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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Children need a lot of time simply to play, experiment and create, and early years settings need to facilitate this in the best ways possible. Loose parts play is about providing open-ended resources for children to use in whatever ways their imagination takes them. The parts might be a mix of natural objects found outdoors,…
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…
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…