As a mum of a toddler and tutor of children with Special Educational Needs (www.cheshiresentutor.com) I know the difficulty that some children face when trying new foods. Often it’s not just the taste of new foods but their texture and colour that can cause children to reject them. […]
As with anything that you are trying to teach a child, it’s important to use a few different approaches. This is because everyone learns in different ways. These are a few resources that I’m using at the moment to help aid the learning of the alphabet with children […]
For parents of children with Dyslexia- this free, e-book by Nessy is absolutely brilliant. Well worth a download and read.
Cut a hole in a box, get a handful of soft balls and your child/baby to practice posting them into the hole. What’s the point? Develops fine motor skills Develops hand eye coordination Fun! Can be used to help learn colours, numbers (count them), sizes, shapes etc.
Have a look at my Guest Post here where I discuss the potential of Lottie Dolls for teaching Children with Special Educational Needs.
Mark-making (as simple as it sounds- putting making marks on paper) is a fundamental starting stage in learning to write. So what do you do when a toddler won’t even hold a pencil crayon? This is a problem I faced two weeks ago and we went from a […]
These flash cards for learning ‘First Words’ are the best ones I have come across. What I liked about them was: – They are of very high quality, they don’t bend and crease and therefore can withstand being played with by a toddler! – They are sensory- they’ve […]
The bank holiday weekend is in full swing: Here’s eleven activities that, minus a bit of petrol and or ice cream money…should be pretty much free. Park– don’t under estimate the local play park! Not only are they free but there’s always the added bonus that they may […]
I’ve absolutely loved using this magazine with children this week. It’s fun, packed full of activities and dinosaur toys (and don’t tell the kids but it’s secretly very educational!) What did I like about it? Children can practice their fine motor skills by colouring pages, drawing dinosaurs, sticking […]
This is a truly genius idea, a book that you can literally climb into! It’s a short story book written by Amy Johnson about a train journey, with eye catching illustrations by Simon Abbott. But, it’s not your ‘run of the mill’ train book! Not only does it […]
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