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Our stories: Children can take on the role of storyteller

Pamela Algie

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...Introduction Children love stories. They love listening to stories told or read by adults and looking at books independently. They also love creating their own stories and narratives. This activity allows children's own stories...

Coding unplugged: Direct human robots

Pamela Algie

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...Introduction Problem solving, thinking skills and logical thinking are big areas for all children to develop. It could be easy to think that EYFS children are too young to learn computer science, but by starting with engaging practical...

Express Yourself: Use a voice recorder to encourage and develop early reading skills

Dawn Roper

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...Introduction Help develop children's understanding of expression and encourage their enjoyment and love of stories. Use a digital recording device to record children reading or telling their favourite stories. They will enjoy listening...

Talking fingers: Use finger puppets to encourage talk

Sally Featherstone

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...Introduction Puppets are a great tool in Early Years settings. They encourage less confident children to contribute to activities; provide another focus for children's eyes and attention and give clues that can help children to learn...

Making marks and recording thoughts: Use digital screen-casting to record children's writing development and explore the thinking behind their mark making

Pamela Algie

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...Introduction In the early stages of emergent writing, children's mark making represents their own code of recorded speech. Without explanation from the children, the marks recorded may simply look like squiggles and lines. In this activity...

What we did today: Creating digital reports

Pamela Algie

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...Introduction This activity requires iPads or tablets installed with the app Shadow Puppet Edu. Children can create simple videos from photos. It is an ideal activity to recap with children what they did today or what they did on a trip...

Fancy Voices: An idea for listening

Su Wall

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...What are they learning? A fun way to countWhat you need counting bricks imagination!Keywords listen look count one to tenWhat you do Build a tower from one to ten, counting as you do so. Now get the children to count the bricks using...

My new year resolutions: Encourage Children to write down some new year promises

Judith Harries

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...Introduction Talk about the start of a new year in January. Let children think of promises they can make and goals they can set for the year ahead. Help them to write their ideas onto the writing frame provided.What you need Space and time...

What Am I?: An idea for poetry

Keri Finlayson

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...What are they learning? become familiar with descriptive language; recognise words that have the job of describing things; create a poem that uses describing words. Adjectives are words that describe things. I am blue. I am pointy. I am...

Top And Bottom: An idea for opposites

Judith Harries

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...What you need large piece of paper two large plastic rings or hoops selection of coloured wooden shapes paper and pens rulers printed number laddersWhat you do Introduce the opposite words – top and bottom. Draw two circles on the white...