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The garden toys EVERY family needs

The garden toys EVERY family needs: From a badminton set to a unicorn sprinkler, FEMAIL reveals the best buys to keep kids entertained if a summer holiday isn’t on the cards (and prices start at just £12) Femail has selected a range of must-buy garden games for all ages with prices starting from £12 They offer […]

SENSORY OCEAN – great sensory play activity for toddlers

Sometimes going big with your sensory play set up can make the play that bit more exciting. That’s exactly what we did with this awesome sensory ocean and the kids loved it! What you need: – large sensory table or bin (ours is the Edx Education Sand and Water Table, large size) – Coral Reef […]

5 tips on How to make learning at home a family adventure

Learning at home is a family adventure – 5 tips Author: Heather Welch, International Brand Manager, Edx Education We’re all embarking on a new adventure right now, and we have to do this together as a family. Learning at home may feel like it consumes so much time, but we should put it into perspective: […]

Funplay Round Round Chips By Edx Education

I really do believe in the power of learning through play. And I’ve recently been very lucky to work with an amazing brand that are the masters of exactly that. Edx Education have so many fun activities that encourage children to think outside the box. As promised, I said I would give you guys a […]

Learning Through Play, what really matters in toys

Author, Heather Welch, Edx Education “Learning through play” It has become one of the most controversial subjects around the world among educational researchers, academics and parents. Have you ever stopped to watch how children interact/engage with their toys? Which toys do they enjoy playing with most? Which ones last the longest? Which ones are always […]

Experts’ tips on homeschooling – for kids and parents

As parents grapple with homeschooling, we chat to the pros about the best ways to manage – and how educating kids is about much more than hours spent doing homework There’s no one right way to homeschool the kids… Photo: Outschool Homeschooling –or whatever you want to call the comedic impossibility of attempting to get […]

Are we teaching our children to think? – 5 tips

Heather Welch, Edx Education With all the knowledge and experiences we provide to our children are we teaching them to think? Are we teaching them to see a problem or answer a question? Does our education system teach our children to follow a learned process to solve a problem. Which is one very important area […]

Edx Education launches new website and resources

The specialist in fun learning products has unveiled its new website, as well as a series of new product videos. Edx has also announced that it will be hosting regular free webinars and podcasts for parents and teachers Written by Georgie Dobie Edx Education, a supplier with over 20 years’ experience in supplying the international […]

Play And Developmental Milestones

Written by Cindy Hovington, Ph.D. Founder of www.curiousneuron.com   BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN BABIES At birth, humans have the least developed brain compared to other mammals. While, genetics plays a major role in brain development while in utero, the interaction between genes and early childhood experiences or a child’s environment will literally shape a child’s brain […]