How do you encourage a reluctant writer? I am trying at present to encourage a child who is reluctant to write, mainly due to a confidence i...

This idea is brilliant for practising all sorts of words. The image is of a session with one of the children I tutor. I have done the same s...

Here is a fact sheet that I created when training new teaching assistants in guided reading. It is aimed at low ability or beginning readers...

Some children struggle to hear that vowel in words when writing. I usually do a focus activity on that medial vowel. We go through the vowel...

There are lots of things children need to be able to do before blending to read. I often feel children are rushed into this phase and so mak...

This is an old activity from ELS. - Early literacy support. I use it a lot because it helps make learning sounds a bit more fun. Very simp...

Another great activity to encourage children to look carefully for vowel digraphs is 'word sort' Children can cut and stick the wor...