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How to make your own Phonics flip board. What you need: Spiral bound Note book Pens Scissors How to construct: Turn the book landscape with the spirals at the top. Split the book into  3 equal sized columns and cut the columns all the way to the top.   Write all the consonants on the [...]

Helping your child keep ahead with their Maths skills over the summer by using this fun website. Fight the summer learning slump. Help your child keep ahead and keep their brains ticking over the summer. Check out this fantastic website “IXL Maths, Online maths practice and lessons” that develops your child’s math skills. Perfect as [...]

Educational Phonics Resource Review: Teach Your Monster To Read This great educational game is simply and aptly described on Twitter, ‘Teach Your Monster To Read: First Steps is a new way to practise the first steps of reading, from the Usborne Foundation.’   http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/   As I say, this is an apt description of this [...]

How to be prepared for enquiries from new Tutoring Clients: Email Always reply quickly and professionally to received enquiries. Answer all questions they may ask. Suggest a meeting in person.  Phone Call Be prepared. I can tell a few stories of how my first phone enquiries went. To put it mildly, they were awful. When [...]

Tutoring the little kids: Where to start? Meet the child and parents first in an informal setting. A coffee shop works well. Get to know the parents and the child and ensure that everyone is a good fit. It is so important that both the child and parent feel secure and comfortable with you as [...]

Type of activities Build simple words by listening to sounds. Short words like ‘am’ ‘cat’ are read out slowly. Each sound is pronounced so the child can hear and identify the sounds. Tracing letters for letter formation and hand writing practice.   Level / Age range targeted Early Years: Beginning Phonics. Includes individual sounds and [...]

Abby Monkey Phonics If your child is struggling with Phonics, beginning to learn sounds, or just needs a little practice, let Abby help. With this App, Abby the cute little monkey helps your child to succeed in learning. Abby is the resident helper, teacher and fun loving friend your kids will love and want to [...]

Reggio Emila Who started it? Loris Malaguzzi, a teacher, from Italy. What is Reggio Emilia? A few key quotes to describe The Reggio approach: “ It is based on the principles of respect, responsibility, and community through exploration and discovery in a supportive and enriching environment.” “Parents are viewed as partners, collaborators and advocates for [...]

Concentration All children have different levels of concentration. Some children can focus for longer periods of time than others. There are many influencing factors that can affect our levels of concentration. To help your child:- Avoid distractions Children are easily distracted. To focus your child’s attention, when doing homework for example, ensure to keep distractions [...]

Children need our help to demonstrate how to sort disputes independently. An ability to resolve conflicts will promote social development and assist your child in making friendships. Talk about it Remind children to use kind words and not their hands to sort disputes. Help your child to use their words by demonstrating. At a young [...]