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Do you have any budding astronauts at home or in your classroom?
Then you probably already know that 20th July 2019 will be the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. To celebrate, we’re partnering with Lonely Planet Kids, who are running a fantastic competition to win a bundle of exciting prizes worth £185!
Learning Resources Ltd began in 1994 with a family of coloured bear counters. The Three Bear Family Counters can be sorted by colour, size and weight, which puts them apart from other colour counters that can only be sorted into coloured groups. It was this simple innovation that convinced Managing Director, Dennis Blackmore, to join Learning Resources and have the opportunity to establish the company in the UK.
Children’s Art Week is a UK-wide programme run by Engage over a week in June. During Children’s Art Week, a range of libraries, community halls, heritage venues, country parks, schools, museums and galleries across the country host events for children to explore their creativity through art.
These activities give children, their teachers, parents, and carers, the opportunity to get involved with a broad range of art activities with artists and makers.
Name: Kirstin Chambers
Job title: Teacher
Class Year: Reception and Year One
Number of children in class: 60
Product being reviewed: Sand Moulds – Lowercase Alphabet and Sand Moulds – Uppercase Alphabet
The Sand Moulds were used as an outside resource for continuous provision. Firstly, we modelled how the children could use the letters, then we observed them. The children were very excited to use the Sand Moulds and all wanted to use them. They were also used for additional support with lower phonics interventions.
Family games are important because they reconnect the family. We are living in a time where it’s no longer unusual for children to have their own TV’s or computers. With Smart-TV’s and video streaming services, families no longer have to watch the same programmes at the same time, they don’t even need to be in the same room. Gathering the family together to play a variety of family games once a week can really help to connect everyone.
Name: Gemma Armstrong
Job title: Foundation Stage Leader
Class Year: Reception
Number of children in class: 28
Product being reviewed: Primary Science® Wow & Wonder Set
I used the test tubes as part of a colour mixing activity in a parent workshop. The parents worked one to one with their children noting the changes to the chrysanthemums and encouraging their children to write down their observations.
I’m Georgina, a former science teacher & Special Educational Needs Coordinator. I run The SEN Resources Blog www.senresourcesblog.com which is a site for parents and teachers of children with Special Educational Needs. My site provides advice, fun learning activities (crafts, fine motor skill activities etc) and recommends useful resources.
Name: Jo Moore
Job title: Reception Teacher (EYFS/Maths Lead)
Class Year: Reception
Number of children in class: 14
Product being reviewed: 5-in-1 Outdoor Measure-Mate™
Nicola from The World is Their Classroom is a home educator to her five children aged 15, 12, 9, 7 and 4. She is passionate about making learning fun and often takes her lessons outside, capturing the importance of learning outdoors. You can find ideas for educational products and activities on The World Is Their Classroom, a website bursting with creative and engaging ideas for children of all ages.
Do you have a set of these bears in your classroom or in your home? Perhaps your children recognise them from their school, or maybe you played with them in your nursery back in the 90’s.
Did you know that it’s thanks to these little coloured bear counters that Learning Resources is able to celebrate 25 years of providing hands-on learning to schools and homes throughout the UK, the rest of Europe and beyond?