on October 11th, 2011%

Remember the easy sewing project from yesterday, showing how to make a bag? It was a fun project for little fingers but we turned it into a springboard for another activity too, by making a scavenger hunt on the reverse side.
First we had a blast of ideas for all the things we might find on our nature walk . The children shouted them out and we put all the ideas down on some stickers. Some wrote them down, some drew pictures and I scribed the others. Here a some of the things they came up with: Read more »
on September 14th, 2011%

Are your kids bonkers for conkers at the moment?
We have to leave for school five minutes early so we can factor in enough time for horse chestnut gathering on the way there. And the walk home talks just that bit longer too because there are just so many interesting things to pick up from the floor at this time of the year. Read more »
on September 7th, 2011%

We’re celebrating the change in season by adding an autumnal twist to our easy no cook playdough recipe. Read more »
on August 1st, 2011%

If you’re out and about this summer grab a map and add some literacy lessons.
1. Giving a map to the children and following your route as you go is a great lesson in geography. Look out for landmarks, talk about left and right and the points of the compass. What words can they spot on the map to match up with what they see on their journey? Read more »
on July 28th, 2011%

Welcome to the Carnival of Outdoor Play!
This week’s Play Academy link-up is all about Outdoor Play. Please share an idea for any kind of outdoor play – a new post or one from your archive. Games, science, crafts, literacy, exploring, art – what outdoor play activities do you enjoy? Help us build a fantastic store of outdoor play ideas we can use whenever we need a new idea.
1. Please link to your actual post, not your homepage.
2. Please add a text link from your page through to this carnival, to invite others to come and share the ideas.
3. Go and visit some of the other blogs listed and say hi.
4. Grab an idea and go play!
5. Don’t forget to come back next Friday to join in with our regular ‘anything goes’ link-up. Read more »
on May 5th, 2011%
A very simple but effective way to encourage your children’s writing when you’re going out shopping is to have the children write the list.
This shows them that writing has a purpose and involves them in serious, grown-up business. Don’t worry too much about spellings and neatness, the idea is to promote writing as something . . . → Read More: Literacy ideas: shopping lists

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