Do you find yourself having a battle to encourage your little learner to read their school book? Or do you have an avid little reader, but looking for something a little different? In our home hub, I love to find all sorts of reading opportunities to encourage reading as part of everyday life… because, well, it is!
Recipe reading is a GREAT way to get little ones to read without them necessarily realising that they are. Check out our other recipes too! I’m not usually one to encourage slime, but my 6 year old was desperate to start her half term break with a gooy experience – how could I say no?
She got a book called DIY Slime by Karina Garcia for LAST Christmas and I’m ashamed to admit, we’d not yet made anything from it. Today was the day. We looked through the recipes to see what we already had the ingredients for and found ‘Flubber Soap Slime’. Not too gooy. My kind of slime!
I deliberately put the book in front of her and quickly made sure my hands were covered in cornstarch.
“Oh no!” I say. “My hands are all messy. What do we need to do now?”
As hoped, she went straight to the next step and had a go at reading it. My 6 year old was reading words like ‘cornstarch’ and ‘utensil’ without too much trouble because she was using context to help her make a good guess in support of her sounding out.
We actually tried this recipe and then made our own one too. Check out our recipe soon!
Never underestimate the power of them taking the lead. She was so proud and then was occupied for over an hour with her elbows deep in this soapy slime, which thankfully washed off super easy. Easiest slime clear up ever! A new favourite.
Does slime have any other uses?
Oh yes! Check out our other uses for slime and play dough soon.
Looking for more ideas to encourage reading at home? Check out this free ‘What Am I?‘ maths game.
Reading in maths games is another great way to hide reading in activities.