Children learn to count a bit like robots. This is certainly not a bad thing – it is just the way it is. You count with them as you go up stairs, or you count the clouds in the sky, or the cars...

When I very first started teaching I had all sorts of problems with behavior! I remember the first lesson I ever took, and about half of the children lay down on the floor and refused to sit back up...

What is Forest School? One of the current positive trends in education at the moment is the increasing popularity of Forest Schools. This brand of learning has a fantastically wide range of...

Many of us often find that we have lots of exciting strategies to teach other skills in phonics, but when it comes to teach tricky words it's just a case of getting out the flaschards again, and hope...

Struggling to find alliteration activities? You've come to right place; and can I just say that these games are spectacularly superb and seriously special! Alliteration is something that children...

Ten frames are becoming one of the most widely used models to teach a range of strategies in early maths. Ten frames are a good tool because they allow children to visualise quantities within the...