This little practical, measuring how fast toy cars go on different ramps, is a winner for all ages as you can just adapt the difficulty level of it! Children can have a go at making the ramps and letting their toy cars go down. They could even measure […]
Many of us have now just completed our first two weeks of home schooling due to school closures because of the coronavirus outbreak. We’ve had lots of people ask us for recommendations of resources to help support their child’s homeschooling so we’ve compiled our favourite homeschool resources for […]
This week we’ve been trying out Logico Primo*, a brilliant, screen-free, educational resource for children aged 3-6 years old. What is it? Logico Primo is a self-checking, learning game designed for children. It comprises of a frame that learning cards slide into. Children complete the task on the […]
STEM toys or STEAM toys as it’s more recently been named, are toys that help children develops their skills and understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths. There’s a whole range of wonderful STEM toys available. Here’s some of our favourites this year, that we’ve thoroughly tried […]
We’ve had a big focus on Maths recently on The SEN Resources Blog so we were delighted to see that this month’s edition of the Mr Tumble Something Special Magazine is all about developing numeracy skills! For those of you who haven’t bought it before (or read my […]
I’m genuinely really excited about writing this post as I’m absolutely in love with this product and very pleased to be able to help others by recommending it. In my opinion, teaching children to tell the time has to be one of the hardest of the early life […]
I had a realisation a few weeks a go that I’d missed a key learning step when teaching numbers. I pointed at the number 18 to a child and asked him to tell me what it was and…. he didn’t know. No big deal….except he’s been counting to […]
Like so many other teachers I think I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked by children “Why do I need to do maths?” I’ve also lost count of number of times children have told me that they “hate maths and can’t do it”. Not only […]
How can you teach children about 2D and 3D shapes? I love that there are so many activities you can do with children to help them with this topic. They are really great fun too! Shape Hunt– Kids adore this! Get them looking for shapes all around them, […]
How can you teach a child to tell the time? Teaching to tell the time can be a lot more challenging that you might first think, but thankfully there are lots of fun ways to approach the topic and great resources to support it. Challenges and Difficult Concepts […]
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