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 […]
Speech, language and communication are important skills for children to develop. These skills help children to form friendships, engage in learning and develop their reading and writing abilities. But how can you help children to develop them? And what do you do if they are still struggling? Here […]
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 […]
In celebration of the official start of Spring this week, we’ve been trying out some spring themed resources for young children. Some fantastic toys, books & activities that would make lovely Easter Presents. Click on the photos to find out more:
It’s space week on The SEN Resources Blog and we’ve been fortunate enough to try out these fabulous Sound Lights by TTS. They light up green and red and record sound to play back. Keeping within our space theme we used them as buttons for part of our […]
We were excited to receive our copy of Mr Tumble Something Special Magazine this week. For those of you who haven’t bought it before, it’s a fun, educational magazine based on the Mr Tumble Something Special TV programme. The magazine (like the programme) is aimed at all pre-school […]
As part of our focus on Sleep on our blog, we were kindly sent a MyHummy Sleepy Head to try out. It’s an adorable, beautifully packaged, soft white-noise sleep aid- created to help babies, toddlers and children sleep better. White noise sleep aids are believed to eep a […]
Colouring is one of those wonderful, classic children’s activities that is adored by many. But there’s a lot more going on than just getting colour on paper- whilst colouring, children are ‘secretly’ (shh! Don’t tell them!) learning and developing a whole array of skills. Perhaps the most talked […]
I love Alphabet workbooks for helping children to learn to form letters correctly. They often provide excellent guidance and are good fun. But there are other ways of learning! Here’s my 8 fun and Sensory ways to practise letter formation: Kinetic Sand- its no secret that I love […]
We loved our wonderful guest post from Undercover Mumsy a couple of weeks ago so much (read it here) that we’ve got another ‘painting in a zip lock bag’ activity to show you: What do you need? Paints (we used ArtWorks Poster Paints from The Works) Zip lock […]
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