Home learning & homeschooling

Illustration of a parent and child chatting on a porch at sunset with speech bubbles holding a star and a heart
ages 10–12

After the game: what to ask, and how to handle winning and losing

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Illustration of a big cardboard box overflowing with blocks, a ball, a hoop, chalk and rope while two children look on happily
ages 3–5

The play box: a dozen ordinary things that make play easier

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Illustration of two children at a table around a red horseshoe magnet picking up paperclips, with a magnifying glass above
ages 3–5

Magnet detective: what sticks and what doesn’t?

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Illustration of a child lying on the floor with arms stretched out to measure with string and shoes, beside a toy road map rug
ages 10–12

Measure it with your body, then map the room

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Illustration of two children at a kitchen counter with paper helicopters spinning in the air, an ice cube ramp and a ball ready for a straw race
ages 3–5

Predict, test, write it down: four quick kitchen experiments

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Illustration of a child stepping across a grid of pink and blue floor spots while a parent claps and music notes float by
ages 3–5

Pattern games for feet, hands and a ball

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Illustration of three children holding hands to form a triangle on a rug under paper shapes on the wall
ages 3–5

Shape games that get everyone moving

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Illustration of a child hopping along a chalk row of squares showing one to six dots, with a beanbag lying nearby
ages 3–5

Number games for a hallway, a garden or a pavement

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Illustration of two children at a table with a large dice, a tower of blocks, an egg carton and small buckets for counting games
ages 3–5

Dice, bottles and egg cartons: number games for the table

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Illustration of a parent and child on a shop street, the child pointing at a road sign while the parent takes a photo
ages 3–5

Words everywhere: a print walk, a word hunt and a food-label book

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Illustration of two children lying on a floor mat to make the letter T with their bodies, seen from above, while another child cheers
ages 3–5

Letters on your back and letters with your body

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Illustration of a parent and child on a pink sofa with speech bubbles showing a cat in a hat and a mouse in a house
ages 3–5

Rhyme, swap and match: six sound games without a screen

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Illustration of a child digging in a tray of sand for hidden letters while paper clothes spelling a word hang on a washing line
ages 3–5

Letters you can dig for, rub and hang on a line

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Illustration of a child sitting on a rug sorting small objects into four baskets marked with a circle, square, triangle and star
ages 3–5

Same, different and why: four sorting games for the kitchen floor

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Illustration of a child pointing at a tray of leaves, a pebble and a pine cone on a table while another child holds a basket of finds
ages 3–5

Look, listen, remember: five small memory games

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Illustration of a parent and child exploring a maths question with blocks and a notebook.
ages 3–5

You don’t need to be the maths genius: how parents can help without knowing every answer

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Illustration of a caregiver and child comparing an empty basket with a basket of balls.
ages 3–5

Zero has a job: helping children make sense of none

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Illustration of a child and grandparent on a gentle noun-spotting walk, noticing a dog, tree, bicycle and bench
ages 3–5

Nouns All Around Us: a short word-spotting walk

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Illustration of three small scenes of a child planting, watering and observing a sprout across time, softly overlapping circular vignettes
ages 10–12

Tick-Tok Tenses: tell the story of yesterday

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Illustration of two children acting out a grammar game, one holding a picture of a single bird and another a picture of several birds, teacher nearby
action verb

My Grammar Agreement: build a sentence that fits

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