Supporting Your Child At Home

PHONICS

Click the link for a video to support your child to pronounce the sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF1IHp9rOO0

 

READING AT HOME

  • Make time to read together – this should be a calm time for you both to enjoy!

  • Share books, comics, magazines, catalogues – reading is everywhere and isn’t just your child’s reading book!

  • If your child is tired, you read the book and get them to spot tricky words in the book, help you with sounding out words etc.

  • Make mistakes as you read – children love to be the teacher and will correct you!

  • Use bug club https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 – see your child’s reading record for log in details

  • Spend time each day reading – this can be reading signs of shops, practising tricky words, sharing a book, reading labels on items in the cupboard etc.

  • Talk about the book – can the children predict what may happen? can thy find their favourite part?

  • Enjoy reading together!

  • Let your child see you reading at home.

  • Have fun with reading!

 

MATHS

  • Using mathematical vocabulary – add, take away, more, less half, full, big, little

  • Encourage and enthuse

  • Value their mathematical mark making

  • Make maths everyday and every moment, maths is everywhere!

  • Ask children to show you. Prove it, Explain it, Draw it! The answer is only the beginning.

  • Allow them time to explore mathematical concepts.

  • Be positive about maths around your child.

  • Build their confidence in their abilities to achieve in maths.

  • Make time in your week to play games, cook, go to the shops and let them buy an item.

  • Spot the maths in their environment.

  • Have fun with MATHS!