Letter O

Our letter learning journey has brought us to the Letter O I actually discovered that I have to be careful that the words of the things I pick don’t just start with the letter but the sound I’m trying to teach. I did do Owl – (see Owl bags) but it doesn’t actually start with … Read more

Daily Mail Codes July 2012 (get in there before everyone else)

£15pp* holidays: online booking The Daily Mail has teamed up with BreakFree Holidays andVisitEngland so you can explore the UK’s coast and countryside with short breaks from as little as £15 per person* in Autumn 2012 and Spring 2013. There is also stunning summer holiday short breaks from only £49pp** in July and August 2012. *£15 per … Read more

N is for Newspaper

Numbers have been a big feature in this house currently and I did cover numbers when making our owl bags  by making and filling them with number biscuits. I did see an idea (here) where you could introduce how much it would cost to make the biscuits – and then consider whether this cost more or … Read more

Moving House Who to Tell Check List

Well it’s getting closer and looks like we are finally buying our first house and moving! (So please feel free to help promote my poor blog and posts whilst I’m too busy lol – and thank you). We have moved a lot before but this is the first time it will be ours. What I … Read more

Thank you for helping me Grow

Well this week sees the end of the school year here in the UK. Now faced with not only gifts for teachers we have teaching assistants – making end of year an expensive business. See off I went to Pinterest in order to find some ideas that would make it cheaper and more personal. You … Read more

Tuesday Time Tunnel

What was the YEAR? News Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) becomes a Billionaire. Margaret Thatcher becomes the first Prime Minister to be elected 3 times. Black Monday – World stock prices crash. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Films Fatal Attraction Good Morning Vietnam Batteries not included Can’t buy me Love Dirty Dancing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Celebrity Weddings Carly Simon & James … Read more

Home-made Owl Biscuit Bags Present

These yummy Owl Biscuit Bags were made as a Thank you and Goodbye Present for the Staff at Playgroup but am sure could be adapted for many an occasion. This also coincided with our Letter Learning Journey – and covered N, O & P (numbers, owl and present). For the biscuits we used the same … Read more