This is a fantastic activity to strengthen those fine hand muscles, practice pencil grip and revise the alphabet. You will need: Jelly Small container Alphabet…
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Category: preschool curriculum
28 free resources to help your children understand Coronavirus
With the Covid-19 pandemic interrupting our children’s school year, normal life routine and ability to play with their friends they obviously have many questions. So…
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5 ways to teach your child using jellybeans
Each morning Hamish and I do an hours school work at the table where we concentrate on : Colours Shapes Numbers and counting Letters Pre…
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Fun science – changing a flowers colour
One of my favourite activities as a child was to pick my mothers flowers and try change their colour by leaving them in food colouring…
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Using toy cars for name recognition
Hamish absolutely loves his cars and when I first saw this idea on @homeschoolingideas I knew it would be an activity that he would enjoy.…
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Bookish play : Disney Frozen stuck on stories
With Frozen fever all over our house I thought I’d start our new year with some bookish play using this fun book: Disney Frozen Stuck…
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How to use flashcards with your child
Flashcards can be a playful means to introduce children to new words, images or concepts, using the importance of repetition to children’s memorization skills. As…
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Make your own Alphabet flash cards
As your child gets a little older, you may want to introduce a set of flash cards to help them learn the letters of the…
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Make your own Alphabet scrapbook
An alphabet scrapbook is an easy, engaging way to introduce early words and letters to preschoolers. You will need: An exercise book or 26 white…
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Preschool lessons – learning letters: getting started
About 6 months ago Hamish started showing signs of being interested in what the letters of the alphabet were. He would point out the H…
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