It’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week so I’m sharing with you a fantastic set of resources for helping families support their children’s mental health: Daniel’s Dreams, Monster Mountain Chapter Book and well-being resource pack by Leanne Brown. What are they? The chapter book (Daniel’s Dreams, Monster Mountain […]
With the promise of summer around the corner we’ve been searching for the best outdoor toys and resources for pre-school and primary aged children to enjoy! With the current Covid-19 restrictions meaning children can only play with others outside of school, outdoors at the moment..these resources will hopefully […]
It’s all over the news this week about the negative impact of lockdowns on children’s speech and language skills. And as a result, I’ve had a few enquiries about strategies to help children at home with their speech, language and communication development from parents and the press. First […]
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 […]
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