14 ways to make spelling practice fun
Learning spellings can, let’s face it, be very dull. A totally necessary skill for life, but the complexity of the English language doesn’t exactly…
Laura Clifford, a former head of a private nursery and pre-prep, is the founder of Little Learning Seeds. Little Learning Seeds provides educational support and advice for children and their parents through 1:1 tuition, parent workshops and a blog. She lives in Devon with her husband, her 20 month old son and their spaniel.
Learning spellings can, let’s face it, be very dull. A totally necessary skill for life, but the complexity of the English language doesn’t exactly…
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If you have a school starter, you may well have come across the joys of phonics already. In a nutshell, your little learners will…