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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Independents Day
February 29th is a special date given that it only comes around once every four years and to celebrate it’s uniqueness All About the Boys have launched Independents Day as a shout out to all hard working unique independent businesses. As the owner of a small … Continue reading
Posted in Business Mum
Tagged business mum, independent shops, mumpreneur, networking, WAHM
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Review: The Whole Shabang
The Whole Shabang: Volume 1 is a practical resource book with an accompanying CD for teachers and parents working with children with additional needs or children in early years settings especially those using Makaton signs. It was created by Shabang! (Kim … Continue reading
Fun Spellings
We recently posted about the look, cover, write, check method for learning spellings – here are five other fun ways to practice spellings: Typing words on the computer (can you type the words without the spell check underlining it in red?) … Continue reading
Edible Book Festival
This weekend we’ve been thinking about our dressing up for World Book Day (still to be confirmed) and our entry for the Edible Book Festival – I can’t tell you any more about our design for several reasons: We haven’t … Continue reading
Learning Chores: Gardening
Today we planted a border with bedding plants and whilst some people would say gardening is a hobby for others it is distinctively a chore! So I thought I would write a blog post about the learning that can happen … Continue reading
Posted in Motor Skills, Numeracy
Tagged Country Kids, fine motor development, gross motor skills, incidental learning, learning chores, outside
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Ladybird, Ladybird
As we were walking home from school yesterday in the sunshine it really felt that spring had sprung and I think the ladybirds felt it too as every fence / tree / crack of the path seemed to have bright … Continue reading
Mumsclub Business Award Nomination
Yesterday I received a lovely email congratulating me on being nominated for an award in the 4th annual Business Mum Awards, sponsored by MyFamilyClub. The shortlist will be announced very soon, followed by the finalists and then winners on the 8th … Continue reading
Spelling – Look, Cover, Write and Check
The Look, Cover, Write and Check spelling method is an easy activity for learning new spelling words. First of all you need to write the list of words to learn onto a piece of paper – then you simply look, cover, write … Continue reading
Learning Styles: Auditory
This final part of our series on learning styles looks at auditory learning - while most children will have a visual learning style or a kinaesthetic learning style as their preferred method of learning, there are children who learn best by listening. Children who … Continue reading
Pancake Day
Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday and this means it’s Pancake Day – so a blog post about pancakes! Shrove Tuesday is the feast day before the first day of Lent, the period of fasting that traditionally precedes Easter. Pancakes would have … Continue reading
Posted in Motor Skills
Tagged celebrations, colouring, cooking, cutting, festivals, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, seasonal
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