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Kim's game: phase 1, aspect 2: Careful listening and identifying sounds

Sarah Featherstone

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...Focus To develop children's awareness of the sounds made by various instruments and objects.What you need A range of percussion instruments Thick paper or card cut into a circle shape to place instruments on A cloth to cover...

Kim's game: extension activities: Ideas to extend Kim's game for further challenge

Sarah Featherstone

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...Introduction Once children know the rules, routines and expectations of Kim's game you can vary it to teach, use and apply a range of sounds and skills. Here are some ideas you can try.What you need A range of percussion instruments...

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...

Alphabet fun: Making links between letters of the alphabet and their sounds

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Children love finding pictures and objects for collections. In this activity, the focus is about finding objects that correspond to the different letters and sounds of the alphabet. However, ensure that this activity does...

Bedtime teddy: Practise routines by role playing a bedtime scenario using a teddy

Sally Featherstone

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Phill Featherstone

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...Introduction Children need to practise all sorts of routines, such as washing their hands, clearing up toys, undressing and dressing. Using a soft toy or doll to talk through and practise these routines helps fix the routine...

I say, you say: Listening to and copying sounds

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Copying sounds, particularly the sound of voices, is a great way to help children co-ordinate their ears and brains. In addition to this, echo games also help with: speech articulation; sound discrimination; concentration...

Sing a song, tell a tale: Using singing to support sound recognition

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Singing supports learning to speak, listen, read and write. They are the way children experiment with the words they know and get a feeling for rhythm and alliteration. Sing in the garden, on walks and visits, while waiting...

A sound table: Everyday sounds in your setting

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Create a sound table and make it a permanent feature of your setting.What you need A few starter objects for your chosen sound of the day or the week.What you do Introduce the children to the idea of a sound table. Talk about...

Feel It! (Body Rhymes): An idea for junk music

Simon MacDonald

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...What you need No special equipmentWhat you do Begin with a circle. Make sure the children know how to play this game safely, not hurting themselves or others by over-enthusiastic actions. Repeat Vowel Yowl, but this time, encourage...

Coding unplugged: Direct human robots

Pamela Algie

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...Introduction Problem solving, thinking skills and logical thinking are big areas for all children to develop. It could be easy to think that EYFS children are too young to learn computer science, but by starting with engaging practical...