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For the more able
What are the most effective ways of stretching the minds of more able children at KS2? More able children are as varied in their individual attributes as everyone else in the class. Therefore a wide range of approaches and activities is needed to provide them with the stimulus that they need in school.
February 6, 2023 -
What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications?
How do we commission artwork? We like to use a variety of illustration styles in our books so that they look fresh and different. Having said that, we are very fortunate to…
January 13, 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 -
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 -
Has anything like this happened to you?
We love hearing anecdotes from our authors. Our author of the month, Meg Fabian, recently shared this memory with us… Back in the early 70s I was teaching in an infant school…
December 2, 2022 -
The play is the thing
Children enjoy imagining, and then acting out the situations. Which is why a simple play in French can stimulate children’s progress in studying the language.
November 2, 2022 -
What’s been happening at Brilliant Publications? (22 September 2022)
We love this illustration by Gaynor Berry for the new edition of Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension, Year 2 (coming next year). We hope you do too!
September 22, 2022 -
Resistance is dangerous
Multiplication tables linked to superheroes with whom the children can identify, taking them through step by step, with the superhero guiding the way.
September 21, 2022 -
The art of practice
Why does practising maths work – and what does it do to your brain? There is no doubt that practising anything can make one better at performing the task.
September 13, 2022 -
The one approach they need
What is the one approach that can help pupils and students learning French, more than any other?
It is often suggested that pupils and students appear to have greater imaginations than adults, and there is a good reason for this.August 2, 2022
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