04 Feb, 2022 Wordle for number fans ... By Ruth Nossek Are you a glory hunter, a plodder, a master strategist, an addict or even a cheat? According to the article WORDLE: What the way you play...
23 Jul, 2021 Let the Games begin! By Ruth Nossek Friday 23rd July marks the official beginning of the 2020 Olympics from Tokyo - and Google Doodles have launched Doodle Champion Island...
20 Jul, 2021 Missing the football? Join the fun with 'The Hundred' - the new cricket competition starting 21st July By Ruth Nossek With Euro 2020 now over, and the summer holidays (nearly) upon us in the UK, there are two great sporting events starting this week to...
29 Jun, 2021 Game, set and match! It's time to join 'Wimbledon at Home' By Ruth Nossek Monday 28th June, the 2021 Wimbledon Tennis Championships began - more than 700 days after the last ball was struck! With it, AELTC has...
02 Apr, 2021 Explore the NHM Wildlife Photographer of the Year gallery: follow the trail and win prizes! By Ruth Nossek Here is a family online activity for the Easter holidays: explore the truly amazing photographs in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year...
01 Apr, 2021 Create your own Easter treasure hunt! (Or any other type of treasure hunt ...) By Ruth Nossek My mum used to create treasure hunts for my brother and I when we were little - around the house or in the garden. I used the same idea...
03 Mar, 2021 World Book Day: Free readings live on Instagram for children By Rainbow Hub Team Here are some free live book readings for World Book Day courtesy of Whistles. Tomorrow (Thursday March 4th) at 4pm on Instagram you can...
03 Mar, 2021 Art challenge @ home for World Book Day! By Ruth Nossek If you have not come across Elizabeth Sagan and her truly amazing book art, then you are in for a treat. Elizabeth Sagan is a reader...
02 Mar, 2021 It's World Book Day this Thursday! Check out the song from McGrammar and other free resources By Ruth Nossek This year's World Book Day takes place on Thursday 4th March. Designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, World...
01 Mar, 2021 Help children with their reading skills by turning on the subtitles By Ruth Nossek Did you know that turning on the (same language) subtitles while children are watching television can double the chances of a child...
24 Feb, 2021 Free family activities and downloadable book from the National Portrait Gallery By Ruth Nossek If you are looking for some inspiration to keep families and children engaged with art during lockdown - or holidays - take a look at the...
15 Feb, 2021 Scottish Opera's new film of Hansel and Gretel - watch it for free By Rainbow Hub Team Scottish Opera have released a new film of Humperdinck's beautiful opera of the fairytale story of Hansel and Gretel and you can watch it...
12 Feb, 2021 Stellar activities for young space enthusiasts By Gaya Gajewska Here is something rather fun for those interested in the space exploration, who might already be waiting impatiently the forthcoming NASA...
12 Feb, 2021 The Case of the Stolen Heart: Solve a virtual Valentine's Detective Trail this weekend❤️ By Ruth Nossek Treasure Trails provide downloadable detective adventures/treasure trails that take you around differing cities and regions in the UK....
11 Feb, 2021 Free theatrical stories from the marvellous Unicorn Theatre By Ruth Nossek I have written about productions from the Unicorn Theatre before - namely their brilliant theatrical reading of Roald Dahl's The Twits...
09 Feb, 2021 #DrawWithRob - Join his Saturday morning Art Club / enter a competition to create an environmentally inspired race-suit By Ruth Nossek If you haven't already come across Rob Biddulph, he is a fantastic children's illustrator and author - and the man behind...