by | Dec 11, 2013 | Literacy |
So it’s time to learn to sound out words for spelling. At first, it can be quite a daunting task for a little one. Here is one trick I have found that helps with little children, or older kids who are having trouble sounding words out… It sounds...
by | Dec 6, 2013 | Language, Learning |
[18 months +] Teach your child to count through incidental counting here and there, when they have attention for it. This might be seeing a whole lot of balls in a book, once you’ve named ‘balls’, if they are still looking, you could name the...
by | Nov 24, 2013 | Behaviour management, Language, Learning |
[12 months] Starting as early as you can, start making a game of packing away, when you have the time! It is MUCH easier to make packing away a habit rather than a chore that is suddenly expected of children when they are older. This works for packing away toys where...
by | Nov 7, 2013 | Learning |
The Christmas junkmail! Why not let your kids go to town with the scissors? Master 3 is cutting out pictures for everyone. Master 1 is having fun experimenting with scissors or even just ripping. FUN!
by | Sep 24, 2013 | Play |
[12 months +] So what does pretend play really involve? Thanks to Karen Stagnitti, an occupational therapist and expert on pretend play, here is a summary of the different components she counts as ‘pretend play’ and a rough guide as to when it might...
