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    ZOOM

    There has been a lot of negative things written about using video conferencing as a teaching tool in education, (particularly regarding Zoom). I have also…

    MakeBelieve Arts April 28, 2020
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    Helicopter at Home

    With many schools and nurseries closed, or remaining open for only a small section of their community, we’ve had several requests for information about our…

    MakeBelieve Arts April 19, 2020
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    One of the Lucky Ones:

    One of the Lucky Ones: Poetry for Children with Additional Needs Guest Blog: Nadine Jones The children that stand out are the children not given the…

    MakeBelieve Arts February 13, 2020
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    Poetry Happens Everywhere

    Guest Blog: Amanda Belbin ‘Chop Chop, Choppity Chop.’ Since my Nursery Class signed up to The Poetry Basket, the words keep echoing around my head.…

    MakeBelieve Arts December 19, 2019
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    It’s Just Pretend – Crossing the Gender Boundary with Helicopter Stories

    Guest Blog: Sally Veale Vice Principal – Ashgrove Academy Cheshire Sally is one of MakeBelieve Arts Helicopter Stories Champions I am in the very privileged…

    MakeBelieve Arts November 28, 2019
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    Catching a Story: EAL Learners in the Early Years

    “Brrrrrm, Brrrrm, Brrrrm, Brrrrm, Brrrm, chhhhugg chhhuggg chhhugg chhhuuuggg chhuuugg Chuggg chhhhhh eeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkk ahhhhhh…” Hamir aged 5 Hamir is a 5 year old boy I…

    MakeBelieve Arts November 14, 2019
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    Let The Children Do It: A Helicopter Story Nativity

    Guest Blog: Kathryn Stevens Pre-school Teacher, Watermead Day Nursery, Leicestershire “Do a Nativity,” they said.“The parents will love it,” they said.And so we did. We…

    MakeBelieve Arts October 18, 2019
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    Magic that is older than the hills:

    One of the questions I am asked the most about Helicopter Stories is how can we enhance children’s language acquisition if we are scribing their…

    MakeBelieve Arts September 19, 2019
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    Helicopter Stories: A wonderful tool for showing amazing progress

    Guest Blog: Bonnie Mendoza Head of EYFS – Ark John Keats Academy Bonnie is one of MakeBelieve Arts Helicopter Stories Champions What do Hulk, Paw…

    MakeBelieve Arts August 13, 2019
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    In loving memory…

    Vivian Gussin Paley January 25th 1929 – July 26th 2019 Vivian Gussin Paley, world-renowned author, pre-school and kindergarten teacher sadly died on the morning of…

    MakeBelieve Arts July 28, 2019
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