I can still remember my first-ever phonics course many years go. They wrote sets of letters on the board and asked us if we knew what...

Have you got a set of flashcards and are now wondering what to do with them? Here are 10 fun games and activities to play using your...

There was lots of excitement in my house this week as 2 bright blue cards dropped through our letter box! Monzo now has a free Under 16s...

My daughter has loved cats for as long as I can remember. Her favourite movie was Aristocats and one of my favourite videos is of her...

Bedtimes in our house started to get later and later and we had got into a comfortable routine of watching something on the TV after...

Your child will learn to read and spell tricky words during their phonics sessions. You might hear them referred to as something else,...

Phonics is the prime approach for teaching children to read. Once your child knows some sounds, they can begin to blend.

My children's school send home a look, cover, write, check sheet for spellings. One of my children will happily fill it in, whereas the...

High-frequency words are the words which occur most often in a text. Some of the high-frequency words are  decodable which  means your...

Segmenting is the opposite of blending and is the technique used to help with spelling. When blending to read words, you push sounds...

We had a holiday booked for February half term which was cancelled due to Covid, so we decided to recreate our holiday at home! We would...

For the past few years we have had a mini party at home for New Years Eve. We decorate the house, cook party food and have a chocolate...

Here are our 10 favourite games to play over the festive period. 1. Do you want to draw a snowman? You need: paper plates felt tip pens...

Phonics is the prime approach for teaching children to read. Once your child knows some sounds , they will begin to blend. This means...

Lots of people loved our restaurant at home , so thought I would share another way we used our menu templates that were designed by Liz...

As part of our holiday at home we pretended to go to a restaurant. I asked my very talented sister Liz Smith Illustration if she could...