‘I Spy’ is a great way to develop your child’s language and comprehension skills, as it encourages them to look carefully at an image, think about what they can see and then talk about it too.
For younger children, a great way to play ‘I Spy’ is to describe something from the picture, rather than using the initial sound. For example, ‘I Spy with my little eye…something that is pink and makes an oink! sound’ – ‘A Pig!’
Choose one of the ‘I Spy’ games below and let us know what you think!
One of the main areas in the EYFS curriculum is to support children in their ability to listen and participate in conversations. Listening is a skill that needs to be taught to young children, so that they are able to consider the views of others’, listen to stories and share their own thoughts and ideas too.
The development of listening and attention skills is essential to promote a child’s understanding and use of language. Listening and attention skills also help a child to function properly in society as they aid their social development, Literacy and comprehension skills as well as their communication and language development.
Why not try some of these games to develop your child’s listening and attention skills?
How many of these challenges can you complete during your daily exercise time?
It’s never too early to start!
Nursery rhymes provide bite-sized learning opportunities for young children to develop key developmental skills and can often be the trigger for hours of creative and open-ended play. They are a powerful learning source in early literacy and enable children to become interested in the rhythm and patterns of language.
“Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old, they’re usually among the best readers by the time they’re eight. -”
Mem Fox, Reading Magic.
Below is a booklet containing some classic Nursery Rhymes that you and your child can enjoy together. You can also put the names of your favourite rhymes into YouTube so you can watch and listen to them. Alternatively, Cbeebies iplayer has some great Rhymes from Mr Tumble.
Let us know your favourite Nursery Rhyme in the comment box below 🙂
Hope you all enjoy the first Bedtime Story of 2021!
Keep up your daily phonics sessions by accessing Phonics Play for free during this time.
Phonics Play has a wide variety of activities and games to support and consolidate their phonological knowledge.
Click Here to visit their website.
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Email your child’s teacher if you are unsure which phase would best suit your child.
Starting on Monday 11 January, each week day on CBBC will see a three-hour block of primary school programming from 9am, including BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily, as well as other educational programming such as Our School and Celebrity Supply Teacher and much loved titles such as Horrible Histories, Art Ninja and Operation Ouch.
Bitesize Daily primary and secondary will also air every day on BBC Red Button as well as episodes being available on demand on BBC iPlayer.
CBeebies iPlayer also provide an excellent range of educational videos. Our favourites are Numberblocks, Alphablocks , Time for School, Something Special and My First.
Why not try some of these Christmas games?
Decorate the Christmas Tree Game
Christmas Patterns Game
Christmas Number Game
The Gingerbread Man Game
Christmas Symmetry Game
Christmas Pairs Game
Musical Wreath Game
Cbeebies Christmas Games
You could even create your own Christmas game!
This week, we are learning all about the story of ‘The Snowman’ and Christmas!
Here is the remote learning for Reception:
Please keep in touch and email any photographs, messages or questions to [email protected] 🙂
Thank you to Alexander and Willow for their requests.
Hope you all enjoy the latest story and don’t forget to pop a comment below if there’s a story you’d like to hear! 🙂
