Thursday 25 March 2010

a little bit of magic.



I was working in a Year 1 class today (5 year olds mainly). They were doing a phonics worksheet. Learning about the oa, ow, o _ e sound.

Phonics is always a funny one to engage children in.

Introducing... the magic pencil.

I made a 'c' shape first and then...

My body shook and I made a few exciting sounds as this simple pencil become something wonderful. It was magical.

The c became an o. The c became an e. The w was made up of two v's.

They thought these transformations were down to the magic pencil.

Of course they were...

4 comments:

  1. I love the concept of your blog, and I love that there are dedicated teachers like you who will someday be there for my children.

    Cheers to you!

    ReplyDelete
  2. look at you! i can so hear you telling me this story and giggling about it.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Alison - that is very sweet of you thank you!

    V - I am totally giggling.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Kids are so cute. They will believe in the magic of anything except "grown ups"

    http://senseofstyleiseternal.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete