A Look Inside the Illustrations of The Mermaid Who Couldn’t
To celebrate the launch of Ali Redford’s The Mermaid Who Couldn’t, artist Kara Simpson talks us through how she created and compiled the beautifully rich…
Category: Education
We’ve launched a Character Education list. Here’s why…
Our Character Education list for primary and secondary schools helps teachers to embed positive values such as kindness, gratitude and forgiveness into the curriculum. By nurturing…
A Light Touch – Understanding Autism
Jonas Torrance provides creative therapy & behaviour support for autistic children. His first book, Therapeutic Adventures with Autistic Children: Connecting through Movement, Play and Creativity is published…
How can we put Character Education into practice?
Frederika Roberts and Elizabeth Wright discuss Character Education as a way of helping children to develop positive values and emotional resilience, and provide an example…
It’s Time to Tell a Story…
Mary Medlicott, author of Storytelling and Story-Reading in Early Years, is a professional storyteller, storytelling trainer and storytelling workshop leader with over 30 years’ experience. Here she…
PDA Action Day – Positive PDA
The PDA Society are encouraging everyone to mark today, 15th May, as PDA Day! The theme is ‘Positive PDA’ and in keeping with that, they’ll…
Focusing on Children With an Incarcerated Parent by Judi Goozh and Sue Jeweler
Judi Goozh is a retired award-winning speech-language pathologist. Sue Jeweler is a retired award-winning, Who’s Who listed teacher. Judi and Sue were nominated for the 2013 White House…
Fifteen Things They Forgot to Tell You About Autism
Co-editor of the not for profit parenting magazine, AuKids, Debby Elley has now written her first parenting guide, Fifteen Things They Forgot to Tell You About…
Are you feeling stressed out by exams?
Try this simple worksheet to help you defeat your exam stress gremlin. Rooted in cognitive behavioural therapy, it will train you to change the way…
Lucy the Octopus: A 12 Year Journey
A few words from author Richy K. Chandler on how the story of Lucy the Octopus came to be. Okay, so Lucy the Octopus has been…