We know that parents and carers often want to find out a bit more about how to support their children at home. We have included some links below that we think may be helpful, and if there are any other topics you would like covered then please let us know.

Speech and Language

Speech & Language UK Progress Checker

Learning to Talk 3 to 5 years

Helping your bilingual child

BBC Tiny Happy People

Healthy Development

Children's Oral Health

Lunchbox ideas and recipes

Building healthy sleep habits

Early Education

NEW RESOURCE Starting Reception

Starting School

What to Expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage

Potty Training

At Little Apples Preschool we are happy to work with parents to support potty/toilet training.

Please see below for advice and our policy.

Potty Training Advice

Let's Go Potty

Potty and Toilet Training Policy

Managing Emotions

Parenting Tips & Tricks

Help managing temper tantrums

Helping your child with anxiety

Developing language through talk

Phonics and Reading 

 Phonics Presentation for Parents

Supporting your child with reading at home/How to use wordless books 

Pronunciation Guide Autumn 1

How to say your sounds Autumn 1

Pronounciation Guide Autumn 2

How to say your sounds Autumn 2

Capital Letter Formation

Speech and Language

Learning to Talk 3 to 5 years

AUTUMN MATHS

Match, Sort and Compare

Providing children with a wide range of the same objects allows them to explore sorting and matching at a deeper level.

Think about the colour, size, shape and texture of objects to support children’s language development and descriptions.

 

Autumn Term Number rhymes-Enjoy a selection of these at home too!

 

 

 

Doodle maths letter and instructions (Spring 2025)

Doodle maths letter from DH

Doodle maths letter/instructions

 

 

 

 

Spelling Strategies

Phonics

Phonics screening check information for parents: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phonics-screening-check-information-for-parents/phonics-screening-check-2024-information-for-parents-text-only-version

Reading

Supporting your child with reading at home

How to say phase 5 sounds

Year 1 Maths

Videos to support the teaching on shape:

https://vimeo.com/732420525 - Recognise and name 3D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732420559 - Sort 3D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732420599 - Recognise and name 2D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732420642 - Sort 2D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732420694 - Patterns with 2D and 3D shapes

 

Year 2 Maths

 Videos to support the teaching on shape:

https://vimeo.com/732483100  - Recognise 2D and 3D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732483563 - Count sides of 2D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732483838 - Count vertices on 2D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732484272 - Draw 2D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732478896 - Lines of symmetry in shapes

https://vimeo.com/732479287 - Use lines of symmetry to complete shapes

https://vimeo.com/732479770 - Sort 2D Shapes

https://vimeo.com/732480488 - Count faces on 3D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732481504 - Count edges on 3D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732481504 - Count vertices on 3D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732482231 - Sort 3D shapes

https://vimeo.com/732482778 - Make patterns with 2D and 3D shapes