Do children need to be able to write or recognise letters before the start school? No, but it can be useful if they at least can recognise their own name. And what about if your child is showing an interest in learning? What can you do to encourage your children to be ready for school?
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| Supporting small businesses and helping get your children ready for school |
At preschool Little was starting to learn numbers and letters ready for starting in Reception. Since the preschool closed due to COVID-19 I have wanted to help keep her learning in a fun way. There are loads of resources online as well as Amazon and major retailers, but what if you want to combine learning with your preschooler and supporting small businesses? Etsy is the place to look. They currently have a
#StandWithSmall campaign where you can check out with their editors picks for their favourite products.
In this post I have pulled together
some great resources to help get preschoolers ready for school, sold by small businesses in the UK via Etsy.
Post contains affiliate links.
Great Products from Small Businesses for Preschool Learning
It can be really helpful for children to be able to recognise their name when they start school so they can find their peg etc. This laminated card with velcro letters is a great way of encouraging name recognition and how to spell it without having to worry about writing. There is the option for just first name or surname too.
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| My Name Is Spelling Mat by Little Boo Learning |
A set of laminated pages which children can use a dry wipe pen to practise tracing the numbers, letters and shapes developing better pen control and improving recognition of the letters etc.
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| Starting school recognition pack from Rainbow Robs Visuals |
A set of 4 coloured laminated cards personalised with your child's names. I particularly like that the letters are cursive style as they learn early on at school and that both the numbers and letters have arrows to show the direction of pen strokes.
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| Personalised Learn To Write Pack from Panda Personal Designs |
My Busy Bots has a great selection of Busy Bags which they handily show the recommended age range for. I really like the Something Beginning With ... bags to help develop children's sound recognition. They all come in great zip up bags to keep the pieces together.
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| Something Beginning With... Busy Bag from My Busy Bots |
These fabric fridge magnets make a great alternative to plastic (and hurt less if you tread on them too). Gifts4UByDawn also sell capital letters, but children are generally taught lowercase first so these are perfect.
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| Fabric lowercase fridge magnets by Gifts4UByDawn |
Little Scribblers is another Etsy shop which has a great range of Busy Bags for Preschoolers. The Threadtastic bag is fun because it encourages children to match pairs, but using a shoe lace they thread through the cards instead of using a pen.
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| Threadtastic Busy Bag from LittleScribblersPlay |
This is a lovely little set which can be used to talk about the weather for the day and what sort of clothes children need to wear, giving them some independence to choose appropriate clothing.
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| Weather Playset from JennyBsMakes |
This cute set of felt shapes in different colours will help children to learn shapes (and colours) in a tactile way.
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Some great products here - I especially like the look of those busy bags. My pre-schooler would love them.
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