For those who’ve been reading The SEN Resources Blog for a while now, you’ll probably remember me raving about a fantastic book for kids by Katie Flanagan called ‘What am I Feeling?‘(have a look at our review here). This book is a brilliant resource for helping children to […]
Understanding friendships, making friends and navigating playground friendship groups can be tricky for lots of children. Here are some of our favourite books for young children to help them learn about friendships and hopefully encourage them to open up about any problems they may be having. Midge & […]
We’ve fallen a little bit in love with these new Tiny Town Push and Play books by Imagine That Publishers. If you’re after a way of enticing your child to enjoy books, stay engaged in a story and have fun then these books are for you! Kids can […]
We’ve been trying out Imagine That Publisher’s brand new Squishy Squashy Books this week The Squishy Squashy Books with their fun short story, bright illustrations, cute characters and squishy ‘toy like’ animal are ideal for young children. In my opinion, they are also great for some older children […]
Children often get bad press, with stories of teasing and bullying in schools and phrases such as ‘kids can be cruel’ regularly used. However, I wanted to shine a light on the fact that, in my opinion (as a qualified teacher and parent) the majority of children can […]
One of the hardest things about being a parent, is letting your child make their own mistakes. It can seem counterintuitive to allow them to make a mistake- after all, we are hard wired to protect our offspring and keep them safe and happy. However, taking a step […]
This week has been Space Week on The SEN Resources Blog. We’ve had ALOT of fun playing, learning and going on day trips! Here’s what we’ve been up to and our recommendations of Space related toys, books, resources and day trips for children (click on the photos to […]
I was delighted to discover this wonderful resource ‘The Shuffle Book’ by Tales Toolkit. A simple and effective idea that provides structure to enable children to create their own stories. How to Use It Fill the book with ideas of characters, settings, problems and solution with accompanying pictures […]
This week we were sent the most gorgeous, children’s book by Katie Flanagan (illustrated by Anna Krupa) It’s not only beautiful because of its illustrations but also beautiful in it’s aim to help children vocalise and understand their emotions. What did we like about it? Illustrations: We adored […]
I’ve really enjoyed reading Developing Empathy in the Early Years this week. Not only because Empathy is a lovely topic to contemplate but also because this book by Helen Garnett is genuinely very interesting. It’s packed full of history, quotes, facts and strategies and I have learnt so much from […]
