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Centre for the Learning Family

October 15, 2010

To explore and develop the concept of the learning family, NIACE is launching a new initiative called The Centre for the Learning Family, which will bring together those involved in diverse areas such as...

  • health;
  • cultural activities;
  • intergenerational activities
  • parenting; and
  • community cohesion.
Visit the Excellence Gateway at http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=302106 to read the full article.

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : News 

 

Kindergarten Worksheets

October 15, 2010

Whether you are a family learning practitioner or a parent, I'm sure you will find some useful educational resources on the Kindergarten Worksheets website.

It is no surprise that Kindergarten Worksheets provides visitors with numerous printable worksheets aimed at children. These worksheets span four areas...

  • Maths;
  • English;
  • Learning; and
  • Holidays.

Each category contains subcategories that include relevant worksheets.

Visitors to Kindergarten Worksheets can...

  • view the...

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Resources 

 

Safe

October 8, 2010

Safe is a new programme of practical, activities to develop young children's skills, self-confidence and safety awareness when using social network sites.

Combining a safe, social network, downloadable materials and practitioner resources, the programme will enable any family learning providers to easily deliver fun activities which develop childrens' digital literacy skills. By completing the programme children gain a Safe certificate as evidence of their learning.

Visit http://www.digi...


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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Web Safety 

 

Colouring Pages

August 19, 2010

ColoringPagesPlus is a colouring pages search engine that aggregates all websites together and lets users search them all at once.

Users...

  • enter the name of the object or character they are looking for such as "tractor" or "dragon";
    the search engine will locate several colouring pages.
  • Click on any of the thumbnails they wish to use
    the image enlarges
  • can the print it out
  • can also browse through the recently searched or the most popular colouring pages and print them.

Family Learni...


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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Colouring 

 

Twisty Noodle

August 9, 2010

Looking for colouring pages? Check out TwistyNoodle.

TwistyNoodle hosts thousands of colouring pages and worksheets.

Users can...

  • browse for colouring pages and worksheets by going into their separate tabs.
    Each colouring page also has its own worksheets.
  • select an item by clicking on it; a customization page will open where users can change...
    • the style;
    • the font; and
    • the text of the colouring page;
  • quickly print out the customized colouring page.

TwistyNoodle also has o...


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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Colouring 

 

Early Learning HQ

July 14, 2010

Early Learning HQ is a new site offering lots of free Foundation Stage and Key Stage One resources for practitioners to use.

These include...

  • Literacy;
  • Numeracy; and
  • themed resources
...which can be downloaded.

Early Learning HQ  also has a ‘photo and illustration' area where visitors can get clip art and pictures to use in their own resources.

A valuable resource for Family Learning Practitioners; check it out at http://www.earlylearninghq.org.uk/!


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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Resources 

 

wickED

June 20, 2010

wickED is managed by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.

wickED provides engaging curriculum-based learning activities, many of which have been developed to reflect a

  • literacy,
  • numeracy and
  • ESOL focus.

The activities are intended to support facilitated or independent use by learners.

wickED provides...

  • interactives,
  • online activities such as crosswords and quizzes,
  • an online storybook,
  • story creation tools,
  • a student gallery,
  • regular student-centred projects and
  • mini-proje...

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Resources 

 

MeeGenius

June 19, 2010

MeeGenius is an inviting site that is easily accessible by both parents (Guardians/Carers/Family Learning Practitioners/etc) and children.

This group of adults all want children to develop, from as early an age as possible, reading habits.

MeeGenius, a new online library, combines reading and playing in a way that keeps everybody happy - children will have their fun and parents (Guardians/Carers/Family Learning Practitioners/etc.) will be delighted that their little ones are spending tim...


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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Literature 

 

Free-range mash

June 3, 2010

2Simple's Online Tools have become part of Purple Mash, to bring Family Learning Practitioners an exciting mash up of...

  • creative Online Tools,
  • curriculum focussed APPtivities and
  • programs to support and inspire children throughout the curriculum!

There are two options...

  • a free-range mash that is open to everyone, and
  • a gourmet mash for those schools that purchase an annual licence (visit http://www.2simple.com/purplemash/ to find out more about costs).
To indulge in the free...

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Activities 

 

Show Me

June 1, 2010

Show Me is a catalogue of resources from museums and galleries across the UK. It makes it so much easier to collect all the child-friendly content in one place rather than having to go to each museum’s web site.

One of the best way to enter the site is via Show Me's pick a topic page which lets users select from broad topics like the Tudors, dinosaurs, Romans, and many others. From there users will access all the resources available for the chosen subject as well as any sub-category. 
...


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About Me

John Dalziel
Liverpool

John Dalziel I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
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