable ‘homemade’ style!
A great way to encourage your child to engage with their learning from the start is to plan a timetable that will work for the both of you and then to make it together. Once complete, it is also important to place it somewhere central so everyone can see it regularly (I blue tac itContinue reading “Home schooling Timetable ‘homemade’ style!”
Mummy’s hat, Teacher’s hat
A simple (and quite fun) idea to help you and your child distinguish between your role as a Mummy and your new role as Home Teacher is to use the ‘fun hat technique’. At the start of each day my child chooses a hat for me that I will wear when I am being hisContinue reading “Mummy’s hat, Teacher’s hat”