The Most Common Reason Why Children Don’t Become Fluent Readers… And What We Can Do About It There are myriad reasons why a child might struggle to become a fluent reader: they might have extreme difficulties in learning to decode words relating to phonological issues, working memory or ot…

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We’re currently reviewing our English curriculum (huuuge job!) and just wondering how much success people have had with phonic based spelling curriculums in KS2? @missiebee.bsky.social @suchmo83.bsky.social @rebuckedu.bsky.social Any advice greatly appreciated! #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

Mine got magnetic tiles (we got the Connetix ones) for his second birthday. He found them tricky at first but they soon became an absolute staple of our play. They’re so versatile.

Yes I jumped from 5/6 to Reception when I came back from my first maternity. I found it really interesting and it’s definitely helped develop my teaching practice and understanding of children.

Hopeful @bsky.app is going to be better than the other place… thanks @missiebee.bsky.social for sharing.
Looking forward to sharing and collaborating with other educators and actually seeing what they post. Meanwhile… just the rest of the summer holidays to navigate with these crazy kids…