Storybird

Storybird is a great site to use with children (of all ages!). Creat a free account and begin. 'Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print'.

Some simple ideas for your IWB

This is a 5 minute video covering some simple ideas for using SMART Notebook in the Early Years Foundation Stage.  If you have any dieas for activities please post them so we can all share! 

The video covers:

Mark making

Left to Right Directionality 

Motor skills

Co-ordination

And a whole range of SMART Notebook ideas....

Delicious!!

Just having fun creating Stacks on Delicious. Hopefully someone, somewhere may find them useful!! NessMatthews on Delicious here!.

(This link has been changed now that Delcious has changed the system it uses for displaying websites).

Christmas Around the World

Please share with us your experiences of Christmas around the world. I am hoping to collect these experiences into an area of my website where children can find out about different Christmas customs. It would be useful to include details of weather, food, gift giving and other family customs. Thank you :-)

Fab site to use on the IWB with Early Years

This site (http://neave.com/) has a range of great activities that would work really well on an Interactive Whiteboard for motor skills, and pure enjoyment!!

Bouncy Balls and Imagination are great fun on the IWB. Don't forget the F11 key for full screen.
Thanks Tim Rylands for sharing this one through your blog :-)

Letter Dice

Letter Dice - A great starter! How many words can you make with the letters? http://www.teacherled.com/resources/letterdice/letterdiceload.html

Space dice (numbers): Roll up to 3 number dice at a time. http://www.teacherled.com/resources/dice/diceload.html

Jigsaw Planet

Jigsaw Planet is a free site that lets you create your own jigsaws or use the pre-created ones within the site. Great for IWBs! No sign-up require to use the jigsaws. Don't forget to use the F11 button to toggle between full screen and Browser. www.jigsawplanet.com

It is always advisable to check sites before you use them with children.