To support your child at home, there are many things you can do.
- Talk about your child's day, encourage them to share their experiences and how they are feeling.
- Go for a shape walk. Can you find 2D shapes in your house or the local environment? Can your child name them and group them?
- Practise counting every day in real activities, i.e setting the table "Can you get 4 mats please" etc. Can your child pair socks or put matching pairs together?
- Fine motor skills - try to build up hand strength and dexterity in using their fingers. Can they unscrew bottles? Make shapes on the bathroom wall with bubbles, make circles and swirls. Make dough (Pintrest has fabulous ideas) and use it for rolling, squishing, etc.
- Environmental print - Can your recognise familiar names? Can they find their initial letter? Can they match singing the alphabet with spotting the letters?
- Read every day, share the pictures, talk about the story.
- Sing nursery rhymes. Can your child spot the rhymes? Can they finish if you stop half way through?
- Phonicsplay.com is a useful website to support early phonics, such as listening to sounds, clapping syllables, finding rhymes.
- Self help skills - dressing, independence, keeping safe.
- Go for a walk and look for signs of the changing seasons. Talk about days of the week, months of the year, seasons.
