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 […]
I’ve just been notified that my book ‘100 Ways Your Child Can Learn Through Play‘ by ME! Georgina Durrant is now available to pre-order from all major online bookstores (always wanted to say that!!) and wanted to make sure you were one of the first people to get […]
I asked yesterday on my twitter and Facebook pages if people could tell me their best jokes for primary aged children. I was expecting to get a couple that I could share with my own kids, but in reality I was inundated by some absolutely brilliant jokes and […]
Schools is England are due to reopen their doors (more fully) to all children on March 8th. And with this in mind, I’ve been searching for resources to help children who may be anxious about returning. Here’s some fantastic resources to help your little ones with this change. […]
Last week I wrote about recommended resources for helping to learn to tell the time (read it here). Telling the Time can be a really challenging area for so many children and a tricky concept to understand and apply. One thing I was asked was if I would […]
This week I’ve been busy trialling an absolutely brilliant resource, the Reader Pen by Scanning Pens Ltd. And I’m very excited to announce that we have teamed up to do a Giveaway where one lucky person/school can win their very own Reader Pen! You can enter on either […]
Learning to tell the time can be a particularly challenging task for many children. Not only do children have to understand the concept of time (which is difficult in itself!) but they also have to be able to read both an analogue and digital clock. This can be […]
‘Home-schooling’ during lockdown is tough, especially when you are juggling work and other demands (have a read of my blog post all about making homeschooling easier here) but one thing that many parents are finding doubly challenging is trying to entertain younger (non-school age) children at the same […]
I started writing a post this weekend about fun virtual things for children to do over the half term holidays. And I stopped myself. I realised, as wonderful as all these online, virtual events, classes and tours are..what are children really need, after a term of Microsoft teams […]
