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The ideal time for storytelling
As Christmas gets near, I can’t help thinking it’s the ideal time of the year for all kinds of storytelling. When I was a child, my aunty used to get out her old-fash...
The cost of childcare in the UK
I haven’t been very active on the blog recently (it’s been really busy here at ELHQ HQ) but I thought I’d write a little something about a really interesting Newsni...
Rumpus in my Rompers: A review
Rumpus is my Rompers is a children’s album for parents who hate children’s music. Classics like ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ and ‘Ring-a-Ring a Rosy’ are fine for...
Inspiring a love of reading
I read an interesting article in the Telegraph on Monday about how teaching leaves children hating books because the stories are dissected so much that it takes away the...
Christmas games for the classroom
Since Christmas is just around the corner I thought it might be nice put together a few ideas for games that can be easily played in the classroom or at home. 1. Pi...
Deaf awareness: help and support for parents
This is our inaugural blog post so we thought we’d start with a bit of background information about deafness in the UK. This is something we care passionately about and...
BECERA Conference: Research Proposals Wanted
Good afternoon everyone, I have just received an email from Selma at the British Early Childhood Education Research Association (BECERA) asking if I would mind talking a...
Attitudes towards sport post London 2012
Last week marked 100 days since the end of the Olympics, and as the glow of success slowly wears off we have to start looking to the future to see how the memory of the 2...
Make ’em laugh: keep humour in the classroom
I recently wrote an article about the importance of music in learning. As an easily distracted child I spent far too many hours of the day observing Mrs Tomkinson’s...
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