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Educational Toys and Games
Research shows that educational toys are an important part of a child’s development. Educational toys and games contribute to good intellectual, social and motor development – they can help develop problem solving skills, teach about conflict resolution and how cause and effect work. They also teach children about sharing, help...

Learning to tell the time
Telling the time is an important skill in everyday life, but some children find it very tricky to learn. It does help if your child has an awareness of time, how it relates to their own experiences (talk about morning, noon, night; “good morning, it’s 7 o’clock, time to get...

Learning about Money
For most children, learning about money is an area of real-life maths that they really enjoy! Here is something that makes sense and has a reason – useful maths. Children are aware of money from a young age from going shopping to pocket money to listening to adults talking about...

Maths Learning at Home
Maths learning at home is something that can involve the whole family and can be fun – yes, honestly! However, first you, as parents, need to approach it with a smile (no matter what your experiences were at school!). The people at National Numeracy are absolutely right when they say,...

Educational Toys - Learning through Play
Educational toys are the way to go this Christmas! There is no denying that this year has been a rollercoaster for school age children with many spending much of their educational hours at home. My daughter spent four months actively avoiding my home teaching by actually doing all the work...