on January 13th, 2011%
Here’s how to make your own bingo game to help your child practise their letters.
1. Make several grids on paper or card. You can draw them by hand or print them from the computer. You need at least one grid per player but if you make more you’ll be able to swap cards and . . . → Read More: Literacy games: bingo
on November 18th, 2010%
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L is in love with letters this week. She has been thrilled to discover there is such a thing as a kicking k and a curly c. She is sounding out lots of words and spotting the letters . . . → Read More: Play Academy #16
on September 8th, 2010%
L is getting more and more interested in letters and we’re using our magnetic alphabet set to play some alphabet games. There are lots of ways you can use letters of course, depending on how old your children are, but here are two easy games to use with those just starting to recognise letters.
I . . . → Read More: Alphabet games
on April 27th, 2010%
We’re making Little a parade of letters to go around her bedroom wall. Big has had an alphabet wall chart up since she was 3, and if Big Sister has one…
We could buy one of course, but where’s the fun in that? By making our own we can incorporate lots of other skills and new things . . . → Read More: Alphabet wallchart
on April 21st, 2010%
We’ve been playing I-spy Letters today as we were out and about in the neighbourhood. We were hunting for the lettert ‘R’, which happens to be the initial of Little’s best friend, but of course you can choose whichever letter you like: think about what stage your child is at with letter recognition and play the . . . → Read More: I-spy game with letters

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