Learning Specialists 

Games, games, games!

Who doesn’t love to learn through playing a game? Research indicates that when we engage in an ‘experience’ we are able to recall 90% of the learning two weeks later. 

Literacy

This week try a game at home to support your child/ren’s Literacy development.

Some suggestions include:

• Scrabble (if not up to spelling words, can simply sort or name the tiles)
• Boggle
• Descriptive I Spy or I Spy with sounds
• Guess Who
• Celebrity Heads
• Playing with Play-Doh to develop fine motor skills
• Wordle - follow the link  https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
• There are also many arts and crafts activities that can be found on Rick's sister, Courtney's Instagram account below

Numeracy

This week try a game at home to support Mathematical knowledge, thinking and connections.

Some suggestions include:

• Build with blocks
• Thread beads to make and explore patterns
• Fold and cut out paper shapes
• Colour in patterns, keeping colours apart, mixing colours
• Play guess and check games (use different shaped jars) – how many beans, buttons, pegs in the container?
• Work together on jigsaw puzzles and discuss your method: e.g., Collect the pieces with straight edges
• Play card games; e.g., Snap, Go Fish, Find the Pair
• Play games: e.g., Hop-Scotch, Snakes and Ladders, Connect 4, Noughts and Crosses, Checkers. Is there a strategy?