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Kim's game: phase 2: Saying sounds and hearing words that include them

Sarah Featherstone

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...Introduction Children love to spot differences. In Kim's game children are required to look really carefully, think, name and remember items and think about the sounds they can hear in names, without saying the name out loud! They also need...

Rainbow Cups: An idea for healthy eating

Amicia Boden

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...What are they learning? A fun familiarisation activity to develop confidence with handling unfamiliar fruits. The focus is on exploration, in order to increase the appeal of different types of fruit. Key Skills: Engaging with food through...

Designing a learning slideshow: Capture learning in a visual and exciting way

Dawn Roper

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...Introduction Encourage children to work collaboratively to create slideshows displaying photographs of what they have been learning in the setting. This is a great way for children to share about a book they have read, things they have made...

Feel the phoneme: Teaching children to recognise phonemes without picture clues

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Seeing the letter and saying the sound is a key feature of phase two of letters and sounds in the EYFS. Developing this skill is a vital part of learning to read. The games on this page allow children to practise making...

Talking fingers: Use finger puppets to encourage talk

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Puppets are a great tool in Early Years settings. They encourage less confident children to contribute to activities; provide another focus for children's eyes and attention and give clues that can help children to learn...

Hands High!: Use your hands to express how you feel!

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction This very simple activity enables children to make a physical response to what they feel.What you need A felt pen for each pair of childrenBefore you start Secretly draw a smiley face on one palm and a sad face on the other...

I robot: Segmenting and rebuilding words

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Speaking slowly in a ‘robot voice’ and spelling out every sound in a word is a great way to help pronunciation. The activities on this page will help children to recognise the different sounds in words, which will help...

Sound Safari: Create a musical soundscape for a wild animals topic

Pamela Algie

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...Introduction A soundscape is a musical version of painting a picture. In this activity we build up an atmosphere using instruments (preloaded digital ones from inside a music app or real life recordings)Focus Understanding we can create...

Sunshine Art (Summer): An idea for being outside in all weathers

Sally Featherstone

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...What you need small sticks and twigs; string, raffia or elastic bands white tissue paper very liquid white glue and brushes flowers, petals, leaves and grass Thanks to Slough Centre Day Nursery, where I saw this idea.What you do Tie three...

Code your own Dance Party: Develop computational thinking in a fun movement based way

Pamela Algie

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...Focus Developing the concept of ‘if’ something happens ‘then’ there is a predicted outcome.What you need Musical instruments – percussion instruments work best, large pictures of the percussion instruments available and some simple...