Is Your Child Ready for School, Emotionally and Socially?
Are they ready for school? Help to prepare your child by working on these key behaviours in the run up to starting school…
Starting Primary School: Skills to Encourage
Child starting primary school this year? Encourage these key skills to get them school ready! We’ve got lots of helpful tips…
Starting School: Hints and Tips
Starting school is a huge milestone for children. It can be daunting so here are our 5 top tips to help you prepare them!
Monster’s Big Summer Adventure Competition 2021!
Help us to give our Yellow Monsters the summer of a lifetime and you could win over £180 in prizes!!
Halloween Activities for Children – FREE Printable Halloween Activity Pack
Free Halloween activities for children – ghoulish games, creepy crafts, petrifying puzzles and much more!
British Science Week – Free activity pack
It’s easy to get involved with British Science week with our free activity pack. We’ve hand selected a 9 of our activities and worksheets that will be perfect for celebrating the theme of ‘our diverse planet’.
Dyslexia support: How to help a child with dyslexia
There are many ways you can help your dyslexic child achieve their full potential. Here, we’ll explain a bit more about the signs and symptoms of the condition, and share techniques and strategies you can use to help a child with dyslexia.
Fun Phonics Games to Help your Child Learn to Read
Explore the phonics area of Busy Things – a fabulous collection of over 60 phonics games, all designed around the government-endorsed Letters and Sounds programme.
How Playing Phonics Games can Improve your Child’s Reading
In this blog we will demystify the scary world of phonics! We’ll give you some basic phonics knowledge and some ideas to make learning interesting.
How to choose your child’s first school shoes
Choosing your child’s first pair of school shoes is one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make for the year ahead. And, finding a high-quality pair that is supportive yet comfortable should be a priority. Narrowing down the right pair for your child can be difficult and confusing, but it doesn’t have to …