Puppets

[Guest]

Hi everyone - this is my first post so here goes...

 

I am starting my first teaching post in nursery in a couple of weeks and I want to introduce puppets as a way of creating a home school link. I want a puppet for phonics and a puppet for numeracy. I want to put ideas in with the puppets of things that the parents can do with their child.

I thought about attaching the letter that we are covering in phonics to the puppet and putting a note in for parents to help the child look for objects at home that start with that sound. I also thought about putting a sheet in about how the letter should be said to make it clear for parents, I also thought I could say they should encourage the child to practise writing the letter.

 

For the numeracy... a similar sort of thing - ask the parent to encourage the child to look for numbers in the home and practise writing numbers with the child.

 

I was just hoping for some inspriation becasue some of my ideas seem dull and I would like to change the activities around as well so that it doesn't get boring.

 

Any ideas??

[AnonyMouse_65836]

Hi,

Found these somwehere don't remember where but have been using them for the last few months - sending the cards home on a weekly basis. Good feedback from the parents.

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Edited May 29, 2011 by Freefaller

[AnonyMouse_2418]

Like the cards Freefaller - many thanks will use those in my setting.

 

Suggestion for the phonics puppet - some good and simple game ideas in phase 1 book - things like silly soup /grandmas footsteps on a card could be included with the puppet , with the hint that they are puppets favorite games/activities ? A Metal Mike game is quite easy to make - maybe a workshop in setting and then take them home

[AnonyMouse_13453]

Thanks Freefaller - they look good - have read through and changed the deliberate mistakes (hehe)

 

I may make these into stickers for the home diaries - good ideas, thank you

[Guest]

Thank you, these ideas are good - I can definately introduce some of them.

[AnonyMouse_21228]

Hi there,

What age will your children be Sarah? Just thinking about suggesting 'writing' in shaving foam etc rather than formal letters. Maybe a little pot of playdough to create the sound/number? that kind of thing..

welcome to the forum and all the best

[Guest]

Hi there,

What age will your children be Sarah? Just thinking about suggesting 'writing' in shaving foam etc rather than formal letters. Maybe a little pot of playdough to create the sound/number? that kind of thing..

welcome to the forum and all the best

 

My children are nursery, I'll have a think about that one - sounds good but I need to see if my parents would be ok with messy activites. Thank you for the ideas - they are different!