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Padlets can be created for use with children such as homework, remote learning lesson information and general information.

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Padlets can be created for use with children such as homework, remote learning lesson information and general information.

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30+ creative ways to use Padlet for teachers and students

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I’m always excited when I’m using Padlet. Is it the interface, the way everything is designed, its purpose or the fact that I’m organizing things smoothly? I don’t know. It just makes me happy.

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Helping your child at home Maths Part 1.docx

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curiosities and check out our incredible learning resources, virtual zoo visits, workshops and loads more amazing activities to keep you busy in lockdown! Whether you're a learner, a teacher or just passionate about animals and conservation, we have something for everyone!

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Approx age: 4-5 | First term of Reception
Phase 2 introduces simple letter-sound correspondences. As each set of letters is introduced, children are encouraged to use their new knowledge to sound out and blend words. For example, they will learn to blend the sounds s- a- t to make the word sat.

Phase 2 tricky words:
the, to, no, go, I, into

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What is Letters and Sounds? | Oxford Owl

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Approx age: 4-5 | First term of Reception Phase 2 introduces simple letter-sound correspondences. As each set of letters is introduced, children are encouraged to use their new knowledge to sound out and blend words. For example, they will learn to blend the sounds s- a- t to make the word sat.

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Share links with parents to support children at home

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Our free eBook library has been created to help children aged 3-11 to develop their reading skills at home.

All our eBooks are free to use, but you will need to register or sign in at the link below to read your book.

Please note, our eBooks are not optimised for mobile phones and are best viewed on a computer, laptop, or tablet .

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Free eBook library - practise reading with phonics eBooks - Oxford Owl

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Help your young child learn to read, and love to read, with our eBook library, containing hundreds of free eBooks. Developed for children aged 3-11.

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Take ten minutes out and let our professional storytellers take you on an adventure! Browse our videos for stories suitable for all primary school ages.

Biff, Chip & Kipper | Julia Donaldson's Songbirds | Winnie and Wilbur | Traditional Tales | Chapter books

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Let our professional storytellers take you on an adventure! Traditional tales, Winnie the witch stories, and more for children aged 3-8.

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Solihull remote Education Guidance and Resources for Parents 

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Solgrid for Solihull schools > Solgrid education information > Remote education information for parents and carers > Early years foundation stage

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Helping your child at home Mark Making and Writing Part 1

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Helping your child at home Mark Making and Writing in the Early Years Part 2

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Solihull's Parenting Team have been creating a range of free resources to help support parents across the borough. Want to keep track of our latest releases? Keep checking this page as we release new free resources weekly and also follow us on twitter at @SolSchNurses

If you would like to know how we could help you or what other support is available in Solihull check out our free resources here:

Solihull's Parenting Support Offer
Ways you can access parenting support

Maybe you have a baby or toddler and want ways to help build you babies brain- we've got you covered with our Five to Thrive download here:
Build Your Babies Brain with Five to Thrive
Understanding your child's behaviour can also be difficult even at times feel like a mystery but we have got some ideas that you will not doubt find useful here:
Understanding Your Child's Behaviour
We also know the lockdown and COVID restrictions have brought about many challenges for parents. So we have created resources to help support you, with key focuses on spending time with your child and play:

Parenting Challenges in Lockdown
Parenting Challenges in Lockdown Continued

Also those common frustrations all parents experience and some ideas that may help:

The Importance of Taking Care of Ourselves
Importance of Sleep
Importance and Benefits of Play
Parents Connecting

If you like these resources so far then why not check out our Parenting Tool Kit? Designed by our Parenting Team it contains strategies for managing tricky behaviour, along with ideas and approaches to use routine and boundary setting, as well as ways to use consequences and time out:
Our Parenting Tool Kit

Solihull's Parenting Team have also created the following useful resources:

Back to School Resources and Support:
Back to School Support
School Readiness

Developmental Milestone Series:
Developmental Milestones- Physical Health and Self Care
Developmental Milestones and Toilet Training for 0-5 Year Olds
Development Milestones - Speech & Language
Baby to Teenage Brain Development

Support for Teenagers:
Supporting Teenagers

Support for Parents of Children with Additional Needs:
Support for Parents of Children with Additional Needs

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Solihull's Parenting Team have been creating a range of free resources to help support parents across the borough. Want to keep track of our latest releases?

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Characteristics of Effective Learning Guide for parents (1)

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Helping your child at home - Communication and Language (1)

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Welcome to the Read Write Inc. page on Oxford Owl for Home.

Read Write Inc. is a popular phonics scheme. Like all phonics schemes, it teaches children the sounds in English, the letters that represent them, and how to form the letters when writing. Read Write Inc. Phonics includes reading books written using only the letters they have learnt at each level (and a small number of separately taught tricky words). The children will quickly feel confident and successful.

Here you can find lots of free resources to support your child's learning.

Free eBooks | Videos | Set 1 resources | Set 2 resources | Set 3 resources | Kits and flashcards to use at home

Read Write Inc. Phonics

We have lots of free Read Write Inc. Phonics resources to help your child, including eBooks, practice sheets and parent films. We suggest you start by watching this film for parents: What is Read Write Inc. Phonics?

Speed sounds and Read Write Inc. Stages

If your child is learning to read at school with Read Write Inc. Phonics, they will be at one of the following stages:

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Parent guide to Read Write Inc. Phonics - Oxford Owl

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Find out what Read Write Inc. Phonics is and find eBooks, videos, and kits to help your child as they learn to read with Read Write Inc. Phonics at home.

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I first wrote about Padlet in the spring term when I used it in an adult directed, 3D shape hunt around school. It enhanced our shape hunt because children could work more independently, whilst reviewing their peers work and then photographing other 3D shapes their peers hadn't spotted. You can read about this activity here because you will probably need to teach the skills before the children will do them independently.

This post is all about independent maths.

When I wrote this post it was late in the summer term and like all teachers around the world, I was busy gathering evidence for end of year assessments. This outdoor activity gave evidence for so many areas of learning. First up, I left just 1 iPad outdoors and the brief to photograph the shapes around the outdoor area (three skills observed right there, maths, technology and sharing!).
Using Padlet.
The 1 iPad was dominated by 1 child though and the activity needed more collaboration. So I intervened and introduced Padlet.

First of all Padlet is a website, not an app. This means it can be used across multiple platforms (MacBook, laptop, netbook, iPad). Before the lesson I set up a free account with Padlet and created a board for the lesson. This generates a URL for your Padlet board (a website address). From the iPads, I opened Safari and typed in the URL for my Padlet board. This gave access to the Padlet board for each iPad.
The Independent Shape Hunt Outdoors.
To use Padlet, you double tap a place on the board you want to post to. This gives you the option to type a note. Pressing the import icon opens a second tile. Tapping on this launches the camera app and a photograph can be taken and inserted to the board. Across all devices using the same Padlet URL, every post will be synced and displayed in real time. Therefore, all users will see the same images as they are inserted.

The group reviewed how Padlet worked and they set off to create a Padlet board of outdoor shapes. It was more collaborative as the large Clevertouch screen indoors meant they could categorise, review and edit their photographs. Padlet created more roles for the group and a sense of togetherness. By working on something that displayed in classroom, the group spent more time talking about what to photograph, the shapes they had found and also how to troubleshoot the app. They were engaged and motivated. The children passed freely from indoors to outdoors to review their work and check that Padlet was functioning as it should!

It was a great opportunity to see a group of children working collaboratively and creating their own response to a project brief on shape. Other children in the unit chose to show their shape understanding through art, design and even an oral presentation from 2 children and a box of shapes! This activity was just another independent activity that facilitated shape understanding and gave a group of learners a voice and choice. Taking an iPad outdoors put the emphasis on the shape hunt, and focused that group of learner's attention to the project brief. Without a directing adult and an iPad, would they have completed a shape hunt with a tick list and clipboard?

For more activity ideas that enhance learning across all areas of learning in the Foundation Stage, download Marc's book ' iPads in the Early Years ' available now on the iBookstore.

For a complete computing curriculum for early years, Marc's book is also available here.

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Independent Early Maths with Padlet for iPad.

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The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, offers a virtual video tour so guests can prepare for their visit.