To celebrate the new year I have had fun creating a list of 118 fun days to celebrate in 2018. The printable calendar offers a range of holidays, celebrations and festivals representing many different parts of the world, including days raising awareness for a range of important social and environmental issues, birthdays of some of […]
12 Verbal Literacy Games for Speaking, Listening & Thinking
I play a lot of verbal games with my girls, especially when we are travelling or waiting at appointments. Verbal games are great for developing speaking and listening skills, vocabulary, thinking and reasoning abilities and even social skills, such as turn taking. And the bonus is that we need nothing but our brains and our […]
Nurturing Curiosity
There is something about preschoolers, isn’t there? The questions fly thick and fast, sometimes too fast for a bewildered mama to keep up. ‘What’s that flashing light for Mummy?’ ‘How did that building get so tall Mummy?’ ”What are these bugs doing here Mummy?’ and on and on they go. Curiosity; seeing something for the first time, […]
Literacy Spot #12: Literacy in the Block Corner
I have spoken before about children having natural preferences for one type of play. Like Immy who turns everything play related into an imaginative game. I have also mentioned that as parents and educators we can extend our child’s play beyond that which they already know and love, you may remember this quote which I […]
Everyday Learning at Home
If you watch and listen carefully you will find lots of spontaneous opportunities for everyday learning all around your home. Like rainbows in the vegetable patch. Or delicious fresh corn that you grew yourself. Not to mention the plethora of creatures who reside there with you. And these everyday learning opportunities lead to lots of […]
