A great way to get children writing is to send a postcard – to a friend, to grandma, even to themselves. We found this homemade postcard on the way home from school today and as you can see someone has spent a lot of time and effort designing the front and using joined up handwriting for . . . → Read More: Encouraging writing
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Imagine you’re 7 and you come downstairs in the morning and the breakfast table looks like this: Are you likely to get yourself some paper and a pencil and practise some writing? If you’re one of the 7 year olds I know, the answer is ‘probably not’. Now, imagine if before she went to bed last . . . → Read More: Children’s scrapbook ideas Welcome to this week’s #goplay Twitter Tips. Today, by special request from a reader who’s looking for ideas to use with her 8-year old son, we’re looking at : Ideas to encourage reading and writing #goplay Tip One: If you want kids to read make sure they have easy access to some fab, inspiring . . . → Read More: Encouraging reading and writing If you’re looking for an idea to get your child writing, try making a Zig Zag Book. Take a piece of card (long and narrow shape) in your child’s favourite colour. Fold it in half, then in half again to create a little book with four zig zag pages. Then it’s over to your child. What story could . . . → Read More: Ideas for children’s writing  |
   
                    
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