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National Badger Day 2020
Did you know that today is National Badger Day!? Badgers are a quintessential part of the Britis...
ADHD Awareness Month 2020
October is ADHD Awareness Month
Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurodevelopmental...
Why Do We Celebrate Poetry? National Poetry Day 2020
Why Do We Celebrate Poetry?
Did you know that today is National Poetry Day!? It is an annual ev...
5 Reasons Why Your Kids Should Learn A Foreign Language
Foreign Languages for Kids
European Day of Languages 2020 is here and at Jaques of London, we...
Recycling Week 2020 - Recycled Indoor Arts and Crafts for Kids
Recycling Activities for Kids
Following on from our blogs earlier this week, our final blog is al...
Recycled Arts and Crafts Projects For The Garden!
Recycled Arts and Crafts
On the 21st September 2020 we are going green for Recycle Week 2020—and ...
Celebrating Wooden Toys for Recycling Week 2020
Wooden Toys Are the Best!
As we welcome 2020’s Recycling Week, we start to take a look at ways...
5 Roald Dahl Books That Your Kids Will Love
The Best Books by Roald Dahl
On the 13th September 2020, it would have been Roald Dahl’s 103rd bi...
The Many Benefits of Cooking With Children
We teamed up with Steph from @thekiddiekitchen to bring you a blog detailing the benefits of gett...
Teach Key Numeracy Skills with Shut the Box
Learn Maths With Games
Our Shut the Box range is a fun and easy way to introduce the basics of nu...
Facts That You Should Know About Screen-Free Play
Why Wooden Toys and Games Should Replace Screen Time
In today's digital world, it's easy for ki...
Objects & Storytelling
Reading should always be as fun and enjoyable as possible. If you are finding it tricky to engage...
Story Boxes
Make Your Own Story Boxes
Story Boxes are a fantastic way to engage your kids in screen-free fun ...
Telling the Time with the 5x table
Knowing the 5x table is essential to being able to accurately tell the time. The number of minute...
Mathematical Reasoning Activities
Reasoning is a vital skill, particularly in mathematics. Being able to reason about their answers...
Exploration Stations - Outdoor Play
As part of our outdoor play focus this week, we have come up with some ideas for creating fun out...
Learn with Board Games
Did you know that traditional board games have many benefits for children, both educationally and...
Home Learning Lesson Ideas
Undeniably, this year has been troubling and strange. Everyone’s lives have been impacted by Covi...
Set Up Your Home School
With many parents/guardians finding themselves responsible for home schooling, we decided to offe...
Children's Art Week 2020 - 29th June to 19th July 2020
Children's Art Week 2020 will take place across 3 weeks from 29th June to 19th July
The purpose o...