As part of my focus on Sleep this week on my blog we’ve been trialling this gorgeous, snuggly, soft teddy. We discovered that Summer Infant Slumber Melodies Bear is no ordinary teddy bear..infact she’s quite clever, as she responds to your child being unsettled and ‘sings’ them back to sleep. […]
I’m focusing this week on my blog on Sleep. Before you get excited I’ve not discovered the elusive magical answer to a full night sleep nor am I an expert in helping children to go to sleep. But I am an expert and frequent ‘googler’ of “how to […]
We’ve been trying out this valuable resource that provides details of fun, active, sensory ideas to improve concentration and behaviour during lessons. What did I like about it? Fun and Beneficial Activities- These activities are fantastic for improving children’s concentration & behaviour. We genuinely enjoyed trying out the […]
I am truly honoured that the lovely Sensational Learning With Penguin has written this wonderfully helpful post for our blog about her family’s experience with sleep. Have a look at her blog and follow her on Facebook and Twitter. —————————- Worrying about sleep deprivation When I was pregnant with my […]
We’ve been reading Buddy The Bearby Victoria Allen and illustrated by Ovidiu Toma. A delightful bedtime story for children, full of adventures and fun. What did we like about it? Perfect amount of Excitement- I always find it tricky finding a bedtime story that’s exciting enough to engage […]
I love Imaginative Play, it’s wonderful watching children make sense of our world through pretending. It also develops a number of skills including social skills, language and creativity. We’ve been focusing this week on Construction Imaginative Play. Here’s our collection of activities, toys and resources for children that […]
As part of our focus on Construction Imaginative Play on our blog this week, we visited Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester. What did we like about it? Inspiring Creations- we were in absolute awe of the amazing Lego builds on display. Truly inspiring and encouraged us to make […]
As part of our Construction Imaginative Play week on our blog we’ve been enjoying playing with the Giant Road Jigsaw by Orchard Toys. It almost doesn’t seem right calling the Giant Road Jigsaw a ‘jigsaw’ as we’ve discovered it is a lot more than that! Made up of 20, beautifully designed pieces Children […]
As part of our Construction Imaginative Play week we’ve been cutting, colouring, crafting and creating cars and trucks with this fun book from B Small Publishing. What did we like about it? Encourages Colouring– I’ve written a lot about encouraging colouring and drawing on my blog (see here) […]
We’ve been playing with toy construction vehicles and building as part of our focus on Construction Imaginative Play this week on SEN Resources Blog. But why should Imaginative Play and Fun be limited to play time? We don’t think is should and that’s one of the reasons we’ve […]
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