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.
Let’s have an informed public and professional debate about the issues threatening our children’s wellbeing, argues Richard House…
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…
Susan Perrow, author of Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour and Therapeutic Storytelling, in conversation on ABC radio. Fantastic insights into her life, her story, and her reasons for starting her work. A fascinating and insightful…
It’s that time of year! October is drawing to a close. Here for your enjoyment, a simple pumpkin pie recipe from Festivals, Family and Food. Tasty! Ingredients 1 unbaked pastry shell 15 oz pumpkin purée…
Margaret Bloom’s recent blog tour with Making Peg Dolls & More was ten days of fun. Here, we round up our favourite moments as well as providing links to all the original posts. All text and…
Listen to child psychologist and Hawthorn author Sally Goddard Blythe talk about fairy tales with BBC Radio Solent’s Katie Martin. She was also on the Night Owls show in Newcastle, Teeside and Cumbria recently to…
Making Woodland Crafts has arrived, and is now available for sale! We have our own lovely copies here at Hawthorn Press, and they are currently cosying together on my desk. Fresh off the press Hazel…
We recently had a pre-launch celebration for our new book, Storytelling for a Greener World. It was an evening of talks, songs and stories, aimed at being inspirational and motivating. Of course, it is not always easy to…
