The ELHQ Blog

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Christmas games for the classroom

Since Christmas is just around the corner I thought it might be nice put together a few ideas for games that can be easily played in the classroom or at home.     1. Pi...

Deaf awareness: help and support for parents

This is our inaugural blog post so we thought we’d start with a bit of background information about deafness in the UK. This is something we care passionately about and...

BECERA Conference: Research Proposals Wanted

Good afternoon everyone, I have just received an email from Selma at the British Early Childhood Education Research Association (BECERA) asking if I would mind talking a...

Attitudes towards sport post London 2012

Last week marked 100 days since the end of the Olympics, and as the glow of success slowly wears off we have to start looking to the future to see how the memory of the 2...

Make ’em laugh: keep humour in the classroom

I recently wrote an article about the importance of music in learning. As an easily distracted child I spent far too many hours of the day observing Mrs Tomkinson’s...

Give your book corner a makeover!

  How many children spontaneously visit your setting’s or class book area? How long do they stay there, and what do they do? Many settings I visit have a designat...

When is pair not a pear?

Can you imagine the confusion children must experience as they get to grips with mathematical language. A flat shape does not resemble experiences of walking past high-ri...

Toilet Humour: Rumpus in My Rompers

  What do you do when your child won’t poo? We were at the end of our tether when we wrote the ‘poo album’.  Our 3 year old daughter had been refusing to poo...

Personalised books for sight impaired pupils

The National Blind Children’s Society is 16 years old. It provides support to families and schools and can help to make books, computers and recreational activities...