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Phonic Street: The First Review
The following is a review for our first app – Phonic Street by one of our independent testers Alex Bacon… Phonic Street begins with two children (Milli...
A thank you to everyone who helped test the app!
I just wanted to say thanks to all the people who advised on the creation of our first app: Phonic Street. We had a lot of great advice from experienced early years profe...
An overview of our first app: Phonic Street
As I explained in my last post we are about to launch our first app on the 8th Dec! In preparation I thought I’d provide an overview of each of the game’s 7 levels. &...
Our first ipad app due for release on Dec 8th!
We have some exciting news….’Phonic Street’ our first ipad app has just been approved by apple and is scheduled for release on the 8th of December. I...
Mumsnet Campaign: ‘This is My Child’
The Mumsnet #ThisIsMyChild campaign that’s been running since the summer, is still going strong. The idea of this campaign is to encourage support for parents who have...
Helping Children with Learning Difficulties by Finding the ‘Right Key’
I watched with interest the programme about ABA on BBC’s Channel 4 on November 6th. My daughter trained as an ABA tutor and so I knew a bit about it already. The part...
Teaching Chinese the Easy Way
I have just been interviewing KS1 teachers at RJ Mitchell Primary School in Essex. They are teaching Mandarin, using resources from a company called Dragons in Europe. Th...
Espresso Coding – A New (and Simple!) Way to Teach Computer Coding
“[Espresso Coding] includes a comprehensive scheme of work linked to the 2014 curriculum, 78 step-by-step lessons and tablet-friendly activities, 100s of short, helpful...
In Defence of Carrie and David Grant’s ‘Pop Shop’…
Recently I discovered ‘Carrie and David’s Pop Shop’. For those who haven’t seen it, the show centres around a shop where customers come in and ask Carrie and Dav...
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