Working in Family Literacy I meet lots and lots of parents. While each parent has a completely unique situation I also notice some similarities and when it comes to how parents are teaching the alphabet at home I’ve also noticed
5 BOOKS FOR UNDER 10’s TO REMEMBER WITH.
War is a difficult topic for many to discuss openly with their children, although every year when the poppies come out so do the questions. While it’s important for young children to start to understand some of the gravity of
LETTER LADDERS
Another fridge magnet game we played this summer : This time I put the letters in a vertical line and told him that he had to climb the ‘ladder’. As he got to each ‘rung’ he had to say
READING ROCKETS
I came up with a fun alphabet game this summer to help my very physical boy have fun with letters, and use his whole body at the same time. I took alphabet fridge magnets and placed them all around the
FINE MOTOR ART
Last week I posted an article on the ‘Chopstick Bug Challenge’ and talked a little about why it’s so important to work on preschooler’s fine motor skills. This week I discovered another fun way to strengthen those finger muscles quite by
THE CHOPSTICK BUG CHALLENGE
Funny isn’t it – the best ideas come to you in a flash of inspiration. My son and I were playing together the other day when a fun fine-motor skills game popped into my head. Fine-motor skills are important pre-writing
STORY TENT MADNESS
We set up our first story tent of the year on the deck on Friday – it was a big hit. If you’ve never done this before it’s a phenomenal way to switch things up a bit and re-vitalize story time.
WHY I WON’T TEACH YOUR BABY TO READ.
Have you felt the pressure? You know what I mean, right? The pressure to teach children to read at a younger and younger age, I see it every day. Whether it is from marketers, or just parents diligently teaching their
Super Sneaky Simple Alphabet Technique
Recently I posted on Facebook about a super simple technique that you can use to help your child learn the alphabet and get through the dreaded ‘lmnop’ stage. I had some feedback that it would be better to explain all