Children’s science ideas at Banbury Museum
Enjoying children’s science experiments at Banbury Museum open session
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Learning by quiz with Brain Factor
I’m all for getting N to do learn, although he’s not that keen on sitting down for a length of time and focused learning. Anything that’s in bitesize fun pieces works much better, especially if they grow with him. We…
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Garden planning – giving butterflies a home
I’ve been saying for years we need to do something with the garden. The wall needs a bit more compost or soil in so the flowers will be higher up and seen rather than sunken in the bottom of the…
Learn to fasten with Zip It by Patricia Hegarty
I was looking forward to receiving this Zip It hardback book from Little Tiger Press, written by Patricia Hegarty and illustrated by Fhiona Galloway. While it looks like a book for younger children, it’s aimed at 3-6 year olds, with…
Metal detecting on the farm
Metal detecting’s not something I’ve ever really been interested in doing, although in the past I’ve always seen metal detector toys at Christmas and thought what good presents they’d make for our nephews and niece. But my brother’s really got…
An introduction to Flashsticks – learning Spanish
I’d love to be fluent in another language. After 7 years of French at school (at GCSE I found it easy, but A level traumatised me forever!), and a fleeting couple of years doing Spanish, my verbal language skills are…
Music Exploration month 11 – 60s and opera
N’s been exploring opera, 60s and rock music this month for the music explorations linky
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Music Exploration 10 – handbells and recorder
Last month, what with Christmas concerts and theatre performances, we had the highest number of posts being linked up to Music Exploration with kids. I love to get ideas from everyone else, and after reading Culture Baby’s post about The…
Girls jobs vs boys jobs – sexist children?
I’ve always tried to keep N fairly neutral in letting him have free reign over what toys he wants to play with, if he’s chosen predominantly ‘boy’ toys for home, he does have the option to play with dolls, dress…
Choosing schools and (un) realistic expectations
Following on from my questions to ask schools post, I’ve now done my school visits I’d planned. I shouldn’t be astounded by how different schools are, but I am. Round by us it’s all small village schools. Most have a…
Learning letters, phonics and name talk
N still isn’t that excited by learning letters. It astounds me when I see children the same age or younger recognising and naming all the letters in the alphabet, or writing more than their names. N’s only just drawing picture…