What's it all about?
Mini Buttons classes are fun and interactive sessions, aimed at babies/toddlers.
Our Mini Button classes have been carefully designed to develop speaking and listening skills, laying the foundations for phonics learning.
Each week is based around a different nursery rhyme and every session is full of singing, dancing, playing instruments and exploring role-play and sensory activities. ​
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When & Where?
Where?
- The Little Bears Nursery Hall, Maldon Road, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, CM3 2HS.
- Monkey Puzzle Soft Play, Park Dr, Maldon, CM9 5JQ
When?
Jan/Feb half term will run for 4 weeks from 16th Jan.
Mondays - 9:45am (Hat Pev)
Thursdays - 9:45am (Hat Pev)
Fridays - 10:45am (Maldon - Includes FREE Soft Play)
(Classes last 45 mins and cost £8 per session, payable half a term in advance. You are welcome to pay for your first class as a one off, before signing up to the half term)
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How can a 1 year old learn Phonics?
What is Phase 1?
In our toddler classes we will not be focussing on identifying letters and their sounds.
Instead we cover the areas from Phase 1 phonics which include the following 7 aspects:
- Environmental sounds
- Instrumental sounds
- Body sounds
- Rhythm & rhyme
- Alliteration
- Voice sounds
- Oral blending & segmenting
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Why?
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Environmental sounds - Learning to hear specific sounds around them will help children hear specific sounds in words when learning to read and write
Instrumental sounds - Encourages children to experiment with sound, promotes speaking & listening skills.
Body sounds - Helps to develop an awareness of sounds, rhythms and beats. Counting out a beat or rhythm, will later help a child count the number of sounds in a word.
Rhythm and rhyme - Being able to hear rhyming words will later help children identify word families and help with spelling. Breaking words into syllables will help when learning to read and write longer words.
Alliteration - Helps children hear similar sounds in words, which will later help with spelling.
Voice sounds - Helps strengthen the mouth muscles which will help with speech and articulation.
Oral blending and segmenting - later helps with reading and spelling.
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