What is Phonics? It can seem a bit daunting when you’re encouraged to help support your child with their phonics. Many of us weren’t taught to read and write using phonics ourselves and the first time we come across it may be when our children started at nursery […]
What are the best play dough/ modelling resources for young children? One of our favourite ways to practise fine motor skills is by squishing, squeezing and shaping. But with so many types of play dough and similar resources available it can be tricky to know which ones to […]
What are your thoughts on letting young children watch YouTube videos? Do you let your own children watch YouTube? Or maybe use YouTube clips when teaching? Are there benefits to watching Youtube Videos?* Love it or hate it, young children appear to be drawn to watching YouTube videos. […]
We’ve been learning how to form the letters of the alphabet this week and discovered three brilliant resources by Learning Resources UK that make writing the letters of the alphabet fun! In my experience, it’s important that children learn to correctly form the letters of the alphabet at […]
Wanting to get your child practising forming the letters of the alphabet in a fun, sensory way? We love practising forming the letters using sand… …but when the weathers cold- using flour in a tray can be a great indoor alternative. What do you need? A Tray/plate/shallow box […]
It’s so important to help children to enjoy learning to write. In my experience, children are more likely to learn how to write earlier if they are self motivated. That is to say, if they want to have a go themselves rather being told to. We were therefore […]
As part of our Castles, Dragons and Fairies Week on The SEN Resources Blog we’ve been practising pencil control and developing fine motor skills using Twinkl’s Castles and Knights Pencil Control Activity Sheet Pack. A pack of downloadable, printable activity sheets with lines for children to follow with their […]
With this gorgeous weather, I’ve been keen to find ways to reinforce letter formation whilst still enjoying being in the garden. Over the colder months we’ve spent a lot more time practising sensory ways of forming the letters of the alphabet and I’ve been a little concerned that […]
Learning the letters of the alphabet is a fundamental building block in learning to read and write. One of the first things to think about when introducing the alphabet is your child’s environment- does it support your child’s learning of abcs? Are books and any other resources that […]
Children often (and unsurprisingly) find it complicated that we have upper and lower case letters in our alphabet. It can be tricky learning which ones are which. Here’s a fun and simple way of helping children to learn which Upper case letters match with which lower case letters: […]
