Summer Talk

Here are some ideas for supporting language development at home.

Mrs Sutherland and Mrs Grenfell

Support for Learning Department

Good afternoon

Here are some resources and information for families to help support with speech and language development.

Parent Portal

Misunderstood

Speech and Language Therapy Helpline

Good morning everyone 🤗 We hope you are all well ?

Here are some activities to keep you busy throughout this week.

In nursery we love playing with play dough……maybe you could try making some at home 😀 Try making some different shapes with your play dough or make some currant buns and sing the song 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

What you will need:

8 tbsp plain flour

2 tbsp salt

60 ml water

1 tbsp vegetable oil

food colouring

Method

1. Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. In a separate bowl add the water, oil  and a few drops of food colouring.

2. Pour the coloured water and oil into the flour,  mix and bring together with a spoon.

3. Knead the mixture together for a few minutes to form a smooth dough.

4. Store in a plastic bag in the fridge to keep it fresh.

5. Try making different colours.

Have fun 😀

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Learn a nursery rhyme and see if you can identify some rhyming words.

This weeks Rhyme is Mary Mary quite contrary:

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle

shells, and pretty maids all in a row.  🌳🌺🍃🌸🐚🌻

How many rhyming words did you find? …………well done 👏

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We are missing you all so much. We would love if you could draw a picture of your key worker. Remember and add as much detail as you can, including hair, eyes etc. This will help develop your fine motor skills and imagination. You can upload these to your learning journal.  We look forward to seeing them 👱🏻‍♀️🧓👩‍🦱

Have a good week from the ELC team 🌈

Dear Families

Here are some links to websites which you may find useful in supporting your child’s Literacy development. We hope that you find them helpful.

Mrs Sutherland and Mrs Grenfell
SfL Department

• Free access to games during Coronavirus situation https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/
• Free access during Coronavirus situation https://readingeggs.co.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/
• Free audio books https://stories.audible.com/discovery
• Touch Typing with BBC DanceMat https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
• Touch typing, literacy and memory activities www.doorway.online.org.uk
• Memory and Learning Skills app Dyslexia Quest (not free) https://www.nessy.com/uk/apps/dyslexia-quest/
• Phonics app (not free) Phonics with Phonograms for iOS devices, sold on Apple App Store
• Literacy games online https://www.ducksters.com/games/
• Support Website for children and young people www.unwrapped.dyslexiascotland.org.uk
• My Study Bar portable tools to support planning, reading, writing, voice and vision for older pupils with literacy difficulties www.eduapps.org
• Natural Reader Free text-to-speech toolbar www.naturalreaders.com
• Seeing AI (app) from Microsoft; reads text in front of device camera

Sway Uphall Early Learning Centre

Hello to all our friends from Uphall Early Learning Centre

I hope that you are all well, all your teachers are keeping well.

We have been exploring spring and when the children are with us they find it fascinating when they find a bug, a flower or see an animal.  With this in mind please find our spring sway presentation attached for you to look at and talk to your child about the pictures or comments.  Just click to view Sway Uphall Early Learning Centre

We hope that you enjoy the content. It is very rewarding for us to hear what the children have said.  Please post us a message and let us know.

Stay safe

Regards

Uphall ELC