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When so much independence has not only been taken from us as adults but also from our kids, maybe it’s time to relinquish some control. 🤪 Sophia’s wonderful Kindy teacher shared the term ‘sense of agency’ which basically means giving your child a voice and some input into decision making wherever possible. The result? 😊 Happier, more independent kids who are more likely to come to the party when you need them to - known as ‘reciprocity of respect’. ✊ Here’s a few ideas to help develop your child’s ‘sense of agency’ (and their pre-literacy skills in the process): ✏️Try: 📌writing a list of things to do together 📌making a lucky dip jar of home activities (use paddle pop sticks) 📌using a visual schedule for routines 📌talking about preferred and non-preferred activities (say ‘first, then’) 📌giving a choice 📌joining in and playing (channel Bandit) 📌or simply saying YES when you can!

Join us to celebrate Easter! 🐥🐥🐥 We'll be on Facebook live this time so you can all watch more easily on your laptop. 💻💻💻 Hit the link in our bio to download your craft activity template! Go go go!

This game was named ‘Undercover swing’ which I thought was pretty clever for a four year old! 😊 Of course, the double meaning was not intentional and the words ‘undercover swing’ were only understood in the literal sense. Multiple meanings sit at the top of the ‘language processing hierarchy’ while ‘labelling’ sits at the bottom. 💡 As children move from the ‘learning to talk’ stage to the ‘talking to learn’ stage we see a big shift in their ability to understand more inferential language. 🗣 Why did that happen? What’s the big problem? How can you tell? What else could they do? 🧠 Asking these ‘language for thinking’ questions NOW will build crucial skills for your #littlebirdiereaders in the FUTURE. Don’t miss this window! ⏰ If you want more support with how to become a RichREADER, check out our 6 month memberships and Little Birdie Bundle on our website TODAY!

"Children love to tell stories. Their early stories tend to be a series of events, each one related to the one before, but lacking any larger structure. With practice, children develop more complex and organized plots. As the complexity of the storytelling grows, children practice holding and manipulating information in working memory." @developingchildharvard 🧠🧠🧠 How do children learn to tell stories? By listening to LOTS and LOTS of stories! 📚📚📚 We want to help you find great stories to read to your kids so we are offering 10% OFF ALL of our themed gift boxes! CODE: LBB Happy Shopping! 💜💜💜

Did you catch our first Virtual Book Reading and Activities session today? 🤩 If not it's still up on LIVE until tomorrow! 🙌 If you liked what you saw today, more of these carefully selected picture books and activities designed by speech pathologists are available in our special Little Birdie Bundle! This is your chance to get a taster of 6 different themes - not something we do very often! 👊🏼 We are here to continue supporting YOU with your little learners at home through extended experiences of reading, talking and playing! 📚📚📚 Order your special Little Birdie Bundle today

Who says you can't still have fun? This is our new normal and our kids are making the most of it. You can too, maybe with the help of our POWERFUL PLAY EVERYDAY freebie! 😉 It goes a little like this: PLAY: Traffic Police👮 Create a numberplate for your bicycle and some traffic signs (stop sign 🛑, green light🚥, no entry⛔) to play driver and traffic police. SAY: Key vocabulary: stop, turn, left, right, straight, go around, detour. Smart comment: I can tell you it's a stop sign because it's red and red means stop. 😊 Our Top 5 Outdoor Activities for toddlers and preschoolers with PLAY and SAY ideas have already been released - sign up to our mailing list to get yours!

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