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Reading is important for young children
Reading every day to children is an essential part of helping children to develop their imagination and improve oral and written literacy skills. Early reading ignites creativity, sparks curiosity, and stimulates the imagination in young children. Often, this leads to role-play as children grow which helps to develop other skills such as empathy, problem-solving, and morality. Stimulating your young child’s brain cells through these early reading experiences will help them to become better listeners, readers, and communicators as well as instill a lifelong love of learning.
Stories/ ebooks
Story Online Actors reading picture books
Storytime from Space Astronauts reading picture books on the International Space Station
Oxford Owl free ebook library for 3-11 year olds.
free childrens stories Read alouds with the visual book
International Children's Digital Library Stories from around the world.
World Book Day Storytime Online
Phonics
Alphablocks on Youtube for phonic learning
Phonics play: Register for your free trial
Star Fall https://www.starfall.com/h/abcs/?mg=k
Numeracy
Splash Learn for Maths: Start your free trial
Number blocks on Youtube
Free Online Preschool Math Games
Songs/Dances
Koo Koo Kangaroo Dinosaur dance
Adams Family Song Days of the Week
Cosmic Yoga on Youtube Example
Activities
Chatterpack - a list of online, free, boredom-busting resources
Creative
Games
Maths
Maths
Maths is all around us and you can best help children at this age by bringing Maths into your everyday lives and conversations. Count things around you and in practical situations, point out and and identify numbers and shapes in your surroundings and have your children help you with simple everyday problems such as getting one more of something. Cooking is a fantastic way to help develop many of these skills and a great way to develop Maths and social skills.
Below are a couple of fun videos to help develop counting and number recognition skills:
Other Subjects
Other Subjects
Many of the other areas of the Early Years curriculum can best be served by encouraging co-operative play outside of school. We strongly recommend regular play dates with non-family members as these develop social and communication skills as well as a range of other areas.
Time spent talking with your children is also invaluable. Talk about the world around you, what they can see and changes they notice. Also involve them in family events and talk about similarities and differences between what they do and what their friends may do.
Cooking:
Cooking:
Cooking is an amazing activity to do with any child. It has numerous positive impacts across a range of areas in your child's learning. We strongly recommend reading the attached article to find out more about this wonderful learning opportunity.
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