“Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old, they’re usually among the best readers by the time they’re eight. “- Mem Fox, Reading Magic Nursery rhymes have been a part of children’s education and entertainment for generations. They are …
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Turns out not as quick as others want! My husband started building holiday narrow boats a year ago. We were lucky enough to go out for a weekend with friends on one in October and I did have a go at steering the boat. If you’ve never done it then you have to turn the …
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These are tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky words! Don’t let them trick you! You may recognise the title wording from hearing the tricky word songs on YouTube, if not google them and they’ll never leave your head! On a plus side children love them and it helps them to learn to read and spell …
b and d, p and q, 2 and 5 – children often confuse these. Brocolli or broccoli? As a child, I could never remember if broccoli was one ‘c’ and two ‘l’s or two ‘c’s and one ‘l’. It wasn’t until I started to check I was always correctly spelling it that I finally got it embedded …
Scissors or sc-iss-ors as I have always said, since I was a child, to help me remember how to spell the word. Cutting with scissors can be tricky. So how can you help a child develop good scissor skills? What do children need before they can cut and actually why do they need these skills? …
I hear with my two ears… Have you ever thought about the fact that the word ear is in hear? I don’t think we always appreciate how amazing this sense is until we are faced with a change. Since we have been in lockdown and the world has become quieter I’ve discovered I probably …
Children are astounding at learning technical words. Well, I guess if they can say tyrannosaurus rex they can say phoneme! Have a look at unfogging phonics part 1 for more on this, and how to correctly and clearly say the first set of sounds or phonemes taught. Link to blog unfogging phonics part 1? So, …
Learning how to read nowadays feels a million miles away from the way I learnt when I was at school; I remember learning the alphabet and having lists of words, but I don’t ever remember sounding a word out! In fact, I can’t recall a lot about the process at all! Becoming a teacher made …
