Sensory Stones enable children to have sensory experiences by experimenting with raised and indented shapes and patterns. Here, author and play specialist Wendy Usher shares her ideas on introducing the stones into a setting and some sensory play activities.
It’s no secret that we love superheroes at Yellow Door and it seems we are not alone! Our friends at Eastfield Nursery in Northampton have recently run a superhero topic and they’ve written an amazing blog which they have kindly allowed us to share.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen is a firm favourite for many settings. In this blog, independent literacy consultant Jane Bunting, explores the idea of the bear coming to visit…
There are a huge number of bear stories. Here are a few bear necessities for any book corner. The children will have their own favourites too.
Get the most out of our Phonics Pebbles with these great ideas and activities from teacher and consultant, Christine Barker.
It is important for children to begin segmenting and blending simple VC and CVC words early in their phonemic development, and to continue practising this skill. As digraphs and trigraphs are introduced, children will more easily see how phonemes work together to make one sound. The Phonics Pebbles help with this as each phoneme is on a single pebble.
The pebbles can be used for simple wordbuilding games, such as the ones that follow.
Teacher and consultant, Christine Barker shares some ideas for using our Phonics Pebbles.
Yellow Door’s Phonics Pebbles offer an engaging visual and tactile way of introducing young children to letters and sounds. They can be used in many ways, both indoors and outside, to support phonics teaching, and give children opportunities to independently show you what they can do.
Come Alive Phonics author, Tim Harding, explains why a multisensory approach is essential for successful phonics teaching.
Helen Bromley invites you to unleash the positive power of superhero play for some powerful learning outdoors. 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.
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