Early Years at Peterhouse: November 2014

Friday, 28 November 2014

The Way Back Home by Oliver Jefferes

Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who came to our recent Family Cafe. We had a great time and here are some photographs of the fun we had!

Making and decorating Paper Aeroplanes.

Making spaceships with junk modelling materials.

Making rockets and areoplanes with wooden bricks.

Exploring Space Dust!

We will be having a Christmas themed Family Cafe during the last week of time. Information will be sent home soon. We hope you can come!

Sunday, 23 November 2014

All children are different, but typically boys are more naturally drawn to physical play rather than sitting down with books and stories. At nursery we use the boys interests to engage them in stories such as pirates, space or superheroes.

At home your child's interests are the best starting point for engaging them in books. It doesn't just have to be picture books you could always share comics or information books about football or cars, whatever interests your child!

The main point is that you share the experience with your child in a positive way. Talk with them about the pictures, ask them to tell you what they can see or what they think will happen next in the story. Don't be afraid to be a bit silly! Use silly voices or make animal noises. If your child enjoys the experience they will want to do it again and again.

Reading with Dad

Boys look up to their dads and the male role models in their lives (grandads, uncles, big brothers) and will often want to do what they see you doing. By sharing books with them and showing them that you enjoy reading (whether you read for pleasure or not) they will see reading as a positive thing!