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Outdoor Learning

Why are bees so important?

The buzzing of bees as they dart from flower to flower in the garden is…

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How to get your garden ready for growing vegetables – a kid’s guide!

You’ve probably seen our guide to growing fruit and vegetables and had a fun time…

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The importance of outdoor play

"Outdoor play is such an important part of childhood and one that is often overlooked,"…

10 reasons to get crafty with Playfoam

Crafting is a great way to help children build a variety of skills, from dexterity to problem-solving. Playfoam® is an ideal crafting medium because it’s child-friendly, never dries out and…

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Fun ideas to #GetOutdoors with BritMums

As warmer weather arrives and lockdown unwinds, we’re all ready to get outside with our kids! To help us enjoy stimulating outdoor play like never before, we hosted a Twitter…

Storytelling with your child

Storytelling is a fun way (and one of the oldest ways) of teaching. Storytelling with your child is a great way to spend time together being creative and discovering more…

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6 ways to help your child’s mental wellbeing: A guest blog by Joanne Hutchinson

Joanne Hutchinson the author of three well-loved children’s books and ambassador for Children’s Mental Health Week. For this award-winning kindness advocate, helping children express themselves through creativity is an issue…

Screen-free ways to have fun

Take a break from screens and learning these holidays! Celebrate play with our ideas for screen-free ways to have fun. Join the Learning Resources Festival of Fun and find lots…

Tried & Tested: tacklingtables Classroom Set

The tacklingtables™ Classroom Set is a fun cards game that helps students learn and practise the times tables 1-12 and their corresponding division facts. Schools use the tacklingtables method in…

Tried & Tested tacklingtables Classroom Set

tacklingtables™ is a fun card game that helps children learn their times tables 1-12 and corresponding division facts off by heart. Developed by UK maths teachers, the tackling tables method…

Tried & Tested Mathlink Cubes Numberblocks Activity Set

Tried & Tested: MathLink Cubes Numberblocks 1-10 Activity Set

MathLink Cubes are the colourful, linkable, stackable cubes that are ideal for supporting students in Key Stage 1 maths learning. These colourful cubes are great for a range of hands-on…

Learning to tell the time

“Time is one of the most difficult concepts for children to tackle in maths and in life,” says Karen McGuigan, founder of The Maths Mum®, an online tutoring resource that…

How to make puppets at home

Puppets are a great way to spark your child’s imagination and are fantastic for encouraging storytelling and creative play. They’re easy to make at home using maker materials, craft supplies…