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Express Yourself: Use a voice recorder to encourage and develop early reading skills

Dawn Roper

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...Introduction Help develop children's understanding of expression and encourage their enjoyment and love of stories. Use a digital recording device to record children reading or telling their favourite stories. They will enjoy listening...

Our stories: Children can take on the role of storyteller

Pamela Algie

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...Introduction Children love stories. They love listening to stories told or read by adults and looking at books independently. They also love creating their own stories and narratives. This activity allows children's own stories...

Mother Goose Day (1st May): Celebrate nursery rhymes in your setting

Judith Harries

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...Introduction Mother Goose Day is celebrated on the 1st May. It is a great opportunity to introduce and familiarise children in your setting with different nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes are a great resource for aiding reading development...

Magical Fairies Mark-Up: Blend drawing skills with photography to make an imaginative picture

Pamela Algie

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...Introduction This activity blends photography of the real environment with imaginative artwork of what could appear around us.Focus Thinking imaginatively about our environment. To use drawing tools to change/enhance a photo.Group size One...

Maths Language: Someone Bigger: An idea using a story for maths

Neil Griffiths

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...Focus A story about a boy, his dad, a kite and a windy day gives many openings for using and understanding mathematical language. It also has a clear message that bigger is not necessarily better! It would be a good addition to a collection...

Tell Me A Story: An idea for listening

Su Wall

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...What are they learning? Use imagination and creativity to act out a storyWhat you need ‘The Enormous Turnip’ Ladybird Tales book various dressing up clothes animal face masksKeywords growth pull weather soil turnip vegetableWhat you do Read...

Numbers: Blue Balloon: An idea using a story for maths

Neil Griffiths

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...Focus Balloons are one of the best resources for exploring transformation. The story can be used to start a real discussion of change, which may lead you across the curriculum into every area.Keywords big bigger small smaller round...

Maths Language: Ten In A Bed: An idea using a story for maths

Neil Griffiths

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...Focus This simple story book has great illustrations, as well as opportunities for counting on and back. Part of becoming a mathematician is becoming a good observer. ‘Ten in a Bed’ has plenty of opportunities to spot things and to look...

The Magic Carpet: An idea for dance

Julie Quinn

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Naomi Wager

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...What you need a rug or blanket something to act as a magic wand a book such as Molly’s Magic Carpet by Emma Fischel (Usborne) a tambourineMusic suggestion A piece of music that suggests floatingAction poem The Magic CarpetWhat you say...

Maths Language: Goldilocks: An idea using a story for maths

Neil Griffiths

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...Focus ‘Goldilocks’ and other traditional tales give great opportunities for learning counting, sorting, matching and other maths vocabulary. This one is particularly helpful for learning about size and one-to-one correspondence, essential...