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Fruit kebabs
By The Food Teacher - Katharine TateA fun and easy recipe for young children encouraging them to create their own fruit rainbows. Ingredients: Raspberries Strawberries Grapes Blueberries Equipment: Kebab sticks Small knife for chopping Chopping board Colander/sieve...
Christmas wreath
You will need: Paper plate Liquid glue Paintbrush Green and red craft paper Pom poms or anything you would like to add as a decoration Red and green pipe cleaners Instructions: Cut out a circle in the middle of your paper plate, so it resembles a wreath. Cut up...
National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
December is the biggest present-giving month of the year, and come Christmas morning, children up and down the country will be waking up to see if they have made it onto Santa’s ‘nice’ list, eager to play with all the new toys they receive. These gifts will have...
Fun and educational games for the festive break
he Christmas holidays is a great time to meet up with family and friends and to spend some quality time together, but what about keeping up some educational content too? We’ve come up with some fun and educational games to play with the whole family over this...
Guest Authors
Egg-cellent advice: A little room
I do not know how he came to acquire the nick-name ‘Egg’ but ever since he came along, that’s what my youngest son has been called. I run The Sensory Projects www.TheSensoryProjects.co.uk (which should now really be called The Sensory Projects and Sons!) My work...
What is the sense of learning? Understanding multi-sensory learning
During their early childhood, children are learning and experiencing more than at any other time of their lives, and this is especially true in the years before school. With every experience, connections are being formed deep within their brain. Making the...
Imagination and expression in the arts using music in the early years
Creativity has such a natural place in the early years that it is almost at risk of being overlooked. It is also one of the characteristics that some philosophers consider unique to humanity. The ability to create has been shown to reduce symptoms of distress in...
