Get your child mark making

• Ideas to get your child ready for writing and drawing By providing your child with a variety of mark-making opportunities you can help them develop imaginatively, creatively and physically.

Helping your child with Speaking and Listening

• Helping your child with speaking and listening Help your child develop foundation motor skills with Tree Fu Tom's magic spell sequences developed to support children with movement disorders

Adult Learning

• Lancashire Lifesavers - Earcroft CC.pdf
• Lancashire Lifesavers - Livesey CC.pdf
• Lego Robotics - Livesey CC.pdf
• Let's Read - Audley CC.pdf
• Let's Read - Darwen CC.pdf
• Let's Read - Livesey CC.pdf
• Let's Read - Shadsworth CC.pdf

• Communication These sites will give parents and carers the information they need to help their children develop their communication skills.

• Talking Point

• Speech and Language ideas

How is your child's speech and language?

• universally_speaking_-_early_years_web_version.pdf

Talking Point

• primary_milestone_poster_-_final.pdf

Stammering

• Do you think your child has started to stammer? Here is a link to the British Stammering Association where they can answer some of your questions

Feeling Better

• Helping your child to understand feelings (Feeling Better on CBeebies) Feeling Better explores a whole range of feelings and emotions for our young audience from the ones that make us feel good, not so good and to all the others in between!

• Have fun with these Literacy apps! Take a look at the apps that you can download (some are free) to use on your phone and iPad that will help your child in Literacy

• CBeebies Storytime CBeebies is a wonderful way to share stories with your children

• Nessy - Reading Writing and Spelling Nessy helps children who are struggling with Reading, Writing and Spelling. Sometimes this can be because they are dyslexic but the activities on this site are helpful to all children. The 3 reasons why Nessy is successful are :- 1. The Nessy learning strategies were developed by a team of specialist dyslexia teachers at Bristol Dyslexia Centre. 2. The program structure has proved successful with thousands of dyslexic children for over 10 years. 3. Nessy has received hundreds of testimonials from happy children, grateful parents and astonished teachers.

• Pencil grip Your child will develop a pencil grip that will change over time - see where your child is now!

• Tree Fu Tom Dyspraxia: how Tree Fu Tom can help Help your child develop foundation motor skills with Tree Fu Tom's magic spell sequences developed to support children with movement disorders

Encouraging better behaviour

• encouraging-better-behaviour.pdf

Bedtime Routine

By Supernanny Team on 25/06/2014

Introduction

Supernanny’s methods are a combination of practical experience and expert advice, giving you the support and confidence to be at your best when your kids need you most. As seen on the show, the Bedtime Routine ensures your child gets enough sleep, while you get time to yourself…

Bedtime Routine

A consistent bedtime routine should be the cornerstone of your Family Routine. Your child’s development will benefit from a daily 11 to 12 hours of sleep, and it’s vital for your relationship that you and your partner have time to yourselves, too.

Setting up a bedtime routine

We recommend that bedtime should be between 7pm and 7.30pm for children up to age of four or five, then range between 8pm and 9pm for children up to age 10 or 12. Follow these steps to set up a bedtime routine which should last about half an hour.

• Encourage calm time before bedtime, with activities like reading and quiet play rather than leaping around or competitive games.
• Remind your child that “in five minutes it’s bedtime.”
• Make sure you’ve checked through schoolbags with older children so nothing important is left for the morning.
• Start off your child’s routine with a relaxing bath. Older children can help give their younger sibling(s) a wash.
• Use gentle reminders of what’s coming next while she washes and gets dressed, for example: “In two minutes we’ll get you out of the bath so you can brush your teeth” and “Once you’ve brushed your teeth we’ll put your nightdress on.” Try to avoid checking your watch or hurrying things along; keep your tone calm.
• In bed, keep the lights low. Read a story and maybe chat over the day; try telling your child about something they did that pleased you, to reassure her and will send her to sleep on a positive note.
• A kiss and a cuddle and you can put the lights out. If your child is scared of the dark, use a nightlight or leave a light on in the hall.

If you have more than one child, stagger their bedtimes so they each benefit from a calming story and goodnight cuddle from you or your partner – changing roles in the bedtime routine will encourage trust and give you both some alone-time with each child.