Looking for inspiration for home schooling tomorrow? Everyday during the first lockdown I recorded free home learning activities on my YouTube Channel for primary age/level children. I’ve started filming them again for this latest lockdown in 2021 too. Please help me by sharing far and wide and subscribing […]
What is Phonics? Phonics is a way that children can learn to read and write. It helps children listen out for and focus on the sounds that make up a word. Once they start learning these sounds that make up the words then can blend them together to […]
What is Phonics? It can seem a bit daunting when you’re encouraged to help support your child with their phonics. Many of us weren’t taught to read and write using phonics ourselves and the first time we come across it may be when our children started at nursery […]
We are launching an exciting program of FREE activities for pre-school and primary aged children for over the summer holidays! Each week over the summer holidays we are going to have a theme and share various activities, crafts, games etc that you can do at home. The themes […]
This feels like the most bizarre blog post to write, 6 months ago I’m not sure I could have envisaged that my children and most children across the country (possibly worldwide) are only only seeing their grandparents and friends via video call! If I dwell on it too […]
Many of us have now just completed our first two weeks of home schooling due to school closures because of the coronavirus outbreak. We’ve had lots of people ask us for recommendations of resources to help support their child’s homeschooling so we’ve compiled our favourite homeschool resources for […]
I wrote today on our Facebook Group asking for advice on weekends and specifically how to make them special. Apart from my husband being with us, which is wonderful, there isn’t a huge difference to the weekdays in our house. In some respects the week days are easier […]
I’ve just launched our YouTube channel with a series of daily home learning videos ‘Ways to Learn Through Play (by The SEN Resources Blog)‘ to help support families. I’ve also launched a Facebook group to help support each other when the children are learning from home, here. They […]
Fine motor skills are incredibly important. They help children develop the tiny muscles in their fingers and hands that are needed for tasks such as writing, dressing yourself etc. (For more information on What Fine Motor Skills are- read our article here) But what activities can you do […]
Supporting, caring for and teaching children with Special Educational Needs is something I’m incredibly passionate about. I believe the key to doing this well involves listening to and taking advice from parents (they are often the experts of their own children) as well as any other professionals involved in […]
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