As part of our Space Week on The SEN Resources Blog we’ve been reading Our Solar System by Child’s Play. A beautiful book, with stunning illustrations that folds open to teach children about the planets and the sun. What did we like about it? Unique– This book is like no […]
We were fortunate enough to try out the Scratch and Draw Space book. A novel and fun, space themed book that encourages children to develop their drawing and mark making skills to create fantastic pictures! What did we like about it? Unusual– The children were transfixed by this book […]
I was delighted to discover this wonderful resource ‘The Shuffle Book’ by Tales Toolkit. A simple and effective idea that provides structure to enable children to create their own stories. How to Use It Fill the book with ideas of characters, settings, problems and solution with accompanying pictures […]
With World Book Day just around the corner, what will you or your little ones be dressing up as? Here’s our A-Z of ideas for teaching staff and children to dress as! *please note…we have now found one for the letter Y courtesy of @thrifty_mumma_ on twitter..thanks! However, […]
This week we were sent the most gorgeous, children’s book by Katie Flanagan (illustrated by Anna Krupa) It’s not only beautiful because of its illustrations but also beautiful in it’s aim to help children vocalise and understand their emotions. What did we like about it? Illustrations: We adored […]
Love is important so here’s our top 10 young children’s books featuring Love! What are your favourites? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. (Affiliate links)
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 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) […]
This week is all about ‘Construction Imaginative Play‘ on our blog. Here’s 14 of our favourite ‘construction themed’ books: (amazon affiliate links) -I love, love, love Rosie Revere Engineer and its message on gender equality and not giving up. I would highly recommend it. It’s currently my children’s […]
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