These super cute handmade egg box tea cup cards are so easy to make and can include mum's favourite tea bag. Perfect for Mother's day! Read more

These gorgeous egg box flowers by Lottie Makes are really simple and easy to make in 6 steps and are ideal to give to mothers, grandmothers or carers on Mother's day. Read more

Let’s face it, teaching is hard work, but it’s the best kind of hard work there is. There is nothing like having thirty little faces looking up at you in awe and wonder as you inspire them to learn. There are wobbly days when you can be sitting at the back of your classroom drowning in data and at the same time, marking a million books; but these days can all be overcome with just a tiny bit of glitter and the belief that magic in teaching does still exist. Read more

Strong and safe, these crates are specifically designed for educational use. Children can be the architects of their own play with this multi-functional, open-ended resource. Read more

The perfect outdoor space is multifunctional, can be used in all weather conditions, is well organised and can stimulate children. Read more

A great excuse to get stuck into all kinds of investigations! Here are 12 ideas to get you going. Read more

Nature offers us a sanctuary, a place where we can find peace and wonder. It is much larger and older than we are, and its rhythms resonate deep within us. Nature is where we are from and where we belong, and our survival is intricately linked to its existence. For children, it is the greatest playground of all, with all its diverse structures, smells, textures, its creatures of all shapes and sizes, its abundant plants, some edible, others toxic. Nature offers a myriad of opportunities for risk taking, for a wealth of learning and amazement, and for freedom, separate from the adult world. Read more

Place value is the understanding that a digit can have a different value depending on its position (or its ‘place’). It is an essential concept for children to understand as it is the basis of our entire number system, and crucial in using the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) as they progress through school learning about ones (or units) and tens, to much higher numbers and decimals. Read more

There are a number of proven active listening strategies that suit EAL learners. Ideas for barrier games are readily available on the internet and commercially, and they're perfect for developing speaking and listening skills. Here is one that can be done with children in KS1. The language focus/learning outcome is on the use of prepositions e.g. in, on, under, over, by, above, next to. Remember, always focus on a specific language feature when planning an activity for your EAL children. Read more

When we came up with the idea of the Talk-Time Card, we knew they’d be popular as children love to record things! But such has been the demand from teachers that we've expanded the range into cards of different shapes, sizes and even colours! Read more

This is a lovely idea for turning simple plastic eggs into magical, decorated dragon's eggs in just a few simple steps. You might get even more creative and make a tiny dragon to go inside! Read more

Imagine a small world inside a suitcase, full of wonderful objects, curiosity and provocations to explore. What a wonderful way to ignite children's interest and spark their imaginative play! Read more

A great way to incorporate ICT into the outdoor environment is to create a treasure hunt for children to discover and record what clues and treasure they came across. Perhaps they come into their setting one morning to discover a dinosaur print (using a template and some flour), with a magnifying glass and a letter from a dinosaur hunter asking for help to find the dinosaur and the missing treasure? Older children could have to decipher a code to find the treasure involving following the Wonderbug on an adventure outdoors! Read more

These engaging fillable spheres encase a host of possibilities and provocations. Read more

This is our office Christmas window display this year! Why not create your own for your school or setting? They can be either used for display purposes or for small world play! Read more

Children need a lot of time simply to play, experiment and create, and early years settings need to facilitate this in the best ways possible. Loose parts play is about providing open-ended resources for children to use in whatever ways their imagination takes them. The parts might be a mix of natural objects found outdoors, such as sticks, pebbles, logs etc. along with man-made pieces such as old tyres, old seats and clothes. There are also many commercially produced resources intended to fulfil the same purposes. Here we look a few of our best new products which will enchant children in open-ended play for years to come. Read more