Early Years Learning- A great new free teaching resource April 30, 2012A great new free teaching resource for young children from the BBC is Counting with Rodd, a series of 10 films on the Class Clips website: www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/ Search: counting with rodd Each 6-minute episode features the irrepressible Rodd Christensen, who played … Continue reading →
- Playful practitioners April 20, 2012An inspiring way to start implementing Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage www.early-education.org.uk is to become engrossed in the distinctive Cosy catalogue ( Tel: 0133 370152). It really is full of truly imaginative resources, with an emphasis on … Continue reading →
- What turned my children into bookworms February 18, 2012In the eighties, Stockport Schools Libraries ran a highly successful Book Club, in association with the area’s primary schools. Children were given a printed leaflet of book titles, went to their local library – how tragic that so many are … Continue reading →
- A great new free teaching resource April 30, 2012
Monthly Archives: September 2010
In your night time garden
For a quite magical treat, read your child’s bedtime story to them in your garden. On top of your child’s pyjamas, add as much outdoor clothing and footwear as necessary, according to the weather. To add to the excitement you … Continue reading
Role play – the key to learning
Have you ever been astonished by the accuracy of young children imitating adults? Ever seen the facial contortions of a little boy as he uses a comb to ‘shave’ his chin, or a little girl as she applies imaginary make-up? … Continue reading
What’s the story? Evening Glory
Bring back the Bedtime Story! Fewer and fewer parents today are telling their children bedtime stories, and children are being deprived of a wonderful opportunity for emotional and linguistic nurturing. Children’s brains are hard-wired for narrative, an incredibly powerful tool … Continue reading
Teaching is for women?
The General Teaching Council reports today that 75% of teachers are women, and that only 1 in 8 Primary teachers are men. Perhaps the Government’s new initiative to offer teacher training to retiring military personnel will help address this?
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Using a Learning Platform to welcome Reception children
Have any Reception teachers used a Learning Platform to welcome children to Big School before they start? Just before a child starts, they can be given their own child-friendly icon log-in and view, from home with their families, a special … Continue reading
