The Roar - Issue 8
Hello!
Happy October to all the monsters out there! With one of our favourite seasons upon us, we thought we'd cause an absolute scream with all our resources and articles this half-term. We've got free spooky colouring pages, a Halloween number game and an article tackling the scariest thing of all - picky eaters!
Practice makes progress - Practice Mode in our games
Need a little extra time on your phonics or tricky words? Perhaps your little one just doesn’t get counting in 2s? Sticking their nose up at that lovely corn cob you’ve prepared for dinner? Practice Mode can help!
Monster News
Photo by Drew Perales on Unsplash
Spooky stories that encourage writing and widening vocabulary
In this article, our former primary school teacher, Kay, shares one of her favourite spooky books and how this can be used to prompt superb writing from your class.
The importance of different representations of 1 - 5!
This autumn term, reception kids everywhere will be discovering the magic of numbers, Numbers 1 to 5 specifically! We’ll be looking at different representations and activities that you can do at home to help reinforce some of this great learning.
The Sapere Method and Adventurous Eating
What does this onion smell like? I think it smells like a muddy bicycle! We find out what the Sapere Method is, how it helps fussy eaters and how we used it as a fundamental building block in developing our game, Adventurous Eating.
Competition time!
Help us make a spooktacular gallery!
Let your little ones colour AND practise their Number Skills at the same time! This week we're giving away a fabulous printable colouring book for Halloween!
If you fancy, take a photo of one of the pages once it's coloured and we'll share them in our socials! Send in your photos to [email protected]
Teacher Feature
Phonics Flashcards
Teachers! How are your class doing with their phonics so far? Download these handy flashcards for a quick reminder session. We've created 2 levels of packs - one pack with image prompts for the phoneme (easier) and one with our cute monsters featured in the Teach Your Monster To Read game (harder).
Ghost candles
We really loved this simple and effective crafty ghost idea for Halloween!
Seasonal Seed Snack
Ever wondered what to do with all those pumpkin seeds after carving your pumpkins? Jamie knows - here's a great recipe for making them into a delicious snack!
That's it for this month!
We hope you're enjoying the turning of the seasons as much as we are, and are looking forward to all these cosy jumper-filled weeks ahead! If you have any great monster costumes you or your kids are wearing this October, do send them in to [email protected] to be featured!
Happy roaring from,
The team at Teach Your Monster HQ