Adjectives Ending in Every Letter: The Ultimate Teacher’s Hub

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Adjectives Ending in Every Letter of the Alphabet (Free Tool) You know the feeling. It is Sunday night. The house is finally quiet. You have a cup of tea, a stack of marking, and a lesson plan that is almost done. You just need a list of words. Maybe you are teaching a phonics rule. … Read more

Bring Writing To Life: Banning Dead Words

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The “Dead Words” List: Burying Boring Vocabulary and Bringing Writing to Life Nothing kills a good story faster than boring words. Honestly, as a teacher, I see the same pattern over and over, especially around 3rd and 4th grade. A student has a brilliant idea for an adventure story. There are dragons! There are spaceships! … Read more

50 Inclusive Alphabet Games for SEN Pupils: Engaging and Interactive Activities

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Top 50 Fun Alphabet Games for SEN Pupils As teachers working with Special Educational Needs (SEN) pupils, we understand the importance of making learning engaging, interactive, and tailored to diverse needs. Alphabet games are an excellent way to introduce and reinforce letter recognition, phonics, and early literacy skills. These games can be adapted to suit … Read more

Celebrate World Book Day: Creative and Fun Ideas to Ignite a Love for Reading

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World Book Day Ideas 2024: Create a Love of Reading A literary adventure of epic proportions! World Book Day, the international celebration of books and reading, is fast approaching. In honour of this special occasion, we’ve curated a list of creative and fun ways to express your love for reading with your class, and instil … Read more

Improving Literacy In Key Stage 1: Skills and Processes

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What Does the Evidence Say About Improving Literacy in KS1? Literacy encompasses not only the ability to read and write but also a range of intricate skills such as word-level competencies like spelling and word-reading, as well as text-level abilities like reading comprehension and writing composition. There are a number of ways to improve literacy … Read more

Nurturing Narrative: Games and Literacy

Nurturing Narrative Project

Using Immersive Games to Enhance 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 … Read more

Sensory Templates For Early Literacy

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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 … Read more

Pancake Day Sensory Story

Pancake day sensory recipe

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. … Read more

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

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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 in Sainsbury’s the dressing-up display was 10 meters followed by two small shelves of books. However, I do think that World Book Day has the potential to inspire creativity and … Read more

2 Great Books for Children about Autism.

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Books to Teach 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 preschool in the first-ever Schools’ Autism Awareness Week. We wanted to find books about autism that enabled children to recognise and learn about … Read more