Bright Starters Reading and Writing Activity Classes
for Babies, Toddlers, Pre-schoolers and Children
Giving your child a real head start in life
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Contents
Please note the following articles, worksheets, colouring sheets and questionnaires have all been written and designed by Brightstarters (a division of learn4life Publishing Ltd) and are under copyright laws. Copyright learn4life Publishing Ltd. Documents or the text within the documents in this book cannot be reproduced in anyway without the prior consent from learn4life
Articles
Find out what type of learner your child is by taking the learning styles questionnaire. Once you know, read the 'What kind of learner is your child' article to find out how to help them learn at home
Learning Styles Questionnaire
What kind of learner is your child
Is your child Gifted?
Positive Pictures -
read this article then go to the
colouring sheets page to print a
Mandala
Lettersheets
Teaching your child the alphabet - why not print out the following worksheets. We give out worksheets in our classes to help children form letters and numbers so why not come along. We even have our very own reading scheme written for our classes.
handwriting letter sheets
More letter sheets
Worksheets
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 4
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 5
Worksheet 3
Colouring Sheets
Craft ideas
Learn the alphabet through play and what better way to learn than through making things!! Templates for each activity are here :
Download and print out
1 to 12
a is for acrobat
Needed for each child
1 body shape
1 head shape
4 large limbs
4 small limbs
9 paper fasteners
1 drinking straw
glue
colouring pencils/pens
1. Colour a face on the head.
2. Use paper fasteners to attach each large limb to the body as
arms and legs
3. Use paper fasteners to attach each small limb to make lower limbs
4. Stick straw onto back with sticky tape
Whoops - b coming soon
C is for crocodile
Needed for each child:
1 card egg box with small flap removed
1 set of teeth
1 set of eyes
1 pair of wobbly eyes
crayons
scissors
1.Cut out teeth and stick on to top and bottom of egg box - front and sides
2. Cut out eyes and stick onto each side of top of box.
3. Glue wobbly eyes to centre of each eye.
d is for dinosaur
1 dinosaur body shape
5 diamond shapes
1 wobbly eye
1. Colour the diamond shapes.
2. Cut the shapes out.
3. Glue the shapes evenly along the top of the dinosaur.
4. Stick the wobbly eye to the head.
e is for elephant
2 wobbly eyes
1. Colour the body
2. Glue w wobbly eyes on the head
3. Cut out the two holes marked **
4. Ask the child to put 2 fingers through the holes from back to front to make the legs
f is for fish
1 fish sheet
tissue circles
1. Cut the fish shape out
2. Stick the tissue circles on beginning at the tail and over lappingto look like scales
Hi, I'm Honor's mum from the
Brightstarter Reading Books.
I've put together this book of free
resources to show you what we
do in the classes.
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