Eggs are symbolic of the new life that comes with spring. We may all be familiar with the exchange of chocolate eggs at Easter but traditionally real eggs were given as gifts. These would be…
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Pancakes with Findus
Next week it will be Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday, and time to use up all the eggs and sugar before Lent.
National Storytelling Week
For National Storytelling Week we are re-sharing an article for Green Parent magazine about storytelling’s potential for nurturing positive values.
Lucia Day, 13 December
On Lucia Day they got up earlier than usual because Pettson wanted to listen to the music on the radio…
A Making Time of the Year
Making the Children’s Year is crammed full of creative things to do with your hands all year round, with lots to do during dark afternoons and rainy days indoors. We’ve picked out a taster for…
A Pilgrim’s Way – with their feet they understand their roots
Along the Pilgrims way in Oslo, year sixes from all the local schools experience for themselves the 1,000 year-old Pilgrim tradition.
Beetles are not designed to roll
Whilst individual programmes are effective in improving motor skills of school-aged children presenting with various problems, there is also a growing number of children who are entering the school system with inadequate motor and language…
When you’re behind from the start you rarely catch up
This post by Sally Goddard Blythe also appears on her website. Children arriving at school unable to speak or read properly is a scandal, minister says. This finding comes as no surprise and mirrors a general…
Decline in Children’s Physical Readiness for Learning
While the Department of Education is busy planning the introduction of 10 million pounds worth of assessment protocols for 4 year olds, children’s physical literacy appears to be declining.
Interview with Sally Goddard Blythe
Richard House speaks to childhood expert Sally Goddard-Blythe about the impact of modern lifestyles on our children’s development…
Ten Years of Findus and Pettson
Back in 2007, Hawthorn Press published Pancakes for Findus, our first foray into the Findus and Pettson series by Sven Nordqvist. Ten years on, and we have published another nine Findus and Pettson books, all translated…
The Natural Storyteller
Enjoy this video – an extract from Georgiana’s show which was performed in Edinburgh with Solo Diarra and composed by Anna Aardalen.
A home-educating Creative Form Drawing lesson
This video, also from Pepper and Pine, is of a home-educating creative form drawing lesson based on Creative Form Drawing with children aged 6-10: Workbook One by Angela Lord.
Frankfurt Book Fair
Here we have some photos from the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 – thank you Saltway for representing us!
A Modern Fairytale by Sally Goddard Blythe
Once upon a time there was a land in which banks looked after people’s money; patient needs led doctors’ practice; teaching meant to instill a joy of learning and discovery; mothers were able to be…
New Research: Why Physical Foundations for Learning Matter by Sally Goddard Blythe MSc.
New research confirms that there are wide differences in children’s physical readiness for learning and suggests that more detailed attention should be given to the physical foundations for learning in the pre-school and school years.
Toxic childhood or mere hype? Article by Richard House
Let’s have an informed public and professional debate about the issues threatening our children’s wellbeing, argues Richard House…
Politics in the Pub with the Ngara Institute and Stuart Hill: Dismantling Neoliberalism
Stuart Hill, co-editor of Social Ecology, does rather a lot of wonderful work. Today we wanted to share with you one of his lectures from 2016 “Dismantling Neoliberalism”, which is pretty fantastic! Warning for a…
