Foundations

Settings

• How can I create a language-rich environment?
• Have you got any tips for how we can set up our classrooms for the new year?

Timetabling

• Where should Foundations sit in my day-to-day provision?
• How often should we teach the different parts of the Foundations programme to different age groups?
• Should we timetable Rhyme time and Tuning into sounds at different times?
• How can I timetable Foundations for a Love of Reading?

Training

• How can I train new members of my team to use the Foundations programme?
• Is there any training for Little Wandle Foundations?
• How do we get our Foundations team ready for the next academic year?
• What do you suggest we do for a quick refresher training for Foundations?

Parents

• How can I support our parents to understand Little Wandle Foundations?
• How can we get our parents involved with Foundations for a Love of Reading?
• How can I make reading at home less daunting for families?
• Where is the link that I can use to share the Rhyme time videos with parents at home?
• What does Little Wandle Foundations offer for families?

Recorded webinars

• Do you record your Foundations webinars?
• Are there any recorded webinars about Foundations for a Love of Reading?

Teaching Sounds

• Should we teach one ‘Tuning into sounds’ game or one oral blending activity every day?

Writing

• How can I best support children’s emergent writing in Nursery?

Assessment

• Are there any assessments for Little Wandle Foundations? 

Tuning into sounds

• Should I review sounds that I’ve already taught in my Tuning into sounds sessions?

Resources

• Do I need to buy any resources to teach Little Wandle Foundations for Phonics?
• What training is there for Little Wandle Foundations and do we need to buy resources?
• Do we need to buy any resources for Foundations?
• Should we use the Foundations resources for our rising threes?
• What’s included in Foundations for a love of reading?
• Which books should I include in my setting?

Interactions

• Where can I find out more about high-quality interactions?
• Where can I find the the interaction posters?
• Where can I find the the interaction techniques prompt cards?
• How can I support my team with their interactions?

Book plans

• How long should I teach the Foundations for a Love of Reading book plans for?
• How do I use the book plans?

Oral blending games

• My children are really struggling with the oral blending games. Any tips?

Children's Names

• How would you suggest we teach children to write their names?
• Should we display the Little Wandle grapheme cards next to children’s names?
• How should we teach name-writing?
• I’m struggling to think of alliterative sentences for some of my children’s names. Can you help?

New pupil

• A child has just joined my class. Where should I start with Foundations with them?

Weekly Planning

• Do you have a weekly plan builder for Foundations?

Suitability

• Is the Foundations programme suitable for two-year-olds?

Rhyme time

• Do the Rhyme time nursery rhymes need to be taught in order?
• Can I teach Rhyme time with my whole class?
• Why are rhymes so important in the Nursery years?
• Why do nursery rhymes matter?
• How can Foundations help me teach nursery rhymes?
• How do I use the rhyme time activities linked to rhyming?
• Where can I find extra resources to support rhyme time?
• How do we embed rhyming in our everyday practice?
• We’ve finished the 20 rhymes. What shall we do next?
• Will you be bringing out any more rhymes?
• Why are nursery rhymes so important?

Pronunciation

• How do I know I’m teaching the sounds correctly?

GPCs Nursery

• I have some children in my group who seem ready to learn GPCs. What do you recommend?
• If some of my children are ready, can I teach them the graphemes?

SEND

• Can we use Foundations resources and planning with children with SEND?