Education – discussions, how to help with certain topic areas
I love how adaptable this Christmas Bingo set is and how much fun and learning it provides, across the ages of my 3 children (aged 9, 5 and 3). My 5 year old has just started school and is learning to read – what a fun way of spelling out the words to match them … Read more
As you may be aware Road Safety is a subject matter very close to my heart. My big brother was only 6 years old when he knocked over by a car, and subsequently died. Tomorrow would have been his birthday and so I feel it quite fitting that this week is Road Safety Week November … Read more
Regular readers will know that I’ve been teaching my son the alphabet (Letter Learning Journey). But since we’ve moved house and he’s started school it’s kind of fell by the wayside. I have been teaching him in alphabetically order and he’s been learning phonetically at school. I think TREES are really interesting this time of … Read more
So the letter came today (with the wrong address might I add) to say that it’s time to decide where my son is going to school. Now lots of parents have difficulty in deciding which school to pick. With this being my 4th child and having 2 already at primary school then this should have … Read more
If you’ve been following our Letter Learning Journey you will know that we have come to the Letter S. We previously did Spiders but also need something to stick onto our wall of letters so we made a Simple Snake We simply started by drawing a letter S onto some paper and cutting it out. Then … Read more
If you’ve been following our Letter Learning Journey you will know that we have come to the letter R. It seemed obvious to do RUBBISH My children are used to recycling because they know which “bins” each products go to (or go for washing up) so I thought we’d concentrate on reusing. I decided to … Read more
If you’ve been following our Letter Learning Journey you will know that we have come to the letter Q. I didn’t want to do Queen as it seemed too obvious – and besides that was covered under Jubilee I figured that after all the hustle and bustle of the summer holidays (and for us moving … Read more
It doesn’t take a lot to make a difference – if we all do a little something. This is pretty much the theme of this year’s National Zero Waste Week – which takes place the week beginning Monday 3rd September 2012. The focus is on improving recycling habits and ways you could join in is by:- Finding … Read more
As part of our letter learning journey the letter P covered so many things so we covered quiet a bit as we packed and moved house. P covers Pinterest and this is where I found this delightful idea of a Paint Pirate handprint originally from Fun Hand Print Art We painted it all on our hand and then … Read more
