I have no less than 20 two or three minute videos of Immy on my iPhone from this past week. She is fascinated by the idea of performing for the camera and seeing herself played back on the screen. “Did you take the video?” and “Can I see now?” have become common requests. Initially she […]
Literacy Spot #26: Magazines
Immy seems to have inherited my enjoyment of magazines. Every now and then we will buy her The Wiggles magazine or an Angelina Ballerina magazine as a treat and she ‘reads‘ them over and over again. She likes us to read the stories to her and to make up her own from the illustrations, there […]
Playopedia Picks: Story Connections
There are a host of new ideas for your playful enjoyment over at Playopedia today so be sure to check them out. Today I am highlighting some of the great ideas for encouraging playful engagement with stories and storytelling which have been submitted so far… Shadow Puppets Story Stones Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Bag Puppet […]
Literacy Spot #25: Brainstorming
I used brainstorming a lot when I was teaching young children; as a tool to determine the understanding/existing level of knowledge of a given topic or to provide insight into the questions that the children had about the topic. When working with pre-reading children (children as young as two years of age), our brainstorm records […]
Literacy Spot #10: Labels
Labelling might seem like a very simple literacy project but toddlers and preschoolers have a natural preference for order through sorting, arranging and classifying, so as well as being a fun way of introducing your child to purposeful literacy this project has the added benefit of appealing to their developing sense of organisation as well. […]
