Understanding friendships, making friends and navigating playground friendship groups can be tricky for lots of children. Here are some of our favourite books for young children to help them learn about friendships and hopefully encourage them to open up about any problems they may be having. Midge & […]
Here’s our Top Ten books for young children all about Aeroplanes! If you’re looking for children’s books on another topic- have a look what else we’ve covered here. 1. Rosie Revere, Engineer This is the second time that we’ve featured this book in one of our ‘Top Ten’ lists […]
We’re developing fine motor skills and creativity with this unique and fun toy: ‘Tornikotor‘ by Colemoi this week. The pack contains wheels and soft, colourful, bendy bars that can be manipulated into different shapes and connected together. What did we like about them? -Unique & Exciting Learning Resource […]
I love new and interesting ways to help children and babies develop their fine motor skills and I was therefore impressed with The Ekilibritor Basic by Colemoi. The pack comprises of different coloured cylinders and rings (of varying sizes) made of a soft rubbery plastic. Depending on their […]
We were really impressed with this product by Colemoi. It’s a board with a sticky sheet inserted in the centre that allows children to complete puzzles etc without the pieces moving around too much. What did we like about it? Multi use– We discovered so many ways to […]
We’ve been on the look out for some resources to help develop children’s speech, language and communication skills and were fortunate enough to be able to try out a ‘Feely Bag‘ by Twoey. The idea behind it is to fill this bright, soft and beautifully made bag with […]
We’re big fans of The Mr Tumble Something Special Magazine and have really enjoyed learning and having fun with this month’s exciting edition. For those of you who haven’t bought the magazine before (or read my previous reviews of the magazine) the magazine is fun and educational and […]
We love Dinosaurs on The SEN Resources Blog, so we’ve been searching the bookshelves for our top dino themed picture books. We’ve tracked down some roarsome books! 1. Heads Tails Noses Daisy Dinosaur’s Opposites (Kids Books). We love this book, with its touchy feely dinosaur heads and bright colours. […]
For those of you that follow us on Twitter or Instagram, you may also have seen the messy fun we had on Friday trying out an array of wonderful equipment from Early Years Resources to help practise mark making. What is Mark making? It’s simply making marks using […]
As a qualified teacher I’ve experienced the huge benefits of mini whiteboards in the classroom. They can be used in countless ways from simply writing answers to a question to showing maths calculations or playing learning games to consolidate understanding. In a classroom, mini whiteboards are an excellent […]
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