Parachutes are one of the most versatile and fun pieces of equipment to teach a range of skills in the early years. They are fantastic for maths, social skills and physical development. But what...
Category: Literacy
For any of you that have taught early phonics to young children, the question may well have come up – ‘Do you teach blending or segmenting first?’ This is a common question, but one there...
Before children learn to write words, they need to orally segment. Segmenting is simply the skill of separating words up into their component sounds. For example, ‘pig’ becomes ‘p-i-g’....
When I very first started teaching I had all sorts of problems with behavior! I remember the first lesson I ever took, and about half of the children lay down on the floor and refused to sit back up...
Many of us often find that we have lots of exciting strategies to teach other skills in phonics, but when it comes to teach tricky words it's just a case of getting out the flaschards again, and hope...
Struggling to find alliteration activities? You've come to right place; and can I just say that these games are spectacularly superb and seriously special! Alliteration is something that children...