Today we launched our summer club, #catchuponplaying which is an online free summer holiday club for families. You can sign up to our blog for free to get all the blog posts straight to your inbox and you can join our free Facebook group for ideas here For […]
It’s the start of our second week of our Free Online Summer Club (#CatchUpOnPlaying) tomorrow !! The theme for this week is ‘Nature‘ and we’d love you to use play this week to learn about nature. We’ve created a list of fun nature based activities to try, feel […]
It’s all over the news this week about some young children experiencing panic attacks recently, perhaps due to the pandemic, school closures, worry over illness and restrictions. From my experience, supporting families over the last year and a half, during the lockdowns and school closures, families have relayed […]
One thing that has been apparent over the last year, during the school closures and various lockdowns, is how much screen time children have been having. However, there’s absolutely no judgement on this from me as to be honest, most of it has been unavoidable. A lot of […]
Starting school can be very exciting but it is also a big step for many children that can cause worry and anxiety. There is also the concern, that after the difficult year we’ve had, losses children have experienced and the restrictions placed on children’s day-to-day lives, that starting […]
I was sent the most amazing book recently – a fantastic book for teaching people all about Colour Blindness. And what makes it even more incredible, is that it’s been written by a 9 1/2 year old called Malachi Sawyer! NINE AND A HALF..how brilliant is that? ‘Colour […]
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 […]
