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’* […]
It’s the start of our fifth week of our Free Online Summer Club (#CatchUpOnPlaying) !! The theme for this week is ‘under the sea‘ and we’d love you to use play this week to learn about them. We’ve created a list of fun under the sea based activities […]
It’s the start of our fourth week of our Free Online Summer Club (#CatchUpOnPlaying) !! The theme for this week is ‘dinosaurs‘ and we’d love you to use play this week to learn about them. We’ve created a list of fun dinosaur based activities to try, feel free […]
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 […]
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 […]
