Tag / Key Stage 1
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From books to sand, from water to food
For young children effective learning and development in science and technology involves having clearly laid out activities with well-planned opportunities.
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Confident, able, motivated
What is the single most effective way of encouraging children to enjoy and benefit from writing creatively?
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Give me a title
Some children will respond to “What is a Butterphant?” with images and ideas flashing into their minds. Others may respond – “I don’t know what to write”. Frustrating.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Why do we enjoy singing and dancing?
… because it creates an emotional response. Did you manage to join Catherine Cantin and Joe Dale with their webinar on Singing and Dancing in the Primary MFL Classroom? If you were…
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What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
Happy New Year! I hope you had a good break and were able to recharge your batteries. Talking of recharging batteries, one night many years ago when I was putting my son…
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Why use songs and actions to teach languages?
Many of us who listen to popular music find that although we have never tried to learn the lyrics, we can in fact recall them for a large number of such songs.
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There’s some weird rules out there
In terms of clarity of speech and writing, grammatical rules need to be understood and used, but it is not easy to stop and give the children pause for thought.
