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Forest school is a brilliant way for kids to connect with nature. We have four amazing activities; mud faces, bats and moths, magic wands and a nature scavenger hunt too. Great forest school fun.

Forest school activities: How to reconnect YOUR kids with nature

Forest school is a very popular way to teach kids, while giving them an opportunity to get close to nature, and hopefully rather dirty at the same time ;-) Now, Forest …

Twelve dancing princesses is a charming story for the kids, and we have some lovely activities to accompany reading it from Storytime magazine, as well as the opportunity to get a free copy of the mag too. Visit the site for colouring sheets, posters, a word search and more now!

Twelve Dancing Princess activities with Storytime

This month Storytime has some free printables based around the beautiful tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, where a brave young soldier finds out how they wear their shoes out …

how to talk to kids about money so they will listen

How to talk to kids about money so they listen

“And at the start of the fiscal year the economy retracted, which lead to a downturn in…” is exactly not how to talk to kids about money! Get on their …

Teaching money to kids from an early age is not only wise, but it saves a lot of time when they are teens! The most important lesson for them to learn isn't necessarily what you think it might be...

The most valuable lesson in teaching money to kids

I have always believed that it is really important from an early age to make sure we are teaching all about money to our kids; helping them to explore the value of …

A pest ant is crawling across an arthropod invertebrate insect.

How to go on a bug hunt

We’ve got something exciting for all the mini-beast lovers out there! We are sharing a lovely set of printables that will give your kids all the know-how on how to …

Our favourite Dr Seuss book has always been Wocket in my Pocket. Wonderful idea, and such a greqt book to really get the kids' imagination going.

Dr Seuss Wocket in My Pocket coloring and activity pack

We love Dr Suess. He is, quite simply, the best thing ever *according to my kids.* Dr Seuss books, have been delighting kids for eons, but our favourite has always …

Hattie Peck is a charming tale about a chicken that really, really wanted an egg. We provide some wonderful free reading worksteets, and activity sheets, as well as lesson plans for the book for free.

Free reading worksheets to motivate young readers

We have an absolute treat for you this week, free reading worksheets for parents and teachers alike, as well as lesson plans for an engaging wee book Hattie Peck from the …

Why not get your kids to do their 2015 year in review? From throughts about themselves and ho they feel now, to what they enjoyed about 2015, and looking forward to 2016. Get your year in review from the kids, and it'll bring a tear to your eye in years to come.

Free 2015 year in review printable for a bit of fun with the kids

It’s 2016! So exciting to start a new year with the kids, isn’t it? I love this time of year, full of excitement for the year ahead, and wonderful memories …

Here are all the dear santa letter templates for you - from Fairy lights to gingerbread men, your kids can find the perfect notepaper to write their Santa letter on.

Free Santa letter notepaper

Do your kids write to Santa? Do you ever write to your kids FROM Santa? Are you not quite sure what paper to use for either? Every year my kids …

Wwe all know that lacing can help with fine motor skills - well here are some great lacing cards that also help with maths too - both sequencing and recognition!

Printable number lacing cards for kids to sew

It is Thursday, which san mean only one thing – we have another printable for you all! This week, we have a little educational tool for you all to use; …