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Government matched-funding for phonics resources and training

26th January 2012

As part of the Government’s commitment to raising standards in literacy, the Department of Education is offering match-funding worth up to £3000 for phonics resources and training. A copy of ‘The Importance of Phonics’ catalogue will have already arrived in your school and, we’re pleased to say, that you’ll find some Yellow Door products within the supplementary resources section.

Phonics Pebbles – Blending and segmenting

8th November 2011

Get the most out of our Phonics Pebbles with these great ideas and activities from teacher and consultant, Christine Barker.

A super choice!

4th November 2011

Teach Nursery magazine has reviewed our Come Alive Superheroes resources in their latest issue.

Phonics Pebbles – Phoneme recognition games

26th September 2011

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Teacher and consultant, Christine Barker shares some ideas for using our new Phonics Pebbles.
These pebbles offer an interesting visual and tactile way of introducing young children to letters and sounds. They can be used in many ways, both indoors and outdoors, to support phonics teaching, and give children opportunities to independently show you what they can do.

Phonics – a multisensory approach

16th September 2011

Come Alive Phonics author, Tim Harding, explains why a multisensory approach is essential for successful phonics teaching.

Teaching phonics to young children involves a number of challenges for both teacher and pupil. Teachers have to communicate a large amount of information in a short period of time. Pupils are expected to quickly assimilate and retain this knowledge. By combining music, movement, pictures and words you can create activities that are highly effective, easy to remember and great fun.

Outdoor resources – latest review

22nd August 2011

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Some of our favourite outdoor resources have just been reviewed by Consultant and Trainer Gail Ryder Richardson. Our Alphabet and Number Pebbles have been under scrutiny along with Squidgy Sparkle Letters. Check out what Gail has to say.

Set up your own superhero training camp

30th June 2011

Helen Bromley invites you to unleash the positive power of superhero play for some powerful learning outdoors. This is the first in a mini-series of articles from her new Come Alive Superheroes.

105 Superheroes and superhero play hold enormous fascination for most young children. Using the outdoor area to explore a superhero theme allows children to ‘go large’, being messier, louder and moving around with greater freedom than is possible inside.

10K Superhero run for the NLT

11th May 2011

With the fabulous response we've had to our new Come Alive Superheroes range, Yellow Door has good reason to celebrate all things superhero this summer! To get things off to a flying start, Carole, our founder, will be running 10K around Regent's Park on Sunday dressed as a superhero.

We've won Supplier of the Year!

22nd March 2011

The 2011 Education Show in Birmingham marked the fifth anniversary of the launch of Yellow Door. The ERA Awards run alongside the exhibition and on Friday night we were lucky enough to win the small business ‘Supplier of the Year’ category.

“We are thrilled to have won this award – what a great way to celebrate our fifth birthday!”
Carole Mills, Managing Director

Adding digital photos to whiteboard software

9th March 2011

“I’ve taken some great photos of the children in my setting, which I want to display on my interactive whiteboard. How do I add them to my whiteboard software?”

It’s really easy to insert photos into whiteboard software, when you know how. If you have SMART Notebook installed on your computer, you need How to add digital photos into SMART Notebook. If you use Promethean ActivInspire, you need How to add digital photos into Promethean ActivInspire.

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