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    Top Tip Tuesday! - create a song box to boost language skills
    fabulousatphonics
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Top Tip Tuesday! - create a song box to boost language skills

    Singing is good for your mind, body and spirit. It helps to nurture imagination and language skills: the patterns of traditional nursery...
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    Feel Fabulous Friday - from this... to this... 
developing imaginative play
    fabulousatphonics
    • Nov 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Feel Fabulous Friday - from this... to this... developing imaginative play

    Creating, wondering, imagining…these are such important activities for all of us, but never more so than in childhood. Imaginative play...
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    Feel Fabulous Friday! - make a jigsaw of yourself
    fabulousatphonics
    • Nov 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Feel Fabulous Friday! - make a jigsaw of yourself

    Personalised jigsaw puzzles are a great activity for family time together and an opportunity to build your child's self-esteem. They...
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    Top Tip Tuesday- oral blending and segmenting
    fabulousatphonics
    • Nov 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Top Tip Tuesday- oral blending and segmenting

    The ability to segment words into sounds and the ability to blend sounds into words (oral blending and segmenting) are vital prerequisite...
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    Top Tip Tuesday- apostrophes can be tricky. Or is it apostrophe's can be tricky?
    fabulousatphonics
    • Oct 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    Top Tip Tuesday- apostrophes can be tricky. Or is it apostrophe's can be tricky?

    Apostrophes can be tricky. Sometimes they form possessives. Sometimes they form contractions. Can they ever make something plural?...
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    Top tip Tuesday- practice, practice, practice!
    fabulousatphonics
    • Oct 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Top tip Tuesday- practice, practice, practice!

    Did anyone tell you practice makes perfect? That's only if you're practicing it right. Each time you spell a word wrong, you're...
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    Feel Fabulous Friday!- knowing what to expect and WHY can reduce anxiety and more
    fabulousatphonics
    • Sep 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    Feel Fabulous Friday!- knowing what to expect and WHY can reduce anxiety and more

    Here at Fabulous at Phonics!, I message all my students and their parents/carers 24 hours in advance of their tuition with information...
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    Top Tip Tuesday- wall murals to develop gross motor skills
    fabulousatphonics
    • Sep 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    Top Tip Tuesday- wall murals to develop gross motor skills

    Gross motor skills are abilities that allow people to do things that involve using the large muscles in the torso, arms and legs to...
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    Top Tip Tuesday- Reinforce the vocabulary used at school at home
    fabulousatphonics
    • Sep 3, 2019
    • 1 min

    Top Tip Tuesday- Reinforce the vocabulary used at school at home

    As we start the new academic year, parents and carers are likely to be 'bombarded' over the next few weeks with a variety of letters and...
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    Top Tip Tuesday- Sewing cards to develop fine motor skills and enable children's writing
    fabulousatphonics
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Top Tip Tuesday- Sewing cards to develop fine motor skills and enable children's writing

    Fine motor skills are those that involve a refined use of the small muscles which control the hand, fingers and thumb. With the...
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    Website Wonders!
    fabulousatphonics
    • Aug 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Website Wonders!

    When you work with me, I aim to find out as much as I can about your needs, wants and wishes. I have a free, fully comprehensive...
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    Feel Fabulous Friday- Promoting self-esteem: a book about myself
    fabulousatphonics
    • Aug 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Feel Fabulous Friday- Promoting self-esteem: a book about myself

    Self-esteem is how you think about yourself. Being confident means being comfortable with how you look and how you feel. And it means...
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    Top Tip Tuesday- Art: the First Language of a Beginning Reader and Writer
    fabulousatphonics
    • Aug 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    Top Tip Tuesday- Art: the First Language of a Beginning Reader and Writer

    Art is the “first language” of the beginning reader and writer. Children usually draw or paint before they write. They use what might...
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    Feel Fabulous Friday: guided meditations for children
    fabulousatphonics
    • Aug 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    Feel Fabulous Friday: guided meditations for children

    When researching about teaching mindfulness to today's children, I realise how enlightened my parents were almost 50 years ago.  We...
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    Top Tip Tuesday: My name is special
    fabulousatphonics
    • Aug 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    Top Tip Tuesday: My name is special

    Names... we all have them. Nearly all names have a meaning and the naming of children is often marked by an important ceremony. For...
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    Feel Fabulous Friday
    fabulousatphonics
    • Aug 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Feel Fabulous Friday

    The wellbeing of families, and children in particular, is a critical part of achieving academic outcomes. Here at Fabulous at Phonics!,...
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    Top Tip Tuesday- Repetition and practice: returning to favourite books
    fabulousatphonics
    • Aug 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    Top Tip Tuesday- Repetition and practice: returning to favourite books

    "It's terribly kind of you, Fox, but no – I'm going to have lunch with a gruffalo." If you recognise that line, you're likely a fellow...
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    Book Now!
    fabulousatphonics
    • Jul 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Book Now!

    I am now taking bookings. Please use the website to book your child's slot or message me to get in touch. #phonicsscreening...
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    Welcome!
    fabulousatphonics
    • Jul 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    Welcome!

    Welcome to the Fabulous at Phonics! blog. Here, I'll let you know about any new teaching and learning resources and share any interesting...
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