Herts for Learning: Spelling fever have you caught it yet?
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 6:45 pm
I've just discovered the Herts for Learning blog and I am enjoying reading some of the posts - I'm sure others will too:
I always recommend this book below to engage children in the history of the English language - spoken and written. This is a picture book of extraordinary quality and difference. Children love it, adults love it:
And then I recommend getting the children involved in the notion of the alphabetic code AS a code with the early use of Alphabetic Code Charts.
I provide free downloadable charts here:
http://alphabeticcodecharts.com/free_charts.html
Scroll to view the 'giant' charts for main display and the 'mini charts' for tabletop use.
https://blogs.hertsforlearning.co.uk/20 ... ht-it-yet/Spelling Fever: have you caught it yet?
Penny Slater is Assistant Lead Adviser for Primary English at Herts for Learning
I always recommend this book below to engage children in the history of the English language - spoken and written. This is a picture book of extraordinary quality and difference. Children love it, adults love it:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Through ... 0751355356A Street Through Time:
A 12,000-year Journey Along the Same Street
And then I recommend getting the children involved in the notion of the alphabetic code AS a code with the early use of Alphabetic Code Charts.
I provide free downloadable charts here:
http://alphabeticcodecharts.com/free_charts.html
Scroll to view the 'giant' charts for main display and the 'mini charts' for tabletop use.