Activities to Support you with your child's learning at home
Are you worried about your child holding their pencil the correct way? Do you want to know how to help them hold their pencil correctly? Do you want to help prepare your child for starting School? Don't worry! I have found the perfect solution. I recently discovered these amazing cards from Learn Well Eduction. They [...]
Before your child can learn to write letters and words, they need to be able to form some pre-writing lines and shapes. At approximately age 2, they should be able to draw a vertical line, moving to a horizontal lines at 2 and a half. A circle is then the next shape that they should [...]
My daughter's birthday isn't until December, however I don't see us being allowed to have any sort of party for her. As it is the October holiday soon and the weather is still sort of reasonable, I have decided to invite 5 of her friends around for a COVID friendly Birthday Party in our garden. [...]
Is anyone else's child asking about Christmas gifts? Both of mine are! In fact they have long lists, despite the fact that they don't watch adverts on TV so are really not exposed to consumerism. I am going to share what my top 10 toys are for this year. 1. Ride on unicorn My daughter [...]
One of my favourite seasons. We are so fortunate to live in a location where we have beaches and forests that we can visit. So far we have been to a few local areas and collected horse chestnuts, as well as spending some time at the beach whilst it is still dry and not too [...]
Preparing your child for writing When children start School it is important that they have good fine motor skills. This is something that can be easily worked on from when your child starts to eat solid food. From 6 months onwards, you are helping to prepare them for holding a pencil correctly. Make sure that [...]
My daughter has loved books from a very young age. Over the past year we have been exploring lots of chapter books to find some which are the correct level for her. She is not able to read the books herself, but is beyond story books. At first she found books which did not have [...]
Today I had planned on leaving the house early today and going to the local play park before it got busy, but it’s blowing a gale outside. So it’s going to be an indoor day for us unless the wind calms down a little. It’s just as well We made the most of the gorgeous [...]
What I did with all of the packaging that came from our Ikea delivery.
My views on screen time for children.
