If your little ones are learning about letters, we have the perfect activity for you!
For this activity, I got some pieces of A5 paper and in the centre, I wrote the letter I wanted my children to find, for example ‘a’ . I made sure I made the central letter quite large, so it stood out. Then around the rest of the paper I wrote the letter again several times, plus a few other letters....
Well everyone, today I got the award for being the World’s worst mum!
My youngest had her school trip today, off to the woods. I read the letter from school about it last week, so sent her off today with her welly boots, waterproof coat and a packed lunch box. We got to school in plenty of time (well, I mean we weren’t racing through the school gates with minutes to spare before registration...
I love having a few worksheet type activities pre prepared for rainy days, or if I need a quick go-to activity. This letter finding activity is one of those kinds of activity and my children always really enjoy it. For my 6 year old it is an activity he is really confident with and it gives him a quick feeling of being able to achieve something. My 4 year old is learning all about her letters...
We don’t mind a messy painting activity in our house, but there are some times when I really don’t fancy having to hose down the children and kitchen after a painting session. This painting activity is a much quicker activity for children to do if you’re short of time (but it can take a bit longer to set up) and creates hardly any mess at all. The magic ingredient of this activity, which...
Top 5 activities to teach your child to spell words
When I started trying to teach my children about simple words I found it all a bit daunting and didn’t really know where to begin. We started off sitting down and writing out the words, but my children lost interest pretty quickly. So I came up with some more creative ways to teach them, here are my top 5 activity ideas ....
After lots of homeschooling over the last year, I have been looking at different ways to make learning more fun. Painting is always a go-to activity for me as you can adapt it in so many ways and sneak in lots of learning opportunities. Today’s painting activity involves learning all about letters and letter formation.