Why rote memorization often fails students with SEN, and how Orthographic Mapping can turn “sticky” words into instant recognition. Imagine trying to build a Lego castle, but you have no base plate and no connecting bricks. You just have a pile of fancy, oddly shaped towers. You might balance them for a second, but the … Read more
10 Remarkable Benefits of Reading Aloud: Unlocking Potential Through Shared Stories Reading aloud is a powerful tool that can transform lives, enhance learning, and create lasting bonds. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or caregiver, incorporating read-aloud sessions into your daily routine can yield incredible benefits for both children and adults. In this guide, we’ll explore … Read more
Aliens Love Underpants: 20 Engaging Activities for EYFS/SEN “Aliens Love Underpants” is a popular children’s book series that takes us on an intergalactic journey where mischievous aliens have a peculiar fascination with underpants! It makes for a great text to base imaginative lesson planning on. There are lots of activities that can be used to … Read more
How to Lead Like a Marine: Run Towards Challenge, Assemble Your Fireteam, and Win Your Next Battle in Education This continues our series on how school leaders can apply lessons from popular leadership books. Here is a guide to how school leaders can apply lessons from Lead Like a Marine: Run Towards a Challenge, Assemble Your Fireteam, and … Read more
20 Farm Books for Kids that Celebrate the Fun of Farm Life Farms are fascinating places for kids of all ages. They are full of animals, crops, machines, and adventures. Reading books about farms can help kids learn more about where their food comes from, how farmers work, and what life on a farm is … Read more
World Book Day Ideas 2024: Create a Love of Reading A literary adventure of epic proportions! World Book Day, the international celebration of books and reading, is fast approaching. In honour of this special occasion, we’ve curated a list of creative and fun ways to express your love for reading with your class, and instil … Read more
What Does the Evidence Say About Improving Literacy in KS1? Literacy encompasses not only the ability to read and write but also a range of intricate skills such as word-level competencies like spelling and word-reading, as well as text-level abilities like reading comprehension and writing composition. There are a number of ways to improve literacy … Read more
The Best Tactile/Touch and Feel Books for Babies. Our youngest has always been into books, having a grandma who used to run a bookshop can’t have hurt. Being the youngest of five has some benefits when it comes to reading material. We have a lot. Annoyingly we did get rid our some of our books … Read more
Books about Transport for EYFS These three transport-themed books are firm favourites in our household. Vehicles and transport are always popular themes from Early Years to Journey planning in secondary school. Have a look at my transport-themed teaching resources and we have just launched a fantastic Transport themed Sound Story for EYFS/SEN pupils which has … Read more
Here we have 24 suggested Advent picture books to use in a literacy based advent calendar this Christmas. I like using this level of book as you can easily adapt them for a range of special educational needs. I have used all of these Christmas books either at home or with my classes at school. … Read more
Picture Books About Inclusion and Diversity For School and Home Diversity in society is a really important topic to start addressing with children as soon as possible. This is especially true for children in a special school they are already marginalised in certain sections of society. I found these books when looking to resource our … Read more
The influence for these early literacy sensory templates is the book Find Colours by Tamara Shopsin and Jason Fulford. It features die-cut pages which you “colour” yourself by holding them over different surfaces that become the colours. Early Literacy Activities One of the challenging elements of special education is finding or creating motivating and engaging … Read more
AR Phonics and SEND Developed by two teachers, who kindly sent me a pack to use at school these cards are pretty good as simple flashcards for use in your phonics lessons. Clear, well made and easy to use. However it is the innovative use of AR (Augmented reality) that brings these cards to life. … Read more
This book was a Christmas present for the youngest (3). It quickly become apparent that Fuzzy Ocean was a very engaging book. We could discuss sea creatures and fish as well as link to positional language. Fuzzy ocean would also fit well with the Blue Abyss sensory story created for an underwater topic. I have … Read more
An Autumn Sensory Story This is due to be the first in a series of 4 stories (1 for each season). Check out he winter sensory story – Snow Bear. Please take a few minutes to watch the video of my daughter reading it! The idea that each sensory story will have a unique feel … Read more
World Book Day Teaching Activities As a parent, I am starting to dread the yearly costume hunt that World Book Day has become. This year in Sainsbury’s the dressing-up display was 10 meters followed by two small shelves of books. However, I do think that World Book Day has the potential to inspire creativity and … Read more
These books are only those I have read and can recommend. They all follow an inclusive and positive support ethos. They all also focus on the only part of behaviour support we can control – ourselves. If your school has a zero tolerance behaviour policy read these and make it your mission to get that rewritten.I will get around to doing a second post but I need to get reading first!
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