Technologies for learning

Mark Wilson is Executive Headteacher at Fairlawn, Haseltine and Kilmorie Primary Schools, Lewisham, South London.
Mark is ex-Headteacher at Robin Hood Primary School, Leeds.

Tuesday

Alphabet shopper

Early Years Literacy...
A bag for each letter... filled with objects beginning with the letter sound
or
Children take the bag and fill it with objects beginning with that letter sound
There's an upper v lower case argument, of course...
£12.50 each from www.oliverbonas.com
Make your own much cheaper....
I like the idea of large letters to go into these bags too... Something tactile.
What about spraying the letters with ideapaint (http://www.muraspec.com/ideapaint), turning them into a whiteboard that you can write on... lots of words beginning with that letter.  Children could go around the setting, collecting words to write on... giving a great assessment opportunity.  The words can then be wiped off and the letter returned to the bag...

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