We’ve been reading an amazing picture book gifted to us this week called Wild by Annette Demetriou & Dawn White (illustrated by Ryan Sonderegger). What’s it about? Wild tells the story of two ‘mild’ wolves that meet a pack of ‘wild’ wolves who intimidate and scare them. But […]
Over the last few weeks I’ve had the absolute pleasure of reading a fantastic and informative book by Dr Elizabeth Roberts on how to help your toddler enjoy new food. It’s called ‘Help My Toddler Is Not Eating’ * I’m very excited to be running a give-away to […]
Looking for some poetry books for children? We’ve compiled our current favourites below! (If there’s a book we’re missing- let us know so we can try it out and possibly add it to our list of best poetry books for children too.) But firstly, why is it important […]
We are very excited today to be part of Learning Resources Digital Easter egg hunt! Theres 12 bloggers included and all you need to do is go to Learning Resources’ Facebook or Instagram page to look out for their clues today. The clues lead you to a blog […]
It’s a bit of a minefield trying to find suitable resources for children with reading difficulties, such as dyslexia. Not because there’s not enough resources out there, but perhaps because there are too many! And they all claim to be able to help your child to read. Therefore, […]
This week I’ve had the absolute pleasure of reading another one of Lesley Berrington’s, fantastic, inclusive books from the ‘Hattie and Friends’ series; A Day at the Zoo. * For those of you who haven’t yet read my reviews of her other books ‘A Day at the Park‘ […]
I’m not exaggerating at all when I tell you that this week I have discovered my new, absolute favourite resource, The Yoto Player and I’m also not exaggerating when I tell you, that for us, this has completely transformed the children’s bedtimes by not only making them quicker […]
I’ve been asked a lot recently about which resources I would recommend for GCSE students. In particular, students who have reading difficulties such as dyslexia. If you do a google search you’ll find a lot of revision guides, workbooks etc. available for all GCSE subjects, but many of […]
The majority of children across the U.K have been learning at home since the start of this year due to the pandemic. Schools in England are now set to re-open fully to all pupils from March 8th and whilst many children are excited about their return, there are […]
This week I’m delighted to share with you this really useful guest post by Hannah Rix who is a special educational needs teacher and founder of the reading support app, Readingmate: The words ‘pandemic’ and ‘lockdown’ hardly breed peace and joy, do they? I’d like to let you […]
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