The Zone for Kids CD focuses on posture and belly breathing-intro to mindfulness and relaxation. It is recommended as the first CD that you use as a teacher with your children/class. It gives simple techniques for confidence and calmness for children ages 5-12 and it is designed to be used with an adult. The Zone CD … Read more
Still Space for Kids CD This CD helps create peace in the mind of young children and people. Still Space is especially useful for parenting and teaching. It gives simple techniques for embracing peace and building resilience. Through visualisation and breathing exercise, the CD helps the children become aware of body, thoughts and emotions. … Read more
There are thousands of pieces of research that will convince any teacher of the need to take time out to meditate and be mindful. Some of the latest research from America adds to the growing body of evidence. A school in Connecticut, required children to take part in yoga and meditation classes three times a … Read more
I am busy working on some lesson plans under the theme of the new Bear and Hare advertisements for John Lewis. An e-book is going to be released about the bear who never saw Christmas but at time of writing review, there was nothing to be seen! So, I went about making my own eBook … Read more
In my free time, which isn’t very much, I love, love, love writing and reading! I love teaching children to write and express themselves and I also love doing the same thing too. I understand the issues writers go through and I think this helps me be a better teacher. You may have heard of … Read more
Review: Big Book of Cloze:Prim-Ed Everyone loves a cloze test! They are tried and tested ways of helping children with a range of skills needed for reading, writing and comprehension. I am working in English as an additional language this year and am teaching children from ages of four to twelve. It can be challenging … Read more
Developing Maths Concepts in the Early Years:Prim-Ed This is a nice, chunky book for all you Infant teachers! It opens up with a chapter on how maths concepts work in the infants classroom and the pedagogical principles behind teaching and learning maths. Other nice features are the resources page and the type of things you … Read more
During the summer, Microsoft offered schools a heavy discount on their tablet, Surface RT. Costing less than €200, Surface RT had all the power of any other tablet on the market but with a special version of Windows 8 on it. For anyone who has a computer with Windows 8, you’ll have heard that it … Read more
I got one of those mass emails from the guys at Prezi today showcasing some new templates they have. I’m one of the few people who isn’t really that into Prezi anymore. I’m under no illusions: I’m not cool. However, I do feel like a hipster when I say that I started to dislike Prezi … Read more
Creating educational games isn’t easy. It’s not the product itself that’s the difficult bit – after all the games’ industry is the biggest in the world – it’s the fact that education systems differ from country to country, and sometimes, from county to county. It’s ok if you live in a populated country or have … Read more