Teaching letters....
I had a slightly surreal morning this morning. My mindee is 2 next month so his mum is beginning to think about preschool. She's narrowed it down to two - the preschool my kids went to and another on, which is the nursery part of a local prep school, and asked me to go along with her and LO to the nursery for a return visit as I spend the most time with him. I found that very flattering and off we went this morning (in my three free hour per week!) to have a look.....
The nursery is ver cute - they have little uniforms and loads of space. The kids all look happy and clean and we were impressed with it, excepting an apparent disregard for security......
What was interesting for e though was seeing how they work. Tbh I had to bite my lips a few times to keep from asking EYFS questions! I've come away with a few ideas for my setting and one of them is to do more to teach letters. I teach them very informally - through play, through road signs, and generally child led but I'm toying with the idea of having a weekly letter to focus on and wondering if anyone else does that? If so, do you think it has any impact on children who aren't with you many hours?
I was thinking we could have a pictures of the letter and things it starts with to colour in, mark making, letter hunts etc. Basically all thie things I currently do but I suppose more formally. But I don't know if parents would be put off by that?
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children Mark Twain
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