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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…

Simple Storytelling Tips for Parents

Storytelling isn’t hard. You might think you can’t tell a story, but you tell them all the time. When you tell someone about your day, when you talk about a…

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Make your own phonics game

If you have a child in early primary school, you’ll be familiar with phonics. These are the building blocks used to teach children to read and write. Teaching phonics at…

Free Literacy Resources

Learning to read is an exciting journey of discovery. You’ll find all sorts of fun, free literacy resources right here. We’ve put together some fun literacy activity sheets you can…

International Literacy Day: Five hands-on activities to support learning at home

This year, International Literacy Day is on the 8th of September and will highlight the challenges and opportunities in promoting literacy in a digital world. As pioneers for rich, hands-on…

Tried and Tested Fox in the Box Positional Words Activity Set

Name: Jade from Raising the rings Age of children: 4 & 2 years Product Testing: Fox in the Box Positional Words Activity Set Jade is a mid twenties, West Norfolk…

Tried and Tested Alpha Catch™ Phonics Game

Name: Clare from Mudpie Fridays Age of child: 5 years Product Testing: Alpha Catch™ Phonics Game Clare is married with two boys, Monkey aged 5 and Kipper who is 15 months. Mudpie Fridays…

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Activities and tips to develop speech and language skills

Speech and language underpins everything we do and allows us to build relationships and convey feelings. Adults play a critical role in supporting the development of these skills in children…

How to use Hot Dots® to support learning phonics at home!

We're on a mission to help support learning phonics at home, keep children's brains engaged, and develop skills in important learning areas. We've teamed up with Kerri Hibberd, a teacher…

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