Embracing Learning and Fun with Loti-Bot

In this blog education technology expert, Jodie Lopez, talks about how Loti-Bot can be used to enhance coding and cross-curriculum skills. Embracing Learning and Fun with Loti-Bot: Enhancing Coding and Cross-Curricular Skills Are you ready to embark on a thrilling journey into the world of coding and robotics? Meet Loti-Bot, your trusty companion in…

ByAna Smith5 January 20240Comments

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Physical Play: Giant Light and Sound Spinning Top

In this blog Lorna Taylor, a Paediatric Physiotherapist, discusses the ways in which the Giant Light and Sound Spinning Top can support children's physical development. My Initial Thoughts on the Giant Light and Sound Spinning Top As a children’s physiotherapist, it was a pleasure to assess and review the Giant Light and Sound Spinning Top,…

ByAna Smith20 October 20230Comments

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Big Point Recordable Buttons

In this blog Andrew Whitehouse - a specialist in neuroligical diversity and behaviour - shares his thoughts on the Big Point Recordable Buttons. Big Point Recordable Buttons People who know me well will tell you that I tend to get very excited about colour coding, and alternative modes of recording, so guess what… TTS have given me…

ByAna Smith3 September 20230Comments

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Thinking of Introducing Programming in Early Years?

Looking for ideas to bring programming to a younger audience? Need ideas for outdoor ICT learning and Forest schools? Why not create a fun and engaging Forest School class with a difference...invite Blue-Bot along! Blue-Bot’s Adventure at Forest School! Mapplewells Primary and Nursery encourage outdoor learning through weekly Forest School lessons where the children head out in all weathers! A session was…

ByAna Smith3 September 20230Comments

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Coding Blues? Bring in the Blue-Bots

The Blue-Bot is a small floor robot which can be easily controlled using a simple keypad on it’s outer shell. Using four arrows and a Go button, children as young as four can program its movements and watch as their simple algorithm is put into action. Used with a premade or custom grid, children can enjoy simple coding with independence, applying ad-hoc debugging skills as they go. It is rechargeable and fits…

ByAna Smith3 September 20230Comments

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6 Ways to Use Creative Crates

Strong and safe, these crates are specifically designed for educational use. Children can be the architects of their own play with this multi-functional, open-ended resource. 6 ways with creative crates…Great for motor skills, collaborative games, language activities and so much more. Den Building Is it a house, a hotel or even a hospital? Why not create…

ByAna Smith3 September 20230Comments

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How to Support SEND Children with Programming

From tactile touch to touching screen Programming a computer can seem a rather abstract task. Text on a screen, interspersed with various bits of punctuation, all recognisable but somehow a bit jumbled up, which translates to an action, perhaps as an animation in front of you, or in the response of a device – a…

ByAna Smith3 September 20230Comments

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Light up Learning by Little Miss Early Years

Is there anything more interesting than playing with light? As adults, we use light to create a mood, a sense of comfort and cosiness; is it any wonder that light is so appealing and calming for young children too? In this post, I want to share with you some ways we use light up learning…

ByAna Smith3 September 20230Comments

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Create Learning Provocations and Possibilities with Potion Bottles

Childhood memories of a perfume or potion mixed and swirled with a carefully chosen stick in a humble jar is a treasured memory. Help to create such powerful memories for your children and in doing so enrich them with vital key learning experiences. Potion Bottles The design and development of these potion bottles came to life because of…

ByAna Smith3 September 20230Comments

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More than just a Crate!

For a long time here at Little Pips, our Nursery in sleepy Somerset, we have used loose parts and open-ended resources to extend our continuous provision. As a teacher I have always watched in awe as our Nursery children, aged 6 months to 4 years use them in many different ways. Recently, the outside area of our…

ByAna Smith3 September 20230Comments

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