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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Bee-Bot – The Story Behind our TTS Developed Award Winning Programmable Robot

Like all great inventions, the idea for the award-winning Bee-Bot Floor Robot was born out of a need, when teachers were struggling to deliver programming lessons to young children. It’s simple button functions, smiley face and inexpensive price have made him a hit in schools for over 15 years. A view from the TTS Product Development…

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Meet Trevor … Our Calming Cat

In this blog, Beccie Hawes, SEND expert, explains how she introduced Calming Cat into a Year 2 class and the children named him ... TREVOR! There have been several research studies that show that stroking a pet helps increase our happy hormones. This has to be a good thing – especially in these extraordinary times! In one…

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Tuff Trays – Top 10 Messy Play Ideas

We asked the team at our Babblebrooke nursery in Loughborough to tell us their top 10 messy play tuff tray ideas, here is what they said: 1. Potion mixing Adding into your tuff trays a variety of bottles, pans, jugs, perfume bottles, spoons, whisks, flowers, food colouring, food essence, leaves, mud…you name it! 2. Babies’ beach tuff trays Add a little sand and water in…

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Creating Magical Learning Opportunities with the Early Years Light Projector

As educators we are on a constant search to find innovative and exciting ways to engage, delight and motivate children. I would therefore like to share with you a little about a quest which is around the subject of light and how working with a hugely talented, patient and diligent team we attained our goal. Now I…

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All about Glow and Go Bot

Molly Howard (@create_make_and_play) shares her insights into the many different learning opportunities created by Glow and Go Bot for children throughout the Early Years. Over the past few months, we have been lucky enough to trial the Glow and Go Bot. This is a carefully considered robot, designed and developed by TTS who are educational specialists. The…

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Paola Lopez: Light Up Learning

Paola Lopez, Founder & Executive Director at Kinderoo Children's Academy, Inc, discusses how light-up learning can enhance children’s skills and the different ways children can discover colours, shadows and light with TTS Resources. Light-Up Resources Light-up resources are one of our favourite tools for observing children’s creative processes at work. As the children investigate and discover…

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