How a fairy door can help with a child’s learning and behaviour.

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With my background in early years education I have long been aware of many ways a fairy door could be a very valuable asset, so how could a fairy door be beneficial to you and your child?

  1. It will give your child an opportunity to use their imagination.einstein-imaginationAs fairies are not real but magical they are able to do anything and go anywhere so children are truly free to imagine them in any situation.
  2. Imaginative play helps them to develop their language skills, when thinking and talking about what their fairies are doing your child will often incorporate language from familiar stories, resulting in the use of a wider vocabulary and more complex language than they would normally use in everyday conversation.
  3. A fairy door could develop their creativity they can be encouraged to (or indeed may just want to…) make things for their fairies such as furniture or clothes, or they may want to make them gifts or draw them pictures.
  4. They could be encouraged to write to their fairies, even before they are able to write formally they can make marks on paper and tell you what they have written, with practice they will be able to begin writing their own name or their fairies name. Putting their letters into an envelope will make it extra special.fairy-letter
  5. For parents, with just a bit of imagination the benefits could be endless. The fairies could write back to the child asking them to do things that you are struggling to get them to do….maybe they would like your child to go to bed earlier so the fairies have more time to play! Maybe they couldn’t collect the gift last night because the bedroom was too messy and they were frightened of hurting themselves so would like it tidied (this could help to develop empathy towards others…how would your child feel if they were unable to collect a present?)
  6. Just like Santa Claus the fairies can be watching…it might work well for rewards if the parent writes to the fairies to let them know how good the child has been (it’s good for them to see that you believe and also to see you modelling writing) and the fairies could bring them a reward or put a magic star on a reward chart.

So have fun with your fairy door, because learning really should be fun!!large gold 5.jpg

 

Thanks for looking

Jackie 🙂