📚 Sharing Stories, Growing Together 📚

At our nursery, we believe that sharing stories is one of the best ways to support children's learning and development. Reading together helps children develop their language, imagination and communication skills, while also fostering a lifelong love of books.

We enjoy sharing stories every day and encouraging children to explore, talk about and enjoy a wide range of books.

💡 Try This at Home

Set aside a few minutes each day to share a story together. Talk about the pictures, ask simple questions and enjoy discovering new adventures together.

Family Fun: Reading together creates special memories and helps children develop a positive relationship with books and learning.

At our nursery, we use the Little' Wandle phonics scheme' to help children develop the early skills they need for reading and writing. Through stories, songs, games and lots of talk, children learn to listen carefully, hear sounds and enjoy language.

We make phonics fun, engaging and meaningful, helping every child grow in confidence and develop a love of books and learning.

💡 Try This at Home: Listening Walk

Go for a short walk together and listen carefully to the sounds around you. Can your child hear birds singing, cars driving by, leaves rustling or a dog barking? Talking about different sounds helps children develop their listening skills, which are an important foundation for phonics and early reading.

Family Fun: We love it when parents, carers, brothers and sisters join in too. Learning together helps build children's confidence and shows them that language and reading are enjoyable for everyone! 

💡 Another Activity: Sound Makers

Have fun making sounds with everyday objects, such as shaking keys, tapping a spoon or scrunching paper. Ask your child to guess the sound before they see the object. This helps develop careful listening and sound discrimination skills.

Family Fun: Take turns making and guessing sounds together. The more children hear, talk about and explore sounds, the stronger their foundations for phonics become.

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