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Hospital Role Play Ideas
Set up a hospital role play scene in your home or classroom for some context-rich playful writing opportunities and a fun way to learn about the world around us. Playing doctors and patients can also...
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Fairytale Storytelling Basket
Create a story basket full of storytelling props to retell favourite fairy tales together in a playful way! So easy to set up with items from around the house and beneficial for so many strands of...
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Alphabet Sound Machine
Make an alphabet sound machine for a fun letter learning early literacy game for kids! This hands on game promotes kinaesthetic learning through play and is suitable for toddlers to school age kids,...
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Alphabet Jump and Write on the Trampoline
Learn the alphabet and letter sounds in a fun and active way by jumping and tracing over chalk letters on the trampoline! A great way to get some exercise and learning outside at the same time! This...
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Sensory Writing in Fairy Dust
Make a magical sensory tray for mark making and early writing using homemade fairy dust and exciting added extras! Such a fun way to ignite the imagination and enthusiasm for young children as they...
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Alphabet Rocks Construction Site Activity
Learn the alphabet and practise spelling words using alphabet rocks in a construction site play activity! Lots of hands on fun and learning and a great small world play activity rolled into one. We...
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Alphabet Cups on the Light Box
Explore the ABC in a fun, multi-sensory way using alphabet cups on the light box. A perfect for all age groups which can be adapted to suit their various stages in literacy development and just used...
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Alphabet Ping-Pong Drop Literacy Game
Make a fun and engaging early literacy game for kids using alphabet ping pong balls and letter tubes. Exciting, fun and adaptable for younger and older kids, this is a great DIY resource to add to the...
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Library Role Play Area
Set up a little library role play area in your home or classroom for encouraging emergent, meaningful literacy experiences for young children. Welcome to the continuing series about Exploring Reggio,...
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Phonics I-Spy Discovery Bottle
Make a phonics I-Spy discovery bottle for hours of playful literacy fun at home, in the classroom or even when travelling! A great activity for learning beginning letter sounds and matching phonemes to...
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12 Creative Storytelling Activities
Here is a collection of 12 fun and playful ways to bring stories to life with creative storytelling activities! From play dough and story sensory bins to small world play and dramatic retelling, there...
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Alphabet Tree Decorations Literacy Play
Add a little creative literacy play to the festivities this Christmas with some alphabet decorations! Fun for learning beginning sounds or for those who are ready to start making and reading short...
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Space Rockets Spell and Read Game
Create a simple DIY literacy game for spelling and reading small words with this fun, space rocket themed puzzle game! It can be adapted for different stages of ability and changed to suit different...
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Threading Beads Alphabet Activity
Use some pipe cleaners and threading beads as a fun, multi-sensory and kinaesthetic way to learn letters of the alphabet and literally feel the way that they are formed with your fingertips! This is a...
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Sight Word Pebbles for Literacy Play
Make a fun sight word game for kids with these simple, DIY sight word pebbles! An easy learning resource for open-ended, playful literacy and tactile fun for beginner readers! I love to make the girls...
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Sorting Baskets Phonics Activity
Set up a fun phonics activity for preschoolers and school aged children with this sorting objects into baskets game! This takes no preparation at all and can be played in different ways to suit the age...
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Rhyming Pairs Basket Literacy Game
Make a simple rhyming activity to help practise rhyming pairs and learn about literacy in a playful, hands-on way! This would be great for both home and the classroom as a go-to resource on the shelf....
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Frozen Themed Play Dough Activity
Make some Frozen themed play dough with sparkly loose materials for imaginative play and story telling. Perfect for all those fans of Elsa and Anna and the Frozen movie and for promoting playful...
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Milk Jug Elmer Elephant Craft
Make an Elmer the elephant using a milk jug and coloured tissue paper squares! A great craft for kids to go along with a much-loved story book which can be used as a story prop or puppet too. This is...
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Matching Alphabet Beans Literacy Game
Make an alphabet beans literacy game and an ongoing resource to use in lots of activities together! Using some ordinary, dry butter beans (sold in the bag at the supermarket), I wrote on the letters...
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