Fun with words

Fun with words

Playful ways to explore letters, words, sounds, and storytelling

This playlist is all about making words exciting through play. Whether it’s silly rhyming games, playful storytelling, or phonics activities, these ideas help build language skills in a way that feels natural and enjoyable. Perfect for sparking curiosity and creativity with words, whether spoken, written, or imagined!

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Magnetic tile hidden messages

Magnetic tile hidden messages

Make your own decoder and reveal secret messages with a coloured magnetic tile!

Duplo coding

Duplo coding

Match coloured Duplo blocks to a pattern card using an egg carton - an easy, hands-on way to introduce early coding and logic skills.

What's on my bum?

What's on my bum?

A hilarious sensory guessing game that gets lots of giggles and builds body awareness.

Salt tray writing

Salt tray writing

A calming and tactile way to practice drawing, writing, or doodling - just add salt to a tray and create your own little zen garden for fingers to explore.

Rhyme chain game

Rhyme chain game

A giggly memory game where you take turns to build a rhyme together

Cheesy joke drop

Cheesy joke drop

Embrace the fun of the classic cheesy joke. Whether it's randomly announcing one, texting it, or sneaking a funny note somewhere.

Build a story

Build a story

Take turns adding a couple of lines each to create a funny, surprising, and completely unique story together!

Bubble wand craft

Bubble wand craft

Make your own bubble wand using colourful pipe cleaners and beads

Build the alphabet

Build the alphabet

Use toy bricks or blocks to build the letters of the alphabet, a boost for their literacy, STEM and fine motor skills!

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Bear Hunt sensory tray

Bear Hunt sensory tray

Bring the classic We're Going on a Bear Hunt to life with a sensory tray inspired by the pages of the book.

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