Teaching kids to write their name
I think we can safely say that learning to write your own name is probably one of the most fundamental
By KirstieW|2020-11-24T04:34:39+00:00November 22nd, 2020|Categories: Free Resources, Language- literacy|Tags: Handwriting, Handwriting styles in Australian Schools, Learning to write your name, Preschool resources, teaching at home, teaching kids to write their name, writing tools, writing your name|
I think we can safely say that learning to write your own name is probably one of the most fundamental
By KirstieW|2020-11-25T08:11:54+00:00November 15th, 2020|Categories: Assorted starfish|Tags: benefits of cooperative games, Best Cooperative game for adults, Best Cooperative Games, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, competitive or cooperative, cooperation, cooperative games, family time, games for the whole family, games that bring people together, group games, What is a cooperative game, working together|
For me, Christmas is all about family, being together and creating special moments with the people we love. In our
By KirstieW|2020-11-01T07:43:36+00:00October 31st, 2020|Categories: Special needs|Tags: adolescent, adult chews, birthday gifts for adults, chew fidgets, chewlery, Chistmas gifts, Christmas, Christmas Presents, cooperative games, festive, fidgets for teenagers, gift ideas, Gift ideas for adults with special needs, Sensory gifts, sensory processing, sensory processing disorder, sensory products, shopping sensory, teenage chews, teenager gifts, teenagers and adults, xmas|
If the remainder of this year goes as fast as the rest of 2020 already has, we're going to need
By KirstieW|2020-09-30T10:43:37+00:00September 30th, 2020|Categories: Special needs|Tags: deep pressure, educational blog, fidgets that won't drive you nuts, hearing, Proprioception input, Proprioception toys, proprioceptive, Proprioceptive Resources, sensory input, sensory needs, sensory processing, sensory processing disorder, sensory processing for early educators, sensory processing in young children, sensory room, sensory tools, sensorytoys, smell, tactile input, touch, vestibular, Vestibular input, vestibular stimulation, Weighted products|
Let's start by talking about what exactly sensory processing is. Sensory processing refers to the way the nervous system receives messages
By KirstieW|2020-08-23T11:49:38+00:00August 23rd, 2020|Categories: Assorted starfish|Tags: children wearing face masks, Coronavirus, COVID-19, face masks, face masks and communication, face masks for kids and adults, fun face masks, keeping safe, new normal, Starfish face masks|
Face masks. A hot topic. And one that could be with us for some time yet. These are strange times
By KirstieW|2020-08-01T10:28:07+00:00August 1st, 2020|Categories: Language- literacy|Tags: Blending the sounds in words, how to teach phonics, phonics, phonics and blending, Reading Instruction, Speech and Language, speech development, teaching phonics, teaching reading, the steps in teaching phonics, what is phonics|
Here at Starfish, we often say synthetic phonics is the bread & butter of our reading program. Phonics is the Bread,
By KirstieW|2020-07-06T09:24:14+00:00June 30th, 2020|Categories: Maths|Tags: best times tables games, best ways to teach the times tables, learning times tables, teaching the times tables, times table tips, times tables, times tables tricks|
Teaching times tables is one of the most common topics we are asked about here at Starfish - and for
By KirstieW|2020-06-10T11:37:46+00:00June 1st, 2020|Categories: Language- literacy|Tags: book reading, books that are too hard, how do I take a running record, how to take a running record, how to tell if a book is the right level, Independent reading level, instructional level of texts, optimal level for of reading, reading, Reading difficulty, Reading independently, Reading Instruction book level, Running Record, Taking a Running Record, teaching reading|
Trying to judge the level of difficulty of something, especially when it is easy for us, is something that can
By KirstieW|2020-04-29T08:21:05+00:00April 28th, 2020|Categories: Special needs|Tags: 20 ways to use your Lycra Tunnel, Lycra Tunnel, Proprioception input, Proprioception toys, Proprioceptive Resources, sensory input, sensory room|
Lycra Tunnels. We love them. With these fantastic sensory tools being the featured product of the month, we figured what
By KirstieW|2020-04-12T09:41:57+00:00April 12th, 2020|Categories: Assorted starfish|
So why jigsaws? Here's our reasons. We all love jigsaws. Most of us have being doing them since day dot.
By KirstieW|2020-02-01T06:16:49+00:00January 23rd, 2020|Categories: Language- literacy|Tags: Great ideas for getting even more out of this game|
Got one of our seriously popular Sea Life Sight Words Bingo Games? Turn a great buy into a smart investment.
By KirstieW|2020-01-18T08:37:27+00:00November 22nd, 2019|Categories: Language- literacy|Tags: best beginner sight words game, Teaching sight words|
Sight words and high frequency words are an important addition to a readers knowledge base because they account for a