Belonging Matters: Why Children Need to Feel Seen More Than Ever

By Mar, Family Celebrant, Scottish Borders After nearly forty years working in early years education, one of the biggest changes I’ve noticed isn’t in how children behave — it’s in how connected they feel. Families today are doing their very best in busy, pressured lives. Technology helps us organise, communicate and cope. But it has […]

How to Inspire a Love of Reading at Home

Choice plays a huge role in helping children develop a genuine love of reading. Young readers are far more likely to engage with books when they feel they have ownership over what they read. Whether it’s fantasy adventures, football annuals, joke books, manga, graphic novels, comics or short non-fiction, every type of reading has value. […]