Tag / KS1
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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.
June 27, 2023 -
Confidence is everything
What is the one thing that more than anything else dissuades a child from reading and writing? The answer to this question is “confidence.”
May 9, 2023 -
What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
The latest two books in the Boost Spelling Skills series have gone to the printers. I am looking forward to seeing printed copies in a couple of weeks.
March 16, 2023 -
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…
January 11, 2023 -
Art lessons promote creativity – obviously
Painting as a class activity promotes reflection, self-criticism, visual-spatial abilities, and the willingness to evaluate, improve and experiment.
January 10, 2023 -
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…
January 5, 2023 -
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.
December 19, 2022 -
We don’t all learn how to spell the same way
There is nothing wrong with remembering how to spell “could” by using the memory jogger “could old unicorns like doughnuts?”
December 7, 2022 -
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.
November 30, 2022 -
Get a Grip!
One of the reasons that grammar is so important is that the way we speak is related to the way we think.
October 18, 2022
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