5 reasons Nursery Rhymes are great to help a child’s development
“Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time...
Read MoreWhy a subscription box?
That’s a great question and one that has many answers. You as a parent want more support and information. You...
Read MoreWhen are children ready to do some things independently?
Turns out not as quick as others want! My husband started building holiday narrow boats a year ago. We were...
Read MoreHigh Frequency Words (HFW) and Tricky Words!
These are tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky words! Don’t let them trick you! You may recognise the title wording...
Read MoreWatch your p’s and q’s 😉 and b’s and d’s
b and d, p and q, 2 and 5 - children often confuse these. Brocolli or broccoli? As a child,...
Read MoreI hear with my two ears…
I hear with my two ears... Have you ever thought about the fact that the word ear is in...
Read MoreUnfogging Phonics 2
Children are astounding at learning technical words. Well, I guess if they can say tyrannosaurus rex they can say phoneme!...
Read MoreHandedness. Left right left right left?
Handedness. Left right left right left? I’m a lefty and so is Helen. Growing up I thought it was a...
Read MoreRead Me a Story!
I love reading. One of my fondest memories growing up was reading under the covers in bed with a torch....
Read MoreStory Time: The Three Little Pigs
By Helen
Good morning everyone! It is an exciting day at Funics as we have opened our very own YouTube channel! Which...
Read MoreUnfogging Phonics
By Helen
Learning how to read nowadays feels a million miles away from the way I learnt when I was at school;...
Read MoreReading Aloud
By Helen
Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved stories. I was known as a ‘book worm’ and, probably...
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