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Spatial training with blocks and puzzles could unlock the UK's mathematical potential
A sustained focus on spatial reasoning training could turn the UK into a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)...
Feb 11, 20222 min read
3 Essential Reads for Preschoolers
Recommended Reading: Rainbows in Bloom: Discovering Colours with Flowers by Taylor and Michael Putnam (2021) 2+, Animals in the Sky by...
Jan 30, 20222 min read
10 Reasons to take your baby swimming
We all need to learn how to swim in order to stay safe. Yet if you live in Scotland, your child will not necessarily be offered lessons...
Jan 12, 20222 min read
Simple French Picture Books for Preschoolers
This month’s children’s book recommendations come from Philippe Sibeaud, Director of Studies at the French Institute in Edinburgh. If...
Jan 2, 20222 min read
What is 'Recitals for Wrigglers'?
Louise Bevan (violin) and Clea Friend (cello) set up 'Recitals for Wrigglers' in 2014. Their aim was to create informal classical...
Jan 2, 20221 min read
Why tuition is so much more than simply learning how to read and count…
Lydia Scaltsas, Primary School Teacher, Founder and Private Tutor: LS Tuition What is LS Tuition? LS Tuition is a company that tutors...
Jan 1, 20224 min read
Which Edinburgh instrument suppliers do local teachers recommend?*
Newlands Pianos For a varied stock of new and refurbished acoustic pianos to suit every budget. Workshop on site. Open 7 days a week, by...
Nov 26, 20211 min read
A Pioneering Alternative Educational Passport To Summative Exams
Edinburgh Steiner School pupils are the first in Scotland to receive an innovative, interdisciplinary qualification, equivalent to two...
Nov 26, 20215 min read
Green Book Shopping This Christmas
Would you like to kit out your child with an engrossing, varied library? (Not just the most famous names.) Would you prefer to do so...
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Children’s Book Recommendations November 2021
8 Australian Picture Books A huge thank you to Edinburgh-based children’s author Emma O’Connor for this month’s wonderfully original and...
Oct 27, 20213 min read
8 ways to encourage your toddler's language skills
By Louise Day, Speech and Language Therapist 1. Choices Offer your child a choice of two things. Hold the two objects up if possible and...
Oct 25, 20212 min read
An opportunity to perform
1st to 13th March 2022 - Edinburgh Music Competition Festival Plans for the 101st annual Edinburgh Music Competition Festival 2022 are...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
5 Young Adult Reading Recommendations from Ginger & Pickles
1. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds, illus. by Danica Novgorodoff (2020) 12+ According to Will, when you lose someone...
Sep 28, 20212 min read
Meadows Dental Practice
For expertise in the management of children's dental health meet Kathryn Harley. Kathryn Harley graduated from Guy’s Hospital Dental...
Sep 22, 20211 min read
Building a new normal for your family
It’s an unfortunate fact. Sometimes couples make the decision to separate and it’s rarely an easy decision. However, if you are married...
Sep 21, 20213 min read
Book Review: The Guinea Pig Gardener and the Great Escape
The Guinea Pig Gardener and the Great Escape (5+) by Caroline Pankhurst Illus. Maude Smith, Jelly Bean Books 2021 Being a lover of most...
Aug 27, 20211 min read
Children’s Book Recommendations – August 2021
5 Interactive Books for Babies and Toddlers This month’s recommendations use a range of interactive devices, including scanimation,...
Aug 2, 20212 min read
Book Review: Under Grandma’s Table
by Emma O’Connor Under Grandma’s Table (2+) by Emma O’Connor, Illus. Rachael Gray, The Book Reality Experience, 42pp; £12.99 If you buy...
Aug 2, 20212 min read
Praise The Effort Not The Outcome
Believe it or not…we are now only a few weeks away from the beginning of the next school year! And what a year it has been…a year we...
Jul 30, 20213 min read
Summer Reading Recommendations from Ginger and Pickles Bookshop
Image above: Ginger and Pickles Children's Bookshop, 51 St Stephen St, Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH3 5AH Younger Readers The Iron Man by Ted...
Jun 28, 20215 min read
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