If your child loves playing pretend, have a look at our top ten toys for Imaginative Play. Great Presents for young children. 1. Wannabees Pretend Doctor Play Set Playing at Doctors can be brilliant fun, we love the Wannabees Pretend Doctor Play set as it enriches this activity […]
Here’s some of our favourite Halloween themed books for young children…and you’ll be pleased to see there’s no scary books in sight! Just fun books to dip their toes in the theme. 1. My Tail’s Not Tired (Child’s Play Library) We adore this book with its (definitely not scary […]
Children love collecting conkers…but what can you do with them once you’ve got them home? What conker crafts activities can you do with young children? Here are our favourites…all you need is a few craft materials, glue and a bit of imagination! 1. Conker Monster 2. Conker Man […]
I’m genuinely really excited about writing this post as I’m absolutely in love with this product and very pleased to be able to help others by recommending it. In my opinion, teaching children to tell the time has to be one of the hardest of the early life […]
If your kids love dinosaurs or you are covering the theme in your education setting then have a look at this fantastic resource we’ve been fortunate enough to have a go with! Cheatwell Games Build your own 3D Dinosaur T-Rex Model A brilliant and easy kit for building […]
I had a realisation a few weeks a go that I’d missed a key learning step when teaching numbers. I pointed at the number 18 to a child and asked him to tell me what it was and…. he didn’t know. No big deal….except he’s been counting to […]
How can you teach children about 2D and 3D shapes? I love that there are so many activities you can do with children to help them with this topic. They are really great fun too! Shape Hunt– Kids adore this! Get them looking for shapes all around them, […]
There are lots of fun ways to help teach kids learn to count to ten and then twenty..and beyond! Here’s some of our favourite activities: Nursery Rhymes and Songs- Counting songs are a brilliant way of perfecting reciting the numbers. They can help children remember the order of […]
Teaching kids about money, coins and notes, can be such a fun topic. It’s also an incredibly important life skill that will help children navigate the big wide world they live in as they get older and more independent. With more of us grown ups using cards for […]
There are lots of fun ways to teach children to correctly form numbers. Before you start I believe it’s important to help children understand the correct way of forming the numbers from the start, teaching them the same way they will/do learn to do it at school. So […]