Blog Posts

Mini me's are great for language development and developing personal social skills as well as being fantastic for using in small world play. They can help children to express their feelings and they can use them to act out experiences which helps them to bring their own experiences into their small world play. This type of play gives the children the opportunity to bring their home life and culture into the setting. 

What's your favourite Eric Carle book? In case you don't know, Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His...

Are finger rhymes and songs disappearing from our children's learning environments?  I was recently discussing this with a friend who I met more th...

After 30 years in the business, I thought it was time to share some of my experiences of working in different areas of the early years sector here in the UK and in Japan.

Getting Permission I was lying on the treatment table having my eyebrows waxed and chatting with the beautician. I’ve been going to the same place ...

It’s so easy to use One of the main reason I started making kamishibai is because I couldn’t find any available here in the UK. But why did I ...

“They say you have cancer.” said the little one who had been happily playing in the bath. This is not something I was expecting so I was a bit tak...

Maybe we just can’t see the rainbow! Are you looking at all the perfect rainbows in all the windows as you struggle down the street to queue outsid...

Feeling the fear at storytime Posted on: 30th August 2018 by Kayleigh Russell A guest blog by Wendy Duncan What does story time mean to you? I reme...

When I began to research the Hans Christian Anderson classic tale of The Ugly Duckling I was reminded of just how difficult a time the little duckl...

Today I used the last spoonful of a tin of Tate and Lyle treacle in some porridge bread I was making. I was looking at the familiar shiny red tin w...

Mary Myatt whose twitter bio says: “I talk with pupils, teachers and leaders about learning, leadership and the curriculum. Latest book ‘Hopeful Sc...