Izzy 4:11 Movable Alphabet

Izzy is still finding her way blending her phonic sounds and the movable alphabet gives her that 3D experience. 

Izzy 4:11 Friendship

Friendship.  

Izzy 4:11 Feeling Blue

Rei age 10. The solar system

Rei did this mostly by herself, she has sewn on everything by herself. 

Izzy 4:10 Puzzles

It is so nice to see her asking for less and less help every time she does this puzzle. 

Izzy 4:10 Role play

Working hard at being a waitress in her cafe. I had a lovely cup of tea and sausage sandwich which cost me '1 coin'. 

Sach 11 years. A science cake

11 year old Sach had a project at school to make something showing cells. Instead of a poster she made this amazing cake. Very inspirational. She even had a postcard sent home from her teacher saying well done. 

Izzy 4:10 Exploration

Playing in a very cold park, but children don't seem to notice, they carry on learning and developing and the opportunities for furthering their education is endless. eg. Finding ice!!

Izzy 4:10 Painting nails

With older sisters izzy does love to dress up and she has shown great hand eye coordination whilst painting her nails. 

Rei 10 years - Patterns

Found this one night on my floor, great designs. 

Izzy 4:10 The Vets

We had this 'vet set' free in a magazine, she had so much fun with it, her imagination runs wild. 

Izzy 4:10 Playdough

Play dough is such a great activity, she uses all her hand and arm muscles. 

Izzy 4:10 Lunch time

Making Houmous wraps for lunch. 

Izzy & Sasha 4:10 Animals of the World

Desert meets ocean meets grasslands. 

Izzy 4:10 The Alphabet

I had written all the small case letters of the alphabet onto cards to use as flash cards on her shelf, I found her later that day writing her own matching flash cards to take to school the next day. 

Izzy 4:10 Being a Mom

Izzy's friend has had a new baby and she has been showing her natural parenting skills with this doll. 

Izzy 4:10 Painting

Painting her tea set, you can get this quite cheap in a lot if shops. It lets her use her ideas and painting skills. 

Izzy 4:10 Road Saftey

Driving her car, a good time to talk about road safety and why we have seat belts. 

Izzy 4:10 The Farm

Izzy wants to be a farmer when she is older. Big sister is helping to lay out the farm. 

Izzy 4:9 Cracking an egg

Izzy 4:9 Playmobil Movies

Making Playmobil movies on big sisters phone.....

Izzy 4:9 Expressing herself

Expressing herself through a hug, kiss and "I Love You" tells me she is able to express her feelings of joy, love, happiness.  I role model and repeat these  words and actions confirming their importance and acceptance. 

Izzy 4:9 Gymnastics

Sisters are back from gymnastics, so izzy joins in.  

Izzy 4:9 Cutting

Cutting tomatoes for pasta, if I ask she will come and help me in the kitchen. I always make sure the task is set up so she cannot fail, building her self esteem and confidence in the kitchen and most importantly she has fun. 

4:8 Sharing

One for me....

And one for you......

Izzy 4:8 Yoga

Izzy 4:8 Envelopes

Christmas cards for her school friends has kept Izzy busy for days, she even takes them to bed because they are "very important".  Putting the cards into the envelopes and folding them closed requires concentration and the use of both hands working together.  

Izzy 4:8 Playing shop

Izzy and her big sister playing shop, it is surprising how much young children pick up from shopping with mummy.  

4:8 Icing cakes

Great activity for any age.  

Izzy 4:8 Drilling activity

Izzy hadn't used this for a while and it is such a fun activity. 

Izzy 4:8 Christmas tree

Izzy 4:8 Remembrance Day

This is what Izzys Reception Class made!!

Izzy 4:8 and sisters - Chalk

They divided the board up and discussed what they were drawing. 

Izzy 4:8 A Wink

Izzy 4:8 A Bag

Another favourite, yes 'A Bag' or should I say a boat!!

Izzy 4:8 Measuring

These worms are a great way to introduce measuring to young children. Izzy was sorting the worms into colors before measuring with them.  

Izzy 4:8 Animal World

This is one of Izzys favourite ways to spend an evening, there is a lot of rescuing and helping going on. 

Izzy 4:7 Face Painting

Face painting a rainbow onto her big sister.

Izzy 4:7 The Animal Hospital

Izzy made an animal hospital, toilet roll and celotape make great bandages. 

Izzy 4:7 The Gunpowder Plot

Izzy has been interested in The Gunpowder Plot for ages and now they have been reading about it in school she is more excited. 

She drew Guy Fawkes, Big Ben and Fireworks. 

The Houses Of Parliament 

Remember, remember the 5th of November

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot 

All Hallows Eve

This is not a hugely detailed account of traditional Welsh 'All Hallows' Eve' but hopefully the children will get a clearer picture of what the night of 31 October is all about. 

Breaking the text into four will hopefully not make this seem like homework.  Plus I am incorporating it into a Spooky treasure hunt...