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The ultimate memory aid for learning French
When children sing and dance along with the video of a simple song in French, not only does their pronunciation improve but their recall is heightened.
July 11, 2023 -
What’s the point of the box?
It’s often said that the successful adults of tomorrow will be adept at thinking outside of the box. Why?
July 10, 2023 -
Proving this teaching method works…
“Daily Sentence Structures” is a totally practical guide to the subject which really does lead to rapid and significant improvements in pupils’ writing.
July 5, 2023 -
Better French at KS1?
What is the best way of using the enthusiasm and lack of inhibition that exists within most KS1 children, when teaching French?
June 28, 2023 -
Improve, stimulate, save and stretch
Where children’s imaginations are stimulated, so inevitably is their writing – which will naturally benefit the children’s work throughout the school.
June 27, 2023 -
What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
I always underestimate the amount of time it will take to do the final checks on a book. Have we included answers to all the questions? Are any of them ambiguous?
June 22, 2023 -
Multi-Sensory Spanish
What is the single most effective way of teaching Spanish in Primary? A multi-sensory approach to teaching and learning is by far the most effective there is.
June 20, 2023 -
What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
Marvellous weather has been happening this week. The sheep in the field behind our office seem to be really enjoying the sunshine too.
June 15, 2023 -
What makes success?
Practise the retrieval and recording of information and develop the ability to answer inference, prediction and sequencing questions.
June 14, 2023 -
What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
So, what’s been happening? We’ve received the first four books in the Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension series (3rd edition).
June 8, 2023
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