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Play Kit for Quiet Time Dominoes Hammering Lessons Learnt Journal 02 (1)

Play Kit for Quiet Time: Dominoes & Hammering

By Pauline On September 3, 2013 · 6 Comments · In Activities for Children, Fine Motor Skills, Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Play, Play Kits for Quiet Time, Pre school, Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Wet Weather
You may have your younger kids napping or you just need some time to rest your ears, but we all know that time in the day when you just crave some  quiet in the home. Enter play kits for quiet time.  Here’s a quick re-cap if you’re new to our play kits for quiet time: [...]
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Literacy: Helping Kids Write

By Pauline On August 30, 2013 · 7 Comments · In Activities for Children, English, Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids & Writing, More, Parenting, Pre school, Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Subjects, Work, Writing
I’m notorious for keeping numerous notebooks. I’m even more notorious for keeping little keepsakes loosely tucked into the pages of those notebooks. Lately, those little keepsakes comprise anything with N&M’s emergent literacy; their writing in particular. That first letter to a friend enclosed in an envelope, that first church attendance card filled in by M [...]
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Play Kit for Quiet Time: Black & White / Memory

By Pauline On August 27, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Activities for Children, English, Fine Motor Skills, Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Play, Play Kits for Quiet Time, Pre school, Reading, Subjects, Writing
I still remember my despair when N and M stopped having their afternoon naps. Once I got over the shock of it all, I realised it was actually quite a nice opportunity to make time for them, working, playing and resting with them, while Mr E and Miss K napped. During this time in the [...]
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Fine Motor Activities: Black & White Collage

By Pauline On August 24, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Activities for Children, Art, English, Fine Motor Skills, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Subjects, Work
Fine motor skills refers to the strengthening of small muscles in the hand which are used in fine movements. These skills are demonstrated in: grasping (e.g. using a pencil or blocks); manipulating (e.g. scissors, play dough);and hand-eye coordination (e.g. writing, using a mouse to move a cursor). Encouraging children to build up their fine motor [...]
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