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Phonics Football ⚽️

I’m always looking for ways to make learning active, so today we took phonics outside!

I simply wrote some simple words, that use sounds Mr 3 knows, on the football with a chalk pen. We then played catch together! When each of us caught the ball, we sounded out and read the word that we could see. Mr 3 not only got practise himself but also then heard me orally blending. 👂🏼

You could easily do this in different ways - just with initial sounds, tricky words, spellings, numbers, sums, shapes… whatever your child needs to practise!!

SAVE this idea so that it’s up your sleeve for when you need it ✨

#eyfsphonics #phonicsplay #phonicsfun #eyfsideas #eyfsactivities #eyfsinspiration #eyfsteacher #continuousprovision #playinprovision #preschool #homeschoolpreschool #learningthroughplay #playbasedlearning #playactivitiesforfun #playideas #preschoolplay #preschoolathome #preschoolactivities #homeschool #knowandplay

Phonics Football ⚽️

I’m always looking for ways to make learning active, so today we took phonics outside!

I simply wrote some simple words, that use sounds Mr 3 knows, on the football with a chalk pen. We then played catch together! When each of us caught the ball, we sounded out and read the word that we could see. Mr 3 not only got practise himself but also then heard me orally blending. 👂🏼

You could easily do this in different ways - just with initial sounds, tricky words, spellings, numbers, sums, shapes… whatever your child needs to practise!!

SAVE this idea so that it’s up your sleeve for when you need it ✨

#eyfsphonics #phonicsplay #phonicsfun #eyfsideas #eyfsactivities #eyfsinspiration #eyfsteacher #continuousprovision #playinprovision #preschool #homeschoolpreschool #learningthroughplay #playbasedlearning #playactivitiesforfun #playideas #preschoolplay #preschoolathome #preschoolactivities #homeschool #knowandplay

IT’S BACK, & even BETTER than before 🌈

Nearly a year ago I released my Preschool Starter Guide, and I was SO proud of it. Every single activity in there I owe testament to, as they’re the reason why Mr 3 is the confident, learning-lover he is today. That guide started him off on his preschool stage learning journey and gave him such solid foundations for us to build upon.

Which got me THINKING! After releasing my Autumn & Christmas guide at the end of last year, I knew I wanted to rename and revamp the starter guide so that it matched their quality… but I just couldn’t think of a name for it. And then it HIT ME.

‘EARLY FOUNDATIONS’ is a Play & Learn Guide PACKED full of 30 purposeful play activities + variations to suit your child, all that will enable them to really solidify those earliest, vital maths and literacy skills and allow them to have a secure foundation to continue their future learning from.

Suitable from around 2.5 years, this guide covers essential EYFS objectives through activities that can (& should!) be repeated over and over, even through your child’s Reception days.

Get your PDF or HARD COPY on The Know & Play Space Shop 😍✨🌈

IT’S BACK, & even BETTER than before 🌈

Nearly a year ago I released my Preschool Starter Guide, and I was SO proud of it. Every single activity in there I owe testament to, as they’re the reason why Mr 3 is the confident, learning-lover he is today. That guide started him off on his preschool stage learning journey and gave him such solid foundations for us to build upon.

Which got me THINKING! After releasing my Autumn & Christmas guide at the end of last year, I knew I wanted to rename and revamp the starter guide so that it matched their quality… but I just couldn’t think of a name for it. And then it HIT ME.

‘EARLY FOUNDATIONS’ is a Play & Learn Guide PACKED full of 30 purposeful play activities + variations to suit your child, all that will enable them to really solidify those earliest, vital maths and literacy skills and allow them to have a secure foundation to continue their future learning from.

Suitable from around 2.5 years, this guide covers essential EYFS objectives through activities that can (& should!) be repeated over and over, even through your child’s Reception days.

Get your PDF or HARD COPY on The Know & Play Space Shop 😍✨🌈

Shapes in the Environment 🌎

Something I’ve been continuing to work on, revisit and revise with Mr 3 are 2D shapes. He knows the names of basic 2D shapes, and can often recognise them, but it’s an important skill to continue to remember and build upon.

One way to do this is to help children to ‘see’ shapes within their environment. This could be around their bedroom, the house, their local area… Today we did this in the woods!!

Mr 3 was very doubtful that we’d find any shapes going into the woods when I mentioned that today we were going shape hunting in the forest… he was almost looking at me quizzically like ‘crazy lady’! But once I started him off he was spotting shapes all over the place & then continued round the house when we got home.

‘Shapes in the Environment’ is one of the activities in my EARLY FOUNDATIONS PLAY & LEARN GUIDE - the new and updated version of my Preschool Starter Guide 🌈 I’ll pop a link in my stories & bio so you can find out more! We still do activities from this guide every week. I know I wrote it… but it really feels like gold dust even to me ✨🤩

SAVE this activity so you remember to have a go and SEND it to a friend you’d like to go along with!😍

#homeschool #homeschoolpreschool #preschoolathome #playathome #preschoolactivities #preschoolplay #preschoolideas #toddleractivities #toddlerplay #eyfsideas #eyfsplay #eyfsteacher #eyfsathome #eyfsmathsideas #eyfsmaths #eyfsactivities #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learningactivities #knowandplay #knowandplaypreschool

Shapes in the Environment 🌎

Something I’ve been continuing to work on, revisit and revise with Mr 3 are 2D shapes. He knows the names of basic 2D shapes, and can often recognise them, but it’s an important skill to continue to remember and build upon.

One way to do this is to help children to ‘see’ shapes within their environment. This could be around their bedroom, the house, their local area… Today we did this in the woods!!

Mr 3 was very doubtful that we’d find any shapes going into the woods when I mentioned that today we were going shape hunting in the forest… he was almost looking at me quizzically like ‘crazy lady’! But once I started him off he was spotting shapes all over the place & then continued round the house when we got home.

‘Shapes in the Environment’ is one of the activities in my EARLY FOUNDATIONS PLAY & LEARN GUIDE - the new and updated version of my Preschool Starter Guide 🌈 I’ll pop a link in my stories & bio so you can find out more! We still do activities from this guide every week. I know I wrote it… but it really feels like gold dust even to me ✨🤩

SAVE this activity so you remember to have a go and SEND it to a friend you’d like to go along with!😍

#homeschool #homeschoolpreschool #preschoolathome #playathome #preschoolactivities #preschoolplay #preschoolideas #toddleractivities #toddlerplay #eyfsideas #eyfsplay #eyfsteacher #eyfsathome #eyfsmathsideas #eyfsmaths #eyfsactivities #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learningactivities #knowandplay #knowandplaypreschool

What is RISKY PLAY and why is it so important?!

It’s crucial for children to take risks, and it’s our role as the adult to allow them to have this freedom, within limits. Children are innately drawn to take risks. It allows for them to move and challenge their bodies in new and different ways. It’s exciting!

We celebrate the gross motor milestones that our babies make - rolling over, crawling, cruising and walking... when really, if we look back and think... our baby was taking risks at those moments of practise! It just looks a little more scary and a whole lot more dangerous for our toddlers and older children when they push outside that safe zone.

Swipe across to read ➡️ & comment RISK to get the link to find out even more by reading my blog post!

#riskyplay #childdevelopment #playbasedlearning #playislearning #learningthroughplay #toddlerplay #babyplay #preschoolplay #playideas #playathome #playallday #playtolearn #knowandplay

What is RISKY PLAY and why is it so important?!

It’s crucial for children to take risks, and it’s our role as the adult to allow them to have this freedom, within limits. Children are innately drawn to take risks. It allows for them to move and challenge their bodies in new and different ways. It’s exciting!

We celebrate the gross motor milestones that our babies make - rolling over, crawling, cruising and walking... when really, if we look back and think... our baby was taking risks at those moments of practise! It just looks a little more scary and a whole lot more dangerous for our toddlers and older children when they push outside that safe zone.

Swipe across to read ➡️ & comment RISK to get the link to find out even more by reading my blog post!

#riskyplay #childdevelopment #playbasedlearning #playislearning #learningthroughplay #toddlerplay #babyplay #preschoolplay #playideas #playathome #playallday #playtolearn #knowandplay

BeaverBot Creation 📦 | ad

Our new @getbeaverbot arrived and we LOVE it. What an amazing little machine!

Its blade-free cutting means that Mr 3 can use it independently and he got the hang of it so quickly. For our first creation we worked together to make ‘Toothless’ from How to Train Your Dragon - a character he loves at the moment, but I can’t wait to see what else we create too in the future!

I’ll put some behind the scenes in my stories and also a link to get ££ off your own BeaverBot 🦫 It would make a great gift, or a fab resource to add to your homeschooling days!

#playideas #playbasedlearning #homeschoolpreschool #homeschooling #homeed #creativeplay #diyplayideas #learningthroughplay #playactivities #preschoolplay #preschoolactivities #playathome #knowandplay

BeaverBot Creation 📦 | ad

Our new @getbeaverbot arrived and we LOVE it. What an amazing little machine!

Its blade-free cutting means that Mr 3 can use it independently and he got the hang of it so quickly. For our first creation we worked together to make ‘Toothless’ from How to Train Your Dragon - a character he loves at the moment, but I can’t wait to see what else we create too in the future!

I’ll put some behind the scenes in my stories and also a link to get ££ off your own BeaverBot 🦫 It would make a great gift, or a fab resource to add to your homeschooling days!

#playideas #playbasedlearning #homeschoolpreschool #homeschooling #homeed #creativeplay #diyplayideas #learningthroughplay #playactivities #preschoolplay #preschoolactivities #playathome #knowandplay

All about The Know & Play Space ONLINE 💻🌈📱

Welcome 👋🏼 So many of you have been here since the beginning, but a whole load of you have recently joined the Know & Play community so I thought it was a good time to talk about this space!

Not only do I have my Instagram, but I also have The Know & Play Space website ✨ It’s a treasure trove full of goodness, if I do say so myself!

Scroll through this post to see all of the features you’ll find on the website, as well as some sneak peak videos of each of them too 👀

There’s a direct link to The Know & Play Space website in my bio, so do go and take a look and explore it if you haven’t already 😍 If you’re a regular on the site… have you spotted any newness recently?! 😏

Like what you see? Comment ‘ME PLEASE’ on this post and I’ll send you a special discount code so that you can join Know & Play membership for all the website’s extras & bonuses 🤩

Can’t wait to see even more of you knowing & playing 🌈 I hope you love it as much as I do!

📱💻: www.theknowandplayspace.com

#playideas #playbasedlearning #homeschoolpreschool #learningthroughplay #playactivities #toddlerplay #toddlerplayideas #preschoolplay #preschoolactivities montessoribaby #montessoriathome #montessoriplayroom #playroom #playspace #babyplayspace #babyplay #babyplayideas #babyactivities #playathome #knowandplay

All about The Know & Play Space ONLINE 💻🌈📱

Welcome 👋🏼 So many of you have been here since the beginning, but a whole load of you have recently joined the Know & Play community so I thought it was a good time to talk about this space!

Not only do I have my Instagram, but I also have The Know & Play Space website ✨ It’s a treasure trove full of goodness, if I do say so myself!

Scroll through this post to see all of the features you’ll find on the website, as well as some sneak peak videos of each of them too 👀

There’s a direct link to The Know & Play Space website in my bio, so do go and take a look and explore it if you haven’t already 😍 If you’re a regular on the site… have you spotted any newness recently?! 😏

Like what you see? Comment ‘ME PLEASE’ on this post and I’ll send you a special discount code so that you can join Know & Play membership for all the website’s extras & bonuses 🤩

Can’t wait to see even more of you knowing & playing 🌈 I hope you love it as much as I do!

📱💻: www.theknowandplayspace.com

#playideas #playbasedlearning #homeschoolpreschool #learningthroughplay #playactivities #toddlerplay #toddlerplayideas #preschoolplay #preschoolactivities montessoribaby #montessoriathome #montessoriplayroom #playroom #playspace #babyplayspace #babyplay #babyplayideas #babyactivities #playathome #knowandplay

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