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Play, Progress & Achievement: Exploring Learner-Centred Practice 3-5yrs
I’d like to draw everyone’s attention to a really interesting conference organised by the national organisation Early Excellence. It is called Play, Progress & Ac...
Preschool Swipebook: New ELHQ free iPhone and iPad app available on the App Store
We’re really excited about the launch of our 2nd iOS app: Preschool Swipebook, which is now live on the App Store. It’s something we’ve been working on for a very l...
Storytelling: Banishing the Nightmares
With World Book Day coming up in just over a month on March 6th, it’s a good time to take a fresh look at how you go about sharing books and stories with children. Mayb...
Old School: rediscovering classic children’s entertainment
We’re living in the past and we are very happy about it. I remember being at playgroup and the teacher had called my Mum to collect me early as I had a headache.&n...
Summer-Born School Admissions: New Report Published
Back in September Michelle Melson wrote a really interesting piece for our blog highlighting the problem that can exist for parents of summer-born children who wish their...
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
This old proverb struck a chord as I designed this activity to play at home. ‘School maths’ might be at risk of feeling more like a 1950s classroom under the new curr...
Developing a whole-school approach to teaching multiplication, division and fractions
I thought I’d draw everyone’s attention to a really interesting workshop taking place on the 30th January 2014. It’s being run by one of our guest bloggers Barbara...
A Life of Influence
The world is mourning the loss of one of the greatest statesmen of our time, a man that is forever imprinted in the history of the world. Some are calling him a “black...
Interactive advent calendar
This form of advent calendar is easy to create and enables children to see how many days are left before Christmas. It’s a really fun, festive activity for young ch...
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