The ELHQ Blog
Welcome to the ELHQ blog. We use this space to let you know about any new teaching resources we have put on to the site and to share any interesting thoughts or observations relating to the world of early years education. Please feel free to share your thoughts about any of the issues raised by leaving comments underneath the posts.
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ELHQ Recent Resources: A Look At Some Of Our Recent Resources
Our designers have been working very hard lately and we have added a lot of new resources to the site, ranging from posters featuring well-known mnemonic devices to Beebo...
Reading Music the Easy Way
There are many reasons why you are introduced to different activities as a child. Sometimes it’s because everyone in your family is very interested in a particular spor...
The Genius of Children in Role-Play
I, like millions of other people, have got a smartphone. In many ways it has changed my working life: I can respond to emails when they arrive, I can receive and respond...
Music and Maths: A Winning Combination
I used to teach multiplication tables by getting people to sing them out loud. The five times table fitted very nicely to Greensleeves I seem to remember so I was intrigu...
Becoming A Talking Book: Celebrating World Book Day
I once had the idea of becoming a Talking Book. In my fantasy I’d live in a library, the librarians would look after me and visitors would come over to talk to me...
Let’s Face the Music…
This may sound a little boastful but I am in a privileged position. My job as a primary school music specialist allows me to work in a subject that I love and one that...
Just Thinking and Talking on Bits of Paper
Isaac was waiting at the front door for me. For weeks he had been asking his mum when Judith would be coming because he had something special for her. So when I finally p...
Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Today is Tell a Fairy Tale Day, which is a time every year where children and adults are encouraged to share myths and legends, ghosts stories and of course, fairy tales....
Finding a good tutor for your children
I tutor Primary aged children from home and there has been one thing which continues to amaze me. None of my parents or carers have asked to see my qualifications before...
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