Sharing books with babies and young children is a fun way to share talk. You and your child will enjoy the experience, which means there is a strong chance it will become a regular activity.
Information from the National Literacy Trust
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Words for Life - Why reading is good for talking
Words for Life - Why reading is good for talking
Sharing books with babies and young children is a fun way to share talk. You and your child will enjoy the experience, which means there is a strong chance it will become a regular activity.
Information from the National Literacy Trust
Sharing books with babies and young children is a fun way to share talk. You and your child will enjoy the experience, which means there is a strong chance it will become a regular activity.
Information from the National Literacy Trust
Words for Life - Top tips for reading stories aloud
Words for Life - Top tips for reading stories aloud
Here are a few ideas that you could use to liven up story time.
Information from the National Literacy trust : )
Here are a few ideas that you could use to liven up story time.
Information from the National Literacy trust : )
Words for Life - One World recipes
Words for Life - One World recipes
Planning to cook a recipe with your children is a great way to help with their reading and writing skills. Choose a recipe together and get them to write a shopping list, ticking the items off when you have found them. Weighing out ingredients and following instructions are all good ways to boost literacy skills – and ending up with a tasty meal!
Planning to cook a recipe with your children is a great way to help with their reading and writing skills. Choose a recipe together and get them to write a shopping list, ticking the items off when you have found them. Weighing out ingredients and following instructions are all good ways to boost literacy skills – and ending up with a tasty meal!
From the National Literacy Trust
Words for Life - One World activities
Words for Life - One World activities
These fun activities for children should encourage the development of key communication, reading and writing skills whilst learning about the world and other cultures.
From the National Literacy Trust
These fun activities for children should encourage the development of key communication, reading and writing skills whilst learning about the world and other cultures.
Early mark making.....Toothpaste!
Toothpaste.........
Children need to develop the muscles in their hands before they can grip writing implements correctly and it's really important that children are given opportunities to do this.
There are many ways to do this including finger gym, playing with playdough, sensory messy play etc.
Another great way to develop hand muscles is toothpaste! Yes toothpaste!
Toothpaste comes in a vessel very similar to writing icing......a writing implement ready to go and ready for a good squeeze.
Toothpaste can be purchased very cheaply in supermarkets for this activity. It makes a great sensory activity as the smell is sublime. If used on black cardboard it looks amazing and provides another experience for children to observe when it dries into a powdery substance. Cotton wool also sticks really well to it acting like glue.
You can also use it on a tray to make marks with and practice letter / number formation.
I only use this with older children and have to be very careful of allergies, skin conditions etc.
Brilliant for language development too.......how many words can you think of to describe it?
- Minty
- Stripy
- Sticky
- Thick
- Smooth..............
Sarah x
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
Brown Bear is one of my all time favourite stories to read with the parents and children I work with. There are so many discussions that can come from this one story including animals - where they live and what they eat, colours, songs, art and craft ideas, going on a bear hunt in the great outdoors and many more!
Here are some of my favourite ideas linked to this book to share with you.....
This Bear mask can be printed off from www.craftir.com The children love wearing the mask to be Brown Bear and seeing the characters as we follow the story.
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These fabulous high coloured, brilliant characters from the story make brilliant matching puzzle pieces. You can find these and lots more at www.1plus1plus1equals1.com
These fabulous high coloured, brilliant characters from the story make brilliant matching puzzle pieces. You can find these and lots more at www.1plus1plus1equals1.com
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These fabulous matching cards can be found at teacherslove.blogs.sapo.pt plus lots more.
These fabulous matching cards can be found at teacherslove.blogs.sapo.pt plus lots more.
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These fab pictures can be used for the following colour match game - Make up a home made dice (medium sized) with a picture of one of the animals on each side. Print off and laminate if possible (to last longer) larger pictures of the animals. This can be used as a colour / animal matching game. To add interest depending on the stage / age of the child you can add a silhouette sheet to match the correct animal to the correct black silhouette shape. The possibilities to make games with this story are endless! This printable was taken from www.publicprintable.ru
These fab pictures can be used for the following colour match game - Make up a home made dice (medium sized) with a picture of one of the animals on each side. Print off and laminate if possible (to last longer) larger pictures of the animals. This can be used as a colour / animal matching game. To add interest depending on the stage / age of the child you can add a silhouette sheet to match the correct animal to the correct black silhouette shape. The possibilities to make games with this story are endless! This printable was taken from www.publicprintable.ru
5. Make some home made binoculars to go on a bear hunt. These binoculars were made up by http://letkidscreate.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/our-version-of-homemade-binoculars.html
This is a brilliant blog with lots of creative ideas for children - pop over and take a look. You wont be disappointed!!!!
These are only few ideas I use, there are many others to be used with this great book!!!
Have fun - Sarah : )
The importance of books and stories
A good way to change the kinds of books you share with your child is to use the library. It's free to join and there are lots of different things that go on there these days......rhyme time sessions, craft sessions, reading challenges made fun and plenty more!
Things to try at home together.....
- Turn off the television and any music in the background so that you can have a few minutes quite time together to enjoy the book
- Take your time, allowing your child to let you know when they are ready to turn the page
- Enjoy the pictures together and talk about the story and characters when you have finished the story
- Make time to listen to your child talk about the book
- Go to the library to choose more books and find out what else is going on there
- Books don't just have to be shared at bedtime, make time for books in the day as well
- Take books with you if you are going to the doctors or dentist etc, make the most of those few moments waiting
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