How can you help you child with spelling,
writing and mathematics?
*Encourage them to use Fred Fingers to help
spell green words.
* Learn to spell red words
* Practice spelling the red and green words by
writing them down.
* Remind them that a sentence always starts
with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
*It is important to remember a space in
between each word.
* Ask them to say the sentence before they try
and write it down.
*Always read back what has written to ensure
it makes sense to the reader.
* Practice counting on and back in 1’s. 2’s, 5’s
and 10’s.
*Practice writing the numbers correctly.
* Practice saying the number bonds for 10 e.g.
6+4=10: 10-4=6: 9+1=10: 10-1=9.
* Learning the number bonds by heart.