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Light Board Colour Tracing
As well as being an art and sensory exercise this is great for maths and phonics. Here the children traced letters, the sound for today being ‘s’ but it is also good for number recognition too.
Read MoreThe Addition Machine
After seeing this game on Pinterest we were inspired to try it ourselves. In this exercise the children are able to visually see what is happening when we add numbers. This really helped the children to grasp the concept of adding. They took turns to count cubes into the funnels. Once they had collected all…
Read MoreHow Can I Lower the Risk of a Miscarriage ?
What is a miscarriage? A miscarriage happens when a pregnancy is lost within the first 20 weeks. Most commonly miscarriages occur within the first 12 weeks. Why Do Some Women Have Miscarriages ? Around half of the first-trimester miscarriages that occur happen because of a mismatch of chromosome numbers, which result in the egg not…
Read MoreThe Top 10 Best Things about Being Pregnant
1) You can use your body pains as an excuse to put your feet up. 2) People actually want you to sleep just to avoid your mood swings. 3) You have an excuse to eat more. 4) You get special seats (well supposed to). 5) People are always offering to help. 6) It is a…
Read MoreRole Play: Traditional Tales Edition
Traditional tales is a great topic for Kindergarten as there are so many different stories and therefore so many different possibilities for learning. The children have been reading the 3 little pigs and the story of the 3 bears as they are both based around the number 3 . We always start off by reading the story and discussing…
Read MoreSound Recognition
For younger children we like to keep activities simple and more artistic based. To teach the initial sounds we use a lot of tracing as the children love to follow lines and join dots. This is another good activity as it helps the children to recognise the sound has meaning. For the letter sound h…
Read MoreRole Play- Beach Edition
We are lucky enough to have a big sand pit at our kindergarten so it is almost like being at the beach already but if you haven’t you can do your best to make your play imaginative. We decided to let the children dress up for their trip and didn’t they look cool? ‘ The…
Read MoreReading With Bingo
This is a fun activity that the kids absolutely love to play and it is so simple. Simply print off a template with however many sections you want. If you have access to a laminating machine, it helps to laminate them and use a whiteboard marker that can easily be rubbed off. If you have…
Read MoreTrace the shapes
This activity is great for fine motor practice and is a prelude to building handwriting skills. The activity is also great for teaching children about shape names too. You can also swap the shapes for letters and have the children trace the sound of the day. It is important to make the laminates large and colourful.
Read MoreTop 10 Sensory Play
If you are like us and enjoy getting messy but don’t so much enjoy the cleaning up, invest in a sensory tray to carry out all of your sensory fun. Some of these trays can be quite expensive and whilst ours is set up for school, any tub from your local DIY store will suffice.…
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