Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must facilitate this game by giving oral instructions Prerequisites The child must be able to listen to and follow instructions The child must know how to safely carry a chair Materials A chair Preparation Select a suitable chair to use for the […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and on Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, although this exercise requires no material or setting up, the adult must facilitate the game. This game may be played anywhere for example in the car, waiting in a queue, on a walk etc Prerequisites None Materials None Preparation None Steps […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and on Level of Parent Involvement: High, the parent must do a 3 period lesson with the child and maintain a record of which puzzle words the child has mastered and which ones they are working on, regular 3 period lessons with the puzzle words are required until the child has memorised them […]
Recommended Age: 4-5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium Prerequisites The child must have a repertoire of at least 8-10 Sandpaper letters The child must have had experience in phonetic word building using the moveable alphabet Materials Strips of paper A writing pencil A tray Preparation Cut up some short strips of paper Steps […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Low Prerequisites Device with access to youTube Materials Steps Set up a cosy listening place for your child (blanket, stuffed animal or small toy to hold, headphones, device nearby but not in the child’s hands). Have them use the bathroom before beginning. If possible, have the […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Low Prerequisites Device with access to youTube Materials Steps Set up a cosy listening place for your child (blanket, stuffed animal or small toy to hold, headphones, device nearby but not in the child’s hands). Have them use the bathroom before beginning. If possible, have the […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Low Prerequisites Device with access to youTube Materials The Italian Days of the Week Playlist Preparation Steps Set up a cosy listening place for your child (blanket, stuffed animal or small toy to hold, headphones, device nearby but not in the child’s hands). Have them […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Low Prerequisites Device with access to youTube Materials The italian read along playlist Preparation Steps Set up a cosy listening place for your child (blanket, stuffed animal or small toy to hold, headphones, device nearby but not in the child’s hands). Have them use the […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Low Prerequisites Device with access to youTube Materials The story time playlist Preparation Steps Set up a cosy listening place for your child (blanket, stuffed animal or small toy to hold, headphones, device nearby but not in the child’s hands). Have them use the […]
Recommended Age: 2+ Level of Parent Involvement: High Materials see downloads below Steps Montessori Classified Cards Montessori 3-part cards or classified cards can be used to enrich the children’s vocabularies, to develop their classification, reading and writing skills and their knowledge of the world around them. As their name suggests, each 3-part card has three […]
Recommended Age: 4y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Low, once modelled Prerequisites None Materials An audio book Preparation Choose an audio book for your child to listen to. https://www.storylineonline.net/ https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122358011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-1 https://www.vooks.com/ https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/ Steps Set up a cosy listening place for your child (blanket, stuffed animal or small toy to hold, headphones, device nearby but not in […]
Recommended Age: 18m+ Level of Parent Involvement: Medium – until the child has practiced the activity several times, then low Prerequisites None Materials A limited choice of elastic waisted pants A mirror at your child’s level (optional, but highly recommended) Steps Provide two options of clean pants in a drawer or other […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High Preparation To become effective readers and writers, children need a strong awareness of the sounds that make up words. These skills of hearing, identifying, and working with the sounds in words are called phonemic awareness. We do lots of games and activities in the classroom […]
Recommended Age: 3.5y+ Level of Parent Involvement: Low, mostly preparation and supervision Prerequisites Can carry a tray with objects on it Can follow instructions and model what he has been shown Materials Shallow tray, wooden box or baking tray Light coloured sand A short ruler or piece of wood to smooth the […]
You’ll need: D’Nealian handwriting chart (https://thisreadingmama.com/dnealian-handwriting-charts-free/) or flashcards (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dnealian-Flashcards-2930013) Cardstock or similar Glue with a little water Paintbrush Texture material: sand, salt, cornmeal, glitter, etc Option: You can color salt with food coloring; pour salt into a ziploc, add a few drops of coloring, shake or mash to distribute color thoroughly. Use red or pink […]
