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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Introducing ‘Maths Alien Adventure’ – our latest free iOS app

Things have been a little quiet on the site recently as we prepared for the launch of our latest iOS app. I’m pleased to say that the day has final arrived and we are a...

Another ELHQ App Released: The Expanding Picture Book

Another week, another app release. This time it’s The Expanding Picture Book…a picture book with a twist. The app actually consists of 4 differently themed picture bo...

Phonic Alien Adventure iOS app released!

Some of you may have noticed that it’s been a little quiet on the site recently. We have a huge backlog of resources which we will look to add to the site over the next...

Play, Progress & Achievement: Exploring Learner-Centred Practice 3-5yrs

I’d like to draw everyone’s attention to a really interesting conference organised by the national organisation Early Excellence. It is called Play, Progress & Ac...

Preschool Swipebook: New ELHQ free iPhone and iPad app available on the App Store

We’re really excited about the launch of our 2nd iOS app: Preschool Swipebook, which is now live on the App Store. It’s something we’ve been working on for a very l...

Storytelling: Banishing the Nightmares

With World Book Day coming up in just over a month on March 6th, it’s a good time to take a fresh look at how you go about sharing books and stories with children. Mayb...

Old School: rediscovering classic children’s entertainment

We’re living in the past and we are very happy about it. I remember being at playgroup and the teacher had called my Mum to collect me early as I had a headache.&n...

Summer-Born School Admissions: New Report Published

Back in September Michelle Melson wrote a really interesting piece for our blog highlighting the problem that can exist for parents of summer-born children who wish their...

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves

This old proverb struck a chord as I designed this activity to play at home. ‘School maths’ might be at risk of feeling more like a 1950s classroom under the new curr...