I know this image has nothing much to do with literacy…but when looking at the Jolly Learning Facebook page I got distracted by it and loved the idea! Cut up and squashed toilet rolls never looked so good! If you click on the image you’ll find yourself at Jolly Learning’s page and while there are lots of great literacy ideas posted there you’ll also find some really fun activities to do just because they’re FUN! Thanks Fiona at Raigmore for sharing this!
These images come from the book, ‘The Continuum of Literacy Learning’ which is a good resource! We do a lot of this already but I like the way it’s presented- nice and simple! If you know of other resources that focus on teaching reading strategies then please let us know and we can share them here.
This resource has been recommended, it’s been tried and tested and we’re told it’s GREAT! Click on the image to find out more!
“It is quite simple but covers a wide range of phonics, word building and a good amount of the ICT early curriculum. The children are mad for it. In fact the younger end of our school and our Nursery are ‘monster crazy’. It is free and the teacher gets to see how the children are doing as progress is recorded. All of our children have loved it so much they have set up accounts for home too, which means lots of extra practice.”
Sarah Taylor
Badcaul Primary School.
A friend of mine recommended this blog as one to follow and it’s certainly worth a look! http://chartchums.wordpress.com/
The whole idea is that the children we teach today live in a world very much dominated by symbols and while we use these often with younger children or children with additional needs, why would we not use them just because they allow ALL children to readily access learning? Made sense to me so I bought the book! I’m on a mission now to try out this approach and recruit some fellow teachers to do the same… we’ll post some photos of what we come up with!
What questions do YOU have about literacy? When you think about how you teach reading, writing, listening and talking what works well and what do you find challenging? Post your comments and we’ll see about answering them on this blog!
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