Fun with phonics
Phonics really is the most fun. As we are training infant teachers on this project, I worked with a team… more
Literacy
Planning meeting 101
Planning meetings, things you will need: insect spray, sunshine, water bags, intermittent WiFi, pens and paper. After the school visits,… more
Really Reading
Are my students really reading? Yes! As in properly reading? Yes! The good news is that there are lots of… more
Snow Globe Reading
Another reading game, I am definitely on a roll! I find it harder to come up with ideas for reading… more
Word Reading Game
Word reading games are not something I find particularly easy to design, so I’m really proud of this one. I… more
Word Write Game
Here’s a great wee writing activity that is quick and easy to put together. All I’ve done is sliced up… more
Word build game
Let’s build some words! We’ve been working hard on letter recognition and playing phonics awareness games, and some children are… more
Letter sort
Letter recognition the fun way! I found lots of lovely letter resources and threw them together to make an enticing… more
Get ready to write
Let’s get ready to write! This week the writing table has no letter formation, we’re developing pre-writing skills by drawing… more
Welcome to the maths table!
Let’s play at the maths table! This is at least what I hope my pupils are thinking after I gave… more
Sounds fishing
Sorting sounds game is a fun way to reinforce letter recognition. We started learning letters and sounds in the first… more
A very hungry caterpillar!
Our egg hatched and out came a very hungry caterpillar! We’ve been reading the picture book, looking at BBC video… more
Sensory Letters
Children are fascinated by these sensory letters while learning initial sounds. They provide an alternative to purchased or teacher laminated… more
Ending sounds game
Work on those pesky final sounds in words with this game. The clear pictures make it easy for children to… more
Supported phonics game
Here’s a writing activity that I made years ago, but still going strong! Set up the game by matching the… more
Tagxedo Writing Activity
An independent reading and writing activity made with Tagxedo. I have this activity at a literacy free choice station and… more
Alphabet match
Learning about capital letters through the alphabet matching game. This is an independent activity that my children are enjoying at… more
Independent writing
My children love these sentence writing activities. ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ and ‘Never Tickle a Tiger’ are 2 of our… more