Hi, I’m Charlotte and I am your Little Fromies Tutor! I provide one-to-one home based tuition for preschool and primary school aged children. I have been a teacher for 10 years and I have recently enjoyed teaching the Early Years Foundation Stage. My focus is on learning through creative play.
Unfortunately, COVID-19 has meant children are indoors for longer periods of time and many parents are now homeschooling – something which can be very challenging! Therefore, my website it now dedicated to supporting parents with activities and ideas for preschoolers and top tips for homeschoolers.
If there is ever anything parents might need support with and/or concepts that need explaining please message on the site and I will see if I can help!
We’re in this together!
Rainbow ideas for Half Term
Rainbow Playdoh Use playdoh to spell your name, learn tricky words, write the alphabet, create monsters/aliens or make your favourite wild animal and all in rainbow colours. The possibilities are endless! Coloured Rice Art Dye different amounts of rice and combine with pasta, rice and lentils to create textured pictures. I use Splash food gels…
What is Phonetic Spelling?
What does it mean when a teacher says: “the children’s words need to be spelt phonetically and not necessarily accurately”? By this they are telling us that it is ok if the child’s spelling isn’t strictly accurate (using the correct letters) as long as they have used good sound choices to form their words. For…
Raindrops keeping falling on my head…
Here are a few activities for preschool children at home on those cold, rainy days. Some of these may also be useful for parents who are homeschooling and in need of ideas for younger siblings who are also at home. How about a nice cup of tea? When it’s cold outside why not make Mummy,…
Getting ready to write!
It’s really important that your child is feeling comfortable when they are writing. In order to achieve this, they need to know know how to hold their pencil correctly (Froggy fingers) and how to use their other hand (the ‘helping hand’) to steady their paper and place it at the correct angle. Only then will…
Home schooling Timetable ‘homemade’ style!
A great way to encourage your child to engage with their learning from the start is to plan a timetable that will work for the both of you and then to make it together. Once complete, it is also important to place it somewhere central so everyone can see it regularly (I blue tac it…
Mummy’s hat, Teacher’s hat
A simple (and quite fun) idea to help you and your child distinguish between your role as a Mummy and your new role as Home Teacher is to use the ‘fun hat technique’. At the start of each day my child chooses a hat for me that I will wear when I am being his…
In the Summer time when the weather is fine…
Heat wave next week! Here’s a few simple outdoor activities you can do with your children in the sunshine. Enjoy! Bug Hotel We had a go at building a bug hotel to give insects and other minibeasts a safe space to shelter and hide from predators. Using toilet rolls we divided the hotel into sections…
Spring Themed Activities
Even in ‘lockdown’ I hope you are managing to get out in the sunshine to enjoy awakening of Spring. Here are some simple ideas that can be resourced from your Spring garden or on your local walks to keep the children engaged and interested in the environment around them. Spring-Colour Match Simple idea created using…
Quick Fix: Postman Pat
Struggling to get your children to write during the lock down then why not see if they’d like to write a letter to their friends or family or keep a diary? My son is 4 and has been checking in on his friends to see they what are doing by writing letters! He’s not at…
Quick Fix: Teddy Bears Picnic and overnight camping.
Being in a lock down means the house and garden is where it’s all happening. So why not have a change of scene and put up your tent and enjoy a Teddy Bears Picnic together? What’s great is this can double up as overnight camping in the garden. Teddies are great guests as they don’t…
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