Activities – Premier Tuition Centre

Silly Questions Word Game

AnneMarie Brosnan — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:29:16 +0000

Silly Questions is a really fun game that you can play at home or at school to teach specific phonic patterns. The idea for this game is from the “Progression in Phonics” book, or the more updated “Letters and Sounds” book, that are used in the UK. The best thing about this game is that it can be used by teachers as part of a whole class activity, in pairs and individually. For parents, the game can also be played at home to reinforce new letter-sounds that your child might be learning at school. Here’s how to play:

Download the free printable that we’ve provide for CVC words and CVCC/CCVE words: Silly Questions CVC Words Silly Questions CVCC & CCVC Words
These printables can be left as is or you can customise them to suit your child’s learning needs, i.e the words can be changed to match what they are learning at school
Cut the sentences and ‘yes’ and ‘no’ answers into strips
If working with an individual child, the child will read the sentence aloud and match it with a yes or no answer.
If working with an entire class, ask the children to read the sentence aloud and to hold up a yes or no answer (thumbs up and thumbs down can be used to save on paper if required!)
If working with pairs, display a question on the board and ask them to decide if it warrants a yes or no answer using flashcards. Ask the children to show their flashcards and select a pair to read the question aloud.

If you want to change it up a bit, or if your child is particularly interested in computer games, this activity can also be played online here.

Easter Scavenger Hunt

Premier Tuition — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:32:21 +0000

Looking for something fun to do this Easter-weekend with your kids? Why not try this Easter-themed scavenger hunt!? It’s bound to keep them busy for a while at least… 🙂

To download a printable version of the scavenger hunt, click here.

If you use this scavenger hunt, we’d love to hear from you! Connect with us on Facebook or Instagram and tag us in your posts!
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Word Game Template

Premier Tuition — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:09:08 +0000

Parents often tell us that they struggle to get their children to read at home. When they ask us for advice we tell them two things:

1. Make sure the reading material is pitched at their level – too easy is boring and too difficult will frustrate them.

2. Make it fun!

I saw this activity on @primarylearners Instagram page and thought it was a really cool game that you could adapt to suit any learning objective – it could be used to teach a variety of different words/sight vocabulary, grammar rules or even multiplication/division tables. The possibilities are endless!

Children love dice games so this activity is really fun for them. They also love the thrill of potentially landing on a square that asks them to do something silly which keeps them engaged.

A blank template for this activity is here so if you use it, be sure to let us know how you get on!