Shakespeare Week aim is to celebrate the Bard’s work and make primary school-aged children’s first experience of it a positive one. In this blog, we look at some of Busy Things’ activities you can use during Shakespeare Week.
World Book Day is 7th March this year. A day to instil good practices and promote reading for pleasure over the long term. Our blog looks at how Busy Things can help.
Grammar is a key element of the National Curriculum for Literacy. In this blog, we highlight some of the key areas from ks1 and ks2 and give you a free activity to play so you can see how we address them.
Teaching phonics is an essential part of improving both reading and language skills for young pupils. With the phonics screening check on the horizon, we know how important it is to find engaging ways to recap the same content. To help you do that, we’ve chosen a few select phonics activities for your pupils to test their skills out on.
Shakespeare Week 2023 takes place between 20th and 26th March this year. In this blog, we discuss some ideas for Shakespeare Week, which draw from the Literacy activities on Busy Things.
Transform your child into a Viking warrior with our FREE How to train your dragon costume pack!
Finding it difficult to choose a favourite book character? We’ve got you covered!
A fairy-tale ending awaits you this World Book Day with our FREE fairy costume props!
No need to walk the plank this World Book Day! Turn children into swashbuckling seadogs in an instant with our FREE pirate costume props!
Avoid the rabbit caught in the headlights feeling this World Book Day with our free bunny costume props!