Are male teachers good role models for boys?
Industry expert Siobhan Ridley ponders over how few male teachers she’s seen at her sons school recently – and why there needs to be more. ‘A comment from a mum at the school gates the other day got me...
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Industry expert Denise Vincent shares her top ten tips for choosing the perfect school for your children. ‘Schools today are laying much more emphasis on marketing and branding, often creating an image...
View ArticleFive fun science experiments for children
Sam Flatman, Educational Consultant for Pentagon Sport, believes that science can be fun and that experimenting is essential to learning. Children often have a love-hate relationship with science....
View ArticleHow to boost children’s problem solving skills
Sam Flatman, Educational Consultant for Pentagon Sport, talks spatial play, problem solving and traditional toys. You might be thinking that rotating tetris blocks on the iPad and navigating Minecraft...
View ArticleHow to make sure your child adopts good learning habits
In their earliest years, children learn almost exclusively by imitating other people. They see their parents laugh, and they laugh with them. They hear them talk and babble along too. They notice curse...
View ArticleHow to learn a language later in life
Are you too old to learn a language? Absolutely not! It is commonly believed that children soak up languages quickly and easily; what is less well known is that adult learners hold a number of trump...
View ArticleWIN! A three months subscription to toucanBox Super boxes!
Make your way for three Super toucanBox craft boxes delivered each month, bursting with everything you need to ignite your child’s imagination! Each Super box contains all the materials and easy to...
View ArticleWIN! Three EasyRead Time Teacher products for your little one
EasyRead Time Teacher is a family business dedicated to helping children learn to tell the time. Telling the time is an essential life skill that all children need to learn. But for many children it...
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