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Spellings!

Leave a Comment / Finger Gym, Language and Literacy, School / By Sophie

It has been a while since I have blogged due to a very busy summer. Isabel finished her chemotherapy, which was very exciting. Nick has been busy training for the ‘Ride across Britain’ bike ride from Land’s end to John O’Groats, which he completed last week. A gruelling 980 mile ride in all weathers over …

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Why we love jigsaw puzzles!

Leave a Comment / Communication, Maths, problem solving / By Sophie

The humble jigsaw puzzle can be largely under rated but we absolutely love them in our house. As with all things the children go through phases with them, but I would say each child will complete at least one jigsaw puzzle a week. They help to develop such a wide range of skills and a …

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Phonics Through Play

Leave a Comment / Finger Gym, Language and Literacy, Phonics / By Sophie

It has been a very busy few weeks leading up to the end of term so I haven’t had much time to blog. Luckily we have been playing lots of games at home so I have quite a lot to blog about. Something that has been brought to my attention a lot recently has been …

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Children Take Over The Weekly Shop!!!

Leave a Comment / Communication, healthy eating, Language and Literacy, Maths / By Sophie Calienda

I have been thinking about letting the children take over the weekly shop for a while and during the Easter holidays a conversation started over breakfast about what they would like to eat, which turned into what they would put on their own shopping list. It started to develop into meal planning and so I …

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Easter Themed Finger Gym Activities

Leave a Comment / Arts and Crafts, Finger Gym / By Sophie Calienda

Continuing with the Easter theme we have been enjoying some finger gym activities over the last couple of days. Building and strengthening the muscles in children’s fingers are essential for them to hold a pencil in the future, and for older children like Isabel it is important for them to keep exercising those muscles just …

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Easter Themed Maths Ideas

Leave a Comment / Finger Gym, Maths / By Sophie Calienda

With Easter approaching (and this year it seems to be taking forever) we have been taking advantage of all the Easter themed items available to develop our mathematical thinking. I read a quote yesterday which said that to learn something new it takes between 100-200 repetitions but when it is done through play it takes …

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