Introducing Learn With Oxford Children learn as they play. Most importantly in play children learn how to learn – O. Fred Donaldson One of the greatest challenges of being a teacher is to ensure that we make learning fun, because a good teacher knows that when learning becomes fun, it also becomes more effective. Did you know that fun has a positive effect on motivation levels, determining what we learn
March 30th, 2023
WWE Mania Is Back In Full Swing
WWE Mania is back in FULL SWING And we’re all for it! If you ask me a question about WWE, my answer would probably revert back to Ronda Rousey as that is about how far my knowledge pertaining WWE stretches, but A is trying to teach his clueless mama (slowly but surely). See, I never really understood the craze behind WWE and didn’t really get into it until Ronda Rousey
September 19th, 2022
A Safari Adventure With Wild Kids Books
A Safari Adventure With Wild Kids Books Reading is dreaming with open eyes! I have always been a little bookworm, ever since I can remember I was that weird child who always had my head buried into some book wherever I went – whilst walking around the school, driving in a car, eating at a restaurant and even on holiday. There just was no better place to escape to than
August 22nd, 2022
Dear Child…Take Your Time
Dear Child…Take Your Time “Don’t compare your child to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time.” I love to read, in fact reading was what inspired my writing and it really was what shaped me into who I am today. As a young girl I believed books could fix anything and that all the answers to the world’s most difficult questions
November 29th, 2021
Our Top 10 Christmas Advent Calendar Ideas
Our Top 10 Christmas Advent Calendar Ideas Christmas is around the corner and the countdown has begun. Christmas trees are slowly going up and you can start feeling the Christmas Spirit take over, and it’s just magical! One of our favorite Christmas traditions are the Advent Calendar – the sweet surprise you get to open every single morning as you excitedly count down the days to one of the best
November 18th, 2021
An Intergalactic Adventure with Little Beehive
An Intergalactic Adventure with Little Beehive The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere… – Terence Mckenna I love watching A play. Ever so often I sneak to his room and just quietly watch him… He’s usually so deep into his imaginary world that he doesn’t even notice me, and it doesn’t take long for him to pull me into his beautiful world of magic, adventure and play. I watch
October 2nd, 2021
Tiny Tree Toys – Educational Toy Heaven
Tiny Tree Toys – Educational Toy Heaven I’m always on the hunt for open-ended and educational toys that are still exciting and fun! Children these days are spoiled with toys that do everything for them. Technology is all around us and it consumes everything, even the toys our children play with. Sometimes, even I am awed by all of the incredible tech toys being released these days, and I can’t
September 28th, 2021
YOTO Player – Revolutionizing Story and Play Time
Yoto Player – Revolutionizing Story and Play Time Christmas is around the corner and if you are anything like me, you have already started preparation for the Jolly Season. A starts compiling his wish list the day after his Birthday in May, so by the time that I’m ready to actually start buying gifts his ideas are all over the place. Anyone who knows me would also know that I
August 22nd, 2021
Geo Fun Boards – When Playing is Learning
Geo Fun Boards – When Playing is Learning Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn. O Fred Donaldson What a year this has been!? 2021 Definitely has been a year to remember, and for all the not so great reasons. Covid reached an all-time high and hit closer to home than ever before, and “homeschooling” and working from home became our norm. As
August 3rd, 2021
Messy Bo Peeps Bringing The Mess Back Into Messy Play
Messy Bo Peeps Bringing The Mess Back Into Messy Play I am a HUGE messy play fan! I’ve always believed in the fact that dirty kids are happy kids and the best way to learn is through using ALL of the senses. As a teacher I also know of the incredible benefits that sensory play holds and how important it is for our littles development. A had his very first
