For your babies and pre-schoolers,surround them with books and print, read to them every day, let them play with books, choose books, talk books, play with magnet letters, read signs and food packaging, make labels for things, draw, paint, sing songs.
You know we think everyone should enjoying reading no matter how challenging it may be. That’s why we have a special category for Reluctant Readers - books that are sure to spark an interest! https://t.co/moIbyy4VeB #books
We have been making a conscious effort to reduce the plastic we use at Little Pigs but it’s GREAT to see customers doing the same by bringing their own Tupperware 👏🏻♻🌍 #environment#Sustainability#didsbury#plastic#recycling
Great for honing prediction skills: Give children the contents page of a new text and get them to predict the plot using only the chapter titles. Alternatively, give titles on cards to be sequenced as an extra challenge. Do you recognise which texts these ch. titles belong to? 🔎
Some of the staff & children @Didsburycofepta are following #40Acts during #Lent. Instead of focussing on giving things up for Lent, 40 Acts is all about doing one positive thing a day for each of the 40 days of Lent. Here are some of their lovely ideas...
'We need to establish high-quality outdoor play as the essential catalyst for healthy childhood development and [as] a fundamental part of growing up in Scotland' https://t.co/cIK2QBowcB
A leading researcher answers our questions about the innate goodness of young children and a new “kindness curriculum” for kids. @healthyminds#RichardDavidson https://t.co/mY3opCXa8e
In light of today's multiplication check announcement...so many fun ways to ensure children are confident with their tables! https://t.co/zTXMv2hrQE always got learners giggling and singing for me. Great way to engage. #maths#timestables#KS2#tutor#Manchester#didsbury