Not only are my students champing at the bit to read and write poems in our lessons, poetry is also a fun way to learn all about SIMILES and METAPHORS and ONOMATOPOEIA and PERSONIFICATION and just about everything in the English curriculum too!
Good luck to all my students sending off their exciting writing for the Blue Peter Amazing Authors competition. I've enjoyed the wonderful worlds of dinosaurs, aliens, football and the environment.
What a great opportunity to become a reading ambassador! Perfect for plucky young people planning for the Duke of Edinburgh Award this year. Become a Reading Challenge volunteer.
Here's a great little poetry podcast made for kids. Each week, join a poetry-writing dog, a saxophone playing chicken and other animal friends for rhymes and fun.
Want to encourage your child to read more stories? The West Sussex Libraries Reading Challenge offers an inspiring 'Reading Resolution' each month. February's challenge is to read a book that has been adapted for the screen.
It's fun to think creatively and children naturally do it all the time! Sadly, this can be taught out of them with dull writing rules and tests at school. That's why I love encouraging and celebrating each child's imagination in our lessons.
Whilst my students might initially struggle with writing, they have a whole range of other skills that can come together to enhance their learning.
Tutoring shouldn't be like school. It should be a fun way to boost your child's skills with games and activities that put them at the heart of the lesson. When they're enjoying the learning and feel like they're making progress, your child's confidence will grow before they know it. The hardest part for them will be having to put their...
You might have noticed that your child has lots of brilliant ideas but finds it difficult to start writing. In this case, your child could benefit from a tutor that will share a good selection of stories to inspire their plan, and give them time to draw their ideas (this is a great stepping stone from their thoughts to their writing). ...
I saw him wincing as he wrote his first line of ideas. "Does it hurt when you write?" I asked. "Of course," Sam replied. He believed that handwriting was a painful activity they made you do at school.
