14 ways to make spelling practice fun
Learning spellings can, let’s face it, be very dull. A totally necessary skill for life, but the complexity of the English language doesn’t exactly…
The books your child should read this summer
From a very young age children enjoy engaging in the incredible world of books. I have lots of parents asking me for book suggestions, as…
How to encourage your child to love books
It is hugely important to provide a book rich world for children from a very young age from propping up books alongside changing mats…
5 simple tasks to encourage children’s writing
The key to encouraging a love of writing is providing many opportunities for children to pick up a pencil, pen, paintbrush, crayon or other…
6 ways to develop your toddler’s fine motor skills
Motor skills are a major part of child development and something that are talked about a lot. Gross motor skills = running, jumping, skipping,…
10 brilliant science ideas for kids to try at home
This coming week is British Science Week (11-20 March) and children will no doubt be undertaking all sorts of exciting projects at school. Experiments,…
Learn with Lego: inspiring ideas to develop key skills
Lego is a major hit with most children and a great present for Christmas. From a young age children enjoy using building blocks to…
Fun toddler activities to inspire an early love of… maths
If you are anything like me, you have negative memories of maths at school, but this is a subject that can be great fun…
After dark ideas for exploring outdoors
Clocks changing, Halloween, Bonfire Night and a full moon, what a busy fun few weeks. This time of year always reminds me of one…
What are phonics? (A quick guide to the latest buzzword)
If you have a school starter, you may well have come across the joys of phonics already. In a nutshell, your little learners will…