Nurturing Narrative Project
education

Nurturing Narrative: Games and Literacy

I was recently talking to our speech therapist about a project I was involved with in 2011. This was with Tim Ryland who has sadly passed away. The Nurturing narrative event was held in partnership with the Kent CAT (Communication and Assistive Technology Team). I looked it up to find that the website (TimRylands.com) was… Continue reading Nurturing Narrative: Games and Literacy

education, sensory

Sensory Templates For Early Literacy

The influence for these early literacy sensory templates is the book Find Colours by Tamara Shopsin and Jason Fulford. It features die-cut pages which you "colour" yourself by holding them over different surfaces that become the colours. Early Literacy Activities One of the challenging elements of special education is finding or creating motivating and engaging… Continue reading Sensory Templates For Early Literacy

Pancake day sensory recipe
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Pancake Day Sensory Story

A Sensory Recipe/Poem for Pancake Day Just a little bit of fun for Pancake day. a sensory story/recipe for encouraging messy play or adding a little bit of literacy and fun into food tech lessons. As always written with SEND children in mind this is a simple recipe with poem/Sensory story to go with it.… Continue reading Pancake Day Sensory Story

world book day inspiration
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A-Z of world book day ideas – That aren’t dressing up!

World Book Day teaching activities As a parent, I am starting to dread the yearly costume hunt that World Book Day has become. This year (2020) in Siansbury the dressing up display was 10 meters followed by two small shelves of books. So here is an A-Z list of possible activities and ideas that you… Continue reading A-Z of world book day ideas – That aren’t dressing up!

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education, special education

Books for Children about Autism.

This Is a guest blog by Andrea from A Bundle of Books children's bookshop in Herne Bay. We were delighted to be asked to support a pre-school in the first ever Schools' Autism Awareness Week. We wanted to find books about autism that enabled children to recognise and learn about the diagnosis. This could have… Continue reading Books for Children about Autism.