Category: Teaching Ideas
Category: Teaching Ideas
Buried treasure coins
Buried Treasure coins! The children I work with really enjoy the interactive games on Phonics play – http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk. I wanted to create and offline version so I have made coins for each phoneme in the Phase 3 letters and sounds. All free just click the star to go through to the file! Green Set 1
Strawberries!
My husband just taught the kids this!! So clever and no more half eaten strawberries!!
Pipe cleaner fireworks
Today while I made lunch Freya put this activity together from scratch! I love how she used duck tape to hold the pipecleaner! The sweetest thing was she went on to teach Seb how to do it!
Green Series Phase 5 reading lists
I have just added the word lists for the final set of green sounds, Phase 5 letters and sounds in the UK. Hope these help with phonics teaching: http://montessorisoul.com/free-downloads/language/green-series/reading-lists
My go to no cook playdough recipe
Over the past few years I have refined this recipe so it works for me. So easy it can be done with a hand mixing bowl but I find it easier in the mixer!! Freya and Seb love playdough and the creative freedom it offers – they can concentrate for hours – great for the
DIY Pencil mirror
I’m going to let the pictures speak for themselves! I got a simple £10 mirror from the range and collected all of the old pencils at the end of term. Freya loved making this with me and I can’t wait to put it in my new classroom in September.
Updated Phonics resources
Here are the phonics resources I have made for Phase 2 to Phase 5 in the UK Letters and sounds. PS: Just click the star to go through to the file! Pink Box 2 Box 4 satpi n m and d g o c ck e u r h b f/ff l j and v
Crabbing – top tips!
We’ve had a fab afternoon crabbing and wanted to share our top crabbing tips!! # 1::We always tie the crab line onto the pontoon!! # 2:: Hold the crabs from behind and they can’t nip you! # 3:: Finished crabbing – have a crab race to get the crabs back in the water! # 4::
Chinese lanterns
Each year one of my highlights is the Aldeburgh Carnival – a fantastic family day. In the evening the whole town gather on the high street for a chinese lantern procession – a truly amazing sight. We then prosess to the beach where we are treated to an amazing fireworks display next to the sea!