Literacy - Speaking and Listening
- Talking with Puppets - Encourage discussion and questioning skills through the use of puppets.
- Story Cubes - Find ideas for using the fantastic Story Cubes in the classroom.
- Learning from Talking Books - Use technology and talking books to support your Literacy teaching.
- Film Making - A wonderful way for children to work together in a wide variety of subjects.
- Drama Sound Effects - Download a number of free sound effects which can be used in a variety of classroom and school activities.
- Character Acting - A great way of encouraging children to think more about characters in stories.
- Careers Night - Organize a "What Should I Be When I Grow Up" career night for your class, involving the children and their parents.
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Activities
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Lots of ideas and activities to develop children's speaking skills.
Contributed by Maja Hadzic. - Magic Pen - Useful time-filler activity in which the class creates a story together.
- Story Circles - An enjoyable way of generating some stories around your class.
- Describing Pictures - A fun activity which increases describing (and listening) skills.
- Speaking Non-Sense - Let children practice their public speaking in the privacy of their own classroom.
- Now Who's the Teacher? - A fun way of reinforcing what children have learnt throughout the week.
- Interviews - A number of ideas for how to organize interviewing in the classroom.
- Why do you Like it? - An enjoyable way of encouraging children to support their own opinions.
- Elevens - A fun drama activity, which encourages planning ahead and tactical thinking!
- Grandma's Footsteps - Another drama activity, which can be used for finding out about a new group of children.
- What's the Time, Mr. Wolf? - An enjoyable drama game for a group of children.
- Copy Me - A simple drama activity, which is good for team building and developing observational skills.
- Media Awareness - Analyse adverts, and try to make your own, with this enjoyable Literacy activity.
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