Paddington bear popped home yesterday, not to Peru but keen2learn.  Bet you thought he was born in Peru and resides in Paddington.  Well he does, but the bedrooms at Home Farm in Burghwallis, now the base for keen to learn, echo to bedtime stories read many years ago by Shirley and Eddie Clarkson.  […]

The Ice Journey book is an interesting blend of fact and fiction, which could be used effectively in several different ways. One of the stated aims for the author is to encourage and enable grandparents to participate in their grandchildren’s education. Many grandparents have an active part in caring for grandchildren today and this book […]

My daughter is 9 and has been home educated from the age of 4. Throughout this time, I have tried to make learning fun. I not only think that this is best way to learn but also makes learning memorable. We all remember the things we enjoyed doing. Consequently I have always looked […]

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Are Just Coded Maths Games
I always found math to be a difficult subject to learn at school.  I put most of my failing down to the fact I sat too close to an old fashioned pot-bellied stove.  This provided a great source of warmth but also destroyed my concentration. At […]

They say education is a lifelong journey. Difficult to comprehend when you are at school slogging through lessons and exams but learning can be greater fun when turned into an educational game. Take a practical application and apply as many subjects that have been learned in the classroom.
This morning I took a shower, a frequent […]

A great new range of books designed to help Grandparents get involved in the schooling progress of their grandchildren

The English language being an amalgam of many other languages is possibly the most adaptive in the world. With complex and changing content the tricks you can play with English has made it one of the best games in education. But although  the constantly changing  “rules” refreshes the fun it can trip the unwary and […]

The English language, an amalgam of an incredible number of other languages, is by its nature highly adaptable. You can play some great English games with word structure format and spelling. One such example that is a fun educational game is to analyse where a word came from, and then write a sentence or paragraph […]

Learning to read; the essential foundation of all learning doesn’t come easy to all of us. But the onset of broadband technology has provided a fantastic new reading support opportunity that helps children to learn to read. MightyBook stories, in the classroom and bedtime stories at home take on a wonderful extra dimension.
When I was […]