Back to work!

Well all the christmas fun is over including the snow, which I know caused havoc but I loved it! I hope you all enjoyed and relaxed as much as I did, however, unfortunately its back to the daily grind! Tiring couple of days so far but in a way its nice to get back to normality. So much so I ve starting preparing my activity to do with the kids for the assignment. I'm going to have them use a search engine to find pictures of things they like and don't like which will help them to write a story using Clicker 5. Clicker 5 is a fab programme where children with or without literacy difficulties can create imaginative stories with pictures. The programme also helps children write poems, play memory games, word games, number games but also enables them to make all of these games for themselves. There are alot of possibilities with clicker 5 in regards to literacy and numeracy and has endless resources as it's also online. It s really interactive because it speaks to the child, repeating words and sentences they've created.  However my favourite thing about it is how it will help set up a story for those who lack confidence with their imagination. For  example at halloween it'll give you an option to start a sentence with "Once there lived an old woman" or "Once there lived a witch" It starts children off and guides them from beginning to end brilliantly. Infact theres so much to it I'm not sure how to use it properly myself yet. So there we go my head is back in the game. Roll on February!