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Free Christmas card making ideas

Simple Christmas crafts to make at home or in the classroom are a wonderful way…

Christmas

Free Emotions Snowman Printable from Red Ted Art and Learning Resources

When you’re little, it can be hard to talk about how you feel. Learning Resources®…

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Christmas crafts: printable festive lacing cards

Christmas is just around the corner and it’s time to start planning presents and cards…

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Be a DNA detective: A Guest Blog by Dr Mandy Hartley

DNA is in every cell in our bodies and carries all the information about how we look and function. For scientists like Dr Mandy Hartley, DNA holds all sorts of…

Free Christmas card making ideas

Simple Christmas crafts to make at home or in the classroom are a wonderful way to involve children in all the fun and excitement of getting ready for Christmas. We’ve…

Create a Coding Critters adventure in our Christmas Critters competition!

The Coding Critters are off to the North Pole for their last adventure of the year. What do you think they’ll find there? It’s up to you to decide! Enter…

Educational stocking fillers for kids

Oh what fun it is to open a Christmas stocking on Christmas morning and find it filled with fun educational toys to keep children busy and learning through play. Check…

Toys and gifts for 4 & 5 year olds

Find great Christmas gifts for 4-year olds and 5-year olds with Learning Resources. We’ve hand-picked a choice of fun Christmas presents for kids that will give your child the gift…

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Gingerbread men recipe for kids

Our curious Coding Critters cats Scamper and Sneaker are off on another exciting Coding Critters World Adventures Story. This time they are in Marrakech, the capital city of Morocco. This…

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Top Educational Toys for Christmas 2020

Looking for great gift ideas for kids this Christmas? The elves at the Learning Resources workshop have had lots of fun making educational toys and games that give the gift…

The FUNdamentals of coding with Maddie Moate

This National Coding Week, Learning Resources® has teamed up with BAFTA Award-winning EduTuber and TV presenter, Maddie Moate to highlight the benefits of learning the fundamentals of coding through play,…

10 fascinating facts about Peru

Curious Coding Critters™ Ranger & Zip packed their bags and set off on their Coding Critters World Adventure Stories to the exciting country of Peru in South America. Imagine their…

Free resources for home learning

As parents and children spend more time at home, we’ve put together free resources for home learning to support families. Designed to keep children engaged, they’ll turn this time at…

Learn maths with money

Playing shop is a fun way for children to learn money sense and build maths fluency through fun creative play. Guest blogger, mum and maths teacher Nazreen Ichhaporia - Math.Mama…

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A Horrid Henry Halloween at home

Looking for free fun ways to celebrate Halloween at home? We caught up with Horrid Henry for a chat and some creative ways celebrate with a Horrid Halloween At Home…

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5 Halloween STEM Activities to try

Looking for Halloween STEM activities and trick or treat ideas for some ghoulish learning fun through hands-on play? It’s the perfect time to enjoy sticky, slimy, squishy sensory play and…

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This is no trick… Just a treat!

Trick or TREAT! Halloween is just a frightening few days away, and within the midst of ghosts and ghoulies Learning Resources are here to show you how you can give…

Why do the clocks change?

From Big Ben in London to the Corpus Chronophage in Cambridge, the UK has some of the world’s most famous and interesting clocks. We were one of the first countries…

Create a Bird and Win!

Sorry, this competition is now closed. Keep scrolling to see just a few of our entries! Imagine being able to create a bird of your own. What colour would it…

10 nature crafts and activities to try indoors

Bring the outdoors in with these 10 fun nature crafts and activities to try indoors. Young learners can take inspiration from outdoor environments and use natural materials to create works…

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Foster a love for science in children: A guest blog by Tim Caird

What comes to mind when you think of science or scientists? I’d be willing to bet that a white lab-coated, safety-glasses wearing person flashed into your mind! It’s easy to…