by Simon Knight | Jun 2, 2024 | Early Years, Primary
It is fair to say that my job is pretty enjoyable. I work for Play Scotland, Scotland’s leading organisation for promoting play. I am the Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) mentor. OPAL is a school improvement programme that supports schools to make environmental and...
by Amir Esmaeili | May 2, 2024 | All posts
For the first issue of TEYLT in 2024, I wrote an article sharing my thoughts on some significant factors in playing games concerning very young learners’ classes. In this blog post, I am going to attempt to outline 5 language-related favorite games of mine with this...
by Agnieszka Dzięcioł-Pędich | Oct 20, 2023 | Early Years
Myths and facts about dyslexia Even though dyslexia has been well-researched, there are still many myths surrounding this specific learning difference. One of them is that symptoms of dyslexia do not appear until primary school years. It is true that in the early...
by Fiona Kirkland | Aug 12, 2023 | Early Years, Primary
Theorists have been linking play and child development for hundreds of years and asserting that play is an integral part of a child’s development, fostering creativity, problem-solving skills, and social interactions, as well as contributing to their wellbeing....
by Shay Coyne | Jul 4, 2023 | CPD
I’m Shay and I work as a freelance English teacher both online and face to face. Previously I was fortunate enough to work at a language academy that took professional development seriously and actively promoted it through weekly input sessions, providing specialised...
