Feel Fabulous Friday - from this... to this... developing imaginative play
Creating, wondering, imagining…these are such important activities for all of us, but never more so than in childhood. Imaginative play...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Nov 8, 20191 min read
Feel Fabulous Friday - make a jigsaw of yourself
Personalised jigsaw puzzles are a great activity for family time together and an opportunity to build your child's self-esteem. They...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Nov 5, 20192 min read
Top Tip Tuesday- oral blending and segmenting
The ability to segment words into sounds and the ability to blend sounds into words (oral blending and segmenting) are vital prerequisite...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Oct 22, 20192 min read
Top Tip Tuesday- apostrophes can be tricky. Or is it apostrophe's can be tricky?
Apostrophes can be tricky. Sometimes they form possessives. Sometimes they form contractions. Can they ever make something plural?...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Oct 15, 20192 min read
Top Tip Tuesday- practice, practice, practice!
Did anyone tell you practice makes perfect? That's only if you're practicing it right. Each time you spell a word wrong, you're...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Sep 3, 20191 min read
Top Tip Tuesday- reinforce the vocabulary used at school at home
As we start the new academic year, parents and carers are likely to be 'bombarded' over the next few weeks with a variety of letters and...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Aug 27, 20191 min read
Top Tip Tuesday- sewing cards to develop fine motor skills and enable children's writing
Fine motor skills are those that involve a refined use of the small muscles which control the hand, fingers and thumb. With the...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Aug 23, 20192 min read
Feel Fabulous Friday- promoting self-esteem: a book about myself
Self-esteem is how you think about yourself. Being confident means being comfortable with how you look and how you feel. And it means...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Aug 20, 20191 min read
Top Tip Tuesday- art is the first language of a beginning reader and writer
Art is the “first language” of the beginning reader and writer. Children usually draw or paint before they write. They use what might...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Aug 16, 20192 min read
Feel Fabulous Friday - guided meditations for children
When researching about teaching mindfulness to today's children, I realise how enlightened my parents were almost 50 years ago. We...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Aug 13, 20191 min read
Top Tip Tuesday - my name is special
Names... we all have them. Nearly all names have a meaning and the naming of children is often marked by an important ceremony. For...
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Fabulous at Phonics!
Aug 9, 20192 min read
Feel Fabulous Friday
The wellbeing of families, and children in particular, is a critical part of achieving academic outcomes. Here at Fabulous at Phonics!,...
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