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Preparing for the next step- Transition!

Children will be moving onto school or to the next kinder group soon, and preparing them for the next big step in their lives well in advance is extremely beneficial. Preparation isn’t just about making sure your child is ready to learn how to read and count.  Empowering children with confidence is the key to a successful transition.  There is bountiful research into how to make this transition smooth for children, and there is a consistent finding that it’s not so much about knowing academics such as knowing letters or how to count to ten. The vital thing is feeling...

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Teaching tips and Activities on GENTLENESS

Welcome to part 8 of our 9 part Author Storytime book reading on Facebook LIVE every Thursday at 2 pm. We hope you enjoyed listening to 'When I'm shining with GENTLENESS' ? To shine with GENTLENESS it takes a strength of character to be gentle with others and things. We are reminded that we always have a choice, and if we do the wrong thing, we can fix the problem. We hope the Teaching tips and Activities are helpful for developing a GENTLE spirit in children. Click on the words below to access your FREE download: Teaching tips and activities...

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Teaching tips and Activities on FAITHFULNESS

Welcome to part 7 of our 9 part Author Storybook reading on Facebook LIVE every Thursday at 2 pm. We hope you enjoyed listening to "When I'm shining with FAITHFULNESS' This story is full of great ideas for teaching loyalty and trust, a desirable friendship quality. We hope the Teaching tips and Activities are helpful for developing courageous kids! Click on the words below: Teaching tips and activities FAITHFULNESS-compressed Shine your light, Wendy and Lisa

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Teaching tips and Activities on GOODNESS

Welcome to part 6 of our 9 part Author Book Reading series on Facebook LIVE every Thursday at 2pm. We hope you enjoyed listening to 'When I'm shining with GOODNESS.' When we started investigating GOODNESS we asked what makes a good friend? It is not only doing good things but developing good character through traits such as being fair, trustworthy, honest, respectful and responsible. We hope the Teaching tips and Activities are helpful for teaching Character traits that make up a good friend; the kind of person others want to be around. Click on the words below: Teaching tips and...

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Teaching tips and Activities on KINDNESS

Welcome to part 5 of our 9 part Author book reading series on Facebook LIVE every Thursday at 2 pm. We hope you enjoyed 'When I'm shining with KINDNESS' Now more than ever we are seeing people showing KINDNESS, especially whilst we are all in lockdown due to Covid19. KINDNESS is such an important virtue, by show KINDNESS we become KIND ourselves. We hope the Teaching tips and Activities are helpful for teaching KINDNESS to your children, grandchildren or class. Click on the words below: Teaching tips and activities KINDNESS-compressed_1 Shine your light, Wendy and Lisa  

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Teaching tips and Activities on PATIENCE

Welcome to part 4 of our 9 part Author book reading series on Facebook LIVE every Thursday at 2 pm. We hope you enjoyed 'When I'm shining with PATIENCE' We all need a little patience, especially as we are staying home so much, or maybe you are supervising remote learning or teaching remotely. We hope these teaching tips and activities are helpful to teach patience to your children, whether it be with a class or with your own children or grandchildren. Click on the words below to access the link: Teaching tips and activities PATIENCE-compressed Shine your light!

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Teaching Tips and Activities on PEACE

Hello and Welcome to part 3 of our 9 week Story Time on Facebook LIVE each Thursday 2pm Catch up on other LIVE readings by Author Wendy Mason @kidslightup We hope you enjoyed 'When I'm Shining with PEACE' Have you found a PEACEFUL spot? What makes you feel PEACEFUL? Now, click on the link below; Teaching tips and activities PEACE-compressed for FREE and access colouring pages; 10 Colouring-Pages-KLU-KWest Tell us about your PEACEFUL spot and what you've been doing with our activities! Shine your light! Wendy and Lisa

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Teaching Tips and Activities on JOY

Hello and welcome to part 2 of our 9-week Story-Time on Facebook LIVE 2 pm every Thursday. We hope you enjoyed 'When I'm Shining with JOY' Click on the link below to access FREE 'Teaching Tips and Activities on JOY' Teaching tips and activities JOY1-compressed and 10 FREE colouring pages - one to go with each book and 1 extra with all of our stars! 10 Colouring-Pages-KLU-KWest We LOVE to see and hear about what you've been doing as you 'find your JOY' and 'Share the LOVE' so please post on Facebook @kidslightup email or message us with your work...

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