Contraction apostrophes are an area of English lessons that lots of children find difficult. It can also be a little dry to learn about! So how can you make it fun? Firstly what are contraction apostrophes? Contraction apostrophes are the ones we use when we shorten words. For […]
This is a guest blog post, written by Pentagon Play Is it just us?! The first time we heard the phrase ‘heavy work activities,’ we conjured up all sorts of images – from trying to lift a ten-tonne dumbbell with grimacing teeth and a bright red face, to […]
Before the Christmas holidays, I spoke to Cathy Wassell who is the CEO of the Autistic Girls Network- a charity who support autistic girls and their families. I was genuinely quite upset hearing from her about the impact of lack of/late diagnosis for many autistic girls. Many go […]
I’m very excited this weekend to bring you my ultimate, children’s Christmas Gift Guide for 2021- for primary aged children! If you’re a parent, carer, grandparent, friend or family members and you’re looking for some ideas for Christmas presents for young children …then look no further! There’s a […]
This week on The SEN Resources’ twitter page, me and some very lovely author friends are giving away two AMAZING book bundles- each made up of 4 different books suitable for parents/teachers of children with Special educational needs and/the children themselves. Both giveaways are running simultaneously on my […]
You may remember a couple of years ago we were raving about a really great, high quality bookcase by Twoey that we had tried out as a way of organising our many books (have a read of the review here). Well, this week, we were fortunate enough to […]
I’ve been getting a few messages and emails asking if it’s possible to buy a signed copy of my book ‘100 Ways Your Child Can Learn Through Play’ for themselves and for gifts for teachers, friends and family. The answer is now….YES! I’ve just launched my ‘special edition’* […]
Looking for under the sea themed activities for children? We’ve created a list of fun under the sea based activities to try, feel free to adapt them to suit your child. (If your child isn’t into this, don’t worry you could adapt the activities to another theme too) […]
Does your child enjoy learning about dinosaurs and playing with toy dinosaurs? Have a go at some of our dinosaur themed activities for children below. It turns out there’s a lot of content about dinosaurs on my blog (who knew!) so please enjoy having a look through at […]
With more people being able to fly abroad now, I’ve been getting a few questions about what you should do if your child is scared about a flight. Being scared about travelling by aeroplane is a totally understandable feeling. It’s also worth remembering that many young children haven’t […]
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