Guest Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Hi there I am keener than ever this year to encourage my year R pupils to write whilst 'on the go'. I have done lots of research and like the idea of providing children with little 'writing bags' to tie round their waists whilst they play outside. Does anyone know where I can quickly and easily get hold of a good variety of pencils and notebooks etc that would appeal to boys as well as girls such as Disney, Ben Ten? Is it best to go on line or to supermarkets. I have also seen giant themed pencils -I thought these were great, but where do they come from? All suggestions welcome Thank you
Guest Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Wilko's usually has a random selection of bits like that.
AnonyMouse_22106 Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Tesco do sometimes, particularly Disney Princesses
AnonyMouse_1469 Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) wilkins have some lovely fat pencils.........................pirates, birds etc and have little notepads to go with them...........oh and stickers etc. They often change the range and it's always good ( and cheap!) Edited January 13, 2013 by narnia
AnonyMouse_79 Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 The pound shops are a good source too, although cheap pencils can be very scratchy and defeat the purpose.
SueFinanceManager Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 clipboards are good fun for on the go writing as they give something to lean on 1
AnonyMouse_79 Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 clipboards are good fun for on the go writing as they give something to lean on Boys like them too!
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 clipboards are good fun for on the go writing as they give something to lean on I have some that are for 'Bingo' - so are nice and small - very useful :1b
Guest Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Thank you to all who have replied-exactly the sort of info.I needed! Very helpful
Guest Greenhouse Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 hey mack debs what a fab idea! what are you using to tie them around the waist?
Guest Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) hey mack debs what a fab idea! what are you using to tie them around the waist? have you tried the waitress aprons - the short ones? Think somewhere like Makro may do them rather cheaply they have a pocket at the front, very handy for mud and worms, stones and dough pens and note pads :1b Edited January 24, 2013 by gingerbreadman
Guest Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 TTS do some Literacy Tool belts, or you can use tool belts from B&Q - the boys love filling the pockets with writing equipment. I saw some lovely ideas for an author's toolkit on a Helen Bromley course recently. A gardening bag with little outsdie pockets, with jumbo pencils (Amazon), a variety of different writing equipment, including some varnished wood slices which you can write on with a drywipe pen. She had also included pea sticks which can be used to mark make in mud, foam, cornflour etc.
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 Hi there I am keener than ever this year to encourage my year R pupils to write whilst 'on the go'. I have done lots of research and like the idea of providing children with little 'writing bags' to tie round their waists whilst they play outside. Does anyone know where I can quickly and easily get hold of a good variety of pencils and notebooks etc that would appeal to boys as well as girls such as Disney, Ben Ten? Is it best to go on line or to supermarkets. I have also seen giant themed pencils -I thought these were great, but where do they come from? All suggestions welcome Thank you If you really get stuck for this sort of themed item, especially if not cheap enough, you could always use wrapping paper and stick it to note pads to cover them, or wrap the container they are stored in to entice the children, suppose if pencil large enough and print on paper small enough you could glue some wrapping paper to it. We use wrapping paper for a few things if there is a strong interest going - we stick it to card and make puppets etc.
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