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While I was looking for some cool iPhone apps of popular children songs for my young nephew I have come across LoeschWare who develop colourful apps for toddlers and preschoolers. I was absolutely taken with the Five Little Monkey app, my nephew who is 14 months old loves it and keeps playing with the stop [...]

Timetables and fractions can be difficult for kids to get their head around to, that’s why it is so important to introduce hands on ways to learn these basic math’s notions making it fun rather than daunting. Thankfully there is huge attention to learn through play techniques when it comes to math from a very [...]

As a firm supporter of learn through play techniques I am always on the lookout for new ideas and tools to make learning fun for young children. I believe in good foundations and a fun approach to education from a very young age is invaluable to help kids through school later on. The amount of [...]

Learning is getting more and more fun every day. Do you remember learning the times table? I have a very unpleasant memory about it, endless repetitions until the numbers were forever registered in my head. It worked but it was hardly a fun experience. This is probably the reason behind my constant search for fun [...]

iPhone Apps are a great tool to encourage learning through play and with careful selection by parents they could be invaluable in the development of literacy. The multilingual aspect of the applications is ideal for bilingual children. The majority of the applications are in English, but there is a good choice of apps in other languages too.  [...]

We really enjoyed our visit to the Museum of London. I had heard great things about the new galleries and the interactive displays so I took my son for a little history about the capital. He is fascinated by history in general so I knew that an interactive museum covering the history of London from [...]

After escaping the huge heat wave that hit Southern Europe last week, with temperatures rising to the high thirties, here we are back in sunny Sardinia. Yesterday we enjoyed a day at the beach and today it is business as usual. The little one is at his morning summer camp on the beach and I [...]