Songs we are learning for our fall leaf unit. Words and patterns are located on my website.
Duration : 0:2:23

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‘123 it’s a fruity abc’ is a great way to involve young children in developing literacy skills together with a fun experience of tasty fruit and vegetables.
You can view and learn by individual letters making
‘a-few-minutes-a-day’the best way to encourage daily fruit and daily fun.
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‘123 it’s a fruity abc’ is a great way to involve young children in developing literacy skills together with a fun experience of tasty fruit and vegetables.
You can view and learn by individual letters making
‘a-few-minutes-a-day’the best way to encourage daily fruit and daily fun.
£12.99
DVD Pal/NTSC All regions available including US, Canada, UK, Europe, Japan, Australia…
40 [...]

Great for building math skills and fine motor skills. Patterns can be found on my site at childcareland.com under the video section.
Duration : 0:2:49

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This Demo video shows the technique of using ’synthetic phonics’ to sound out the individual letters and also groups of letters that make the same sound.
So for instance the word ‘apple’ is shown in a visual relationship with a real apple, it is also ’sounded out’ using the ’synthetic phonic’ approach where you break the [...]

If someone tried to implement the Swedish preschool model in the UK or USA, how would you respond – praise them as a pioneer or accuse them of being an anarchist?
Yet a typical, bog-standard Swedish preschool produces confident, happy children who, despite their comparitively low literacy levels are so eager to learn that by [...]

this project is both easy and functional and best of all you can use it to teach children how to tell time. What more fun than that?
this is a simple arts and crafts project with pre-k and kindergarten children in mind!
See the step by step instructions for this paper plate clock project on:
http://www.simplekidscrafts.com/2008/11/how-to-make-and-easy-paper-plate-clock-for-kids/
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Core strategies to support young English language learners.
A preview from Educational Productions (www.edpro.com). STARTING POINTS gives mainstream teachers the strategies to support successful teaching and learning for diverse young children. This unique resource shows how pre-K to third grade teachers welcome children and enable them to grasp new language and concepts. Highlights key practices [...]

Despite not starting formal education until seven, by age eleven, Swedish and Finnish children approach the top of Europe’s literacy league tables. Finnish children spend fewer hours in school than any other in Europe, yet their children’s achievements in numeracy and literacy are the the envy even of Sweden.
Talking of envy, don’t you wish you [...]

In the USA and UK, almost all parents buy into the idea that infants should learn to read & write as soon as possible. Indeed, many parents measure the intelligence & potential of their children by their ability to read and write at an early age. Some even try to give their babies a head [...]