Nursery rhyme activities for early years have always been a big part of early learning. I bet you remember singing nursery rhymes with your family or at preschool, and you probably had a favourite that you still remember! Nursery rhymes for preschool can seem a bit old fashioned… In today’s high tech, fast-paced world, the […]
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Activities for phonemic awareness are the perfect way to prepare preschoolers for any approach to phonics teaching. This easy peasy collection early years activities achieves amazing results, with next to no prep time. Perfect for developing prephonics skills with preschoolers at home and nursery. If you’re looking for fun and interactive ways to prepare your
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Super simple and fun attention and listening games have never been more important because when children begin school, many children struggle to pay attention and listen. It’s easy to take the ability to listen and pay attention for granted. But in today’s world, where visual and sound distractions are everywhere, this is easier said than
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It was summertime when I started working with Little Owls Preschool. This was the perfect time to be thinking about prephonics nursery activities for 4 year olds, as well as having hours of fun outdoors. This is the story of how some super simple preschool phonics games thoroughly engaged a lively bunch of preschoolers, preparing
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Listening games that help 2,3- and 4-year-olds to hear similarities and differences in everyday sounds are crucial to this development.
So, we developed some super simple and fun listening games that our preschoolers loved.
This is our story….
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The best pre-phonics activities include singing! Singing is one of the very best pre-phonics activities to develop essential pre-reading skills because all perfectly prepared preschoolers need to be able to: Hear sounds Say sounds Remember sounds This is how I began the ‘Importance of preschool phonics songs’ parents meeting at Little Cherubs Preschool. Let’s Sing!
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We all want our preschoolers to be ready for reading, and phonological awareness is the magic ingredient! This developmental step sounds overwhelming. But, like most things, it’s easy to understand when we break it down into smaller steps. When I started working with the staff and children at The Oaks, everyone felt under pressure to
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An awareness of alliteration is an essential part of phonics for nursery, but where do we start and what should this look like?
The staff at Little Learners Nursery had been developing their nursery phonics activities but they were anxious about alliteration.
This is the story of how we pimped up their provision for perfectly prepared preschoolers!
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Three-year-old Aaron was a boy who loved to play, and who made the most progress in familiar situations. This is the story of how Aaron helped us find the winning formula for our prephonics activities.
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Are you looking for fast and fun phonics games for phase 1 to play with your 2- and 3-year-olds? As a nursery team, we were always on the lookout for new ideas like this.
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In a hurry this Christmas? Looking for easy early years Christmas ideas to use with your 2,3- and 4-year-olds? Create magical memories for your pre-schoolers this Christmas with these fun, festive pre phonics games.
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I hadn’t always understood the significance of rhythm in early years phonics activities, but I learnt a lot from Patience. This super enthusiastic pre-schooler had a love of music, an amazing sense of rhythm, but little experience with books. This is the story of how having fun with rhythm helped Patience to get ready for
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Alfie needed singing in his life! When Alfie joined our nursery he struggled. He knew very few words, and the words he did say were unclear. Alfie found it hard to communicate with everybody, especially his peers. He was frustrated because the whole social environment was overwhelming . For Alfie, and many of his friends,
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Are you new to phase 1 phonics listening games? Do you just need some inspiration for using musical instruments with preschoolers? This post is here to help! Here are 5 new, super simple phase 1 phonics ideas that your children will love, and you’ll want to play for years to come! Engaging Adi in preschool
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If you’re looking for new, fun, and easy Phonics Phase 1 game ideas for introducing environmental sounds, then look no further! Here are 5 super Phase 1 Phonics ideas that your children will love, and they take next to no time to prepare. Teaching preschool listening games has never been so easy, so let’s get
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Fun Phonics Phase 1 ideas are essential if you’re teaching oral blending in Nursery or Preschool. Oral blending is a skill that takes lots of practise, so great Phase 1 Phonics games that everyone wants to play on repeat are a must! These super simple oral blending suggestions will help you prepare your 3 and 4-year-olds for reading in
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Sarah had been using Letters and Sounds Phase 1 with her preschoolers for years. It had been so long that she couldn’t remember what she did before she used Phase 1 Phonics! Sarah’s team worked incredibly hard, and the children responded well to the games, but Sarah was super honest, she knew that these could be improved. This is what happened when we focussed rhyming with her preschoolers.
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It was the end of the preschool year when I met The Ladybirds. A fun loving, energetic bunch of 3 year olds who were delighted to engage with everything Nursery had to offer. However, there was a problem….
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“Should we be teaching phonics for 3 year olds in nursery? is a question I’ve been asked many, many times during the past few months. As phonics teaching continues to be high on the agenda, this post examines what phonics with 2,3 and 4 year olds should look like and why!
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