12 of the Best Resources for Teaching Children to Code
It is now just as important as ever to teach children coding. We have scoured the web to update our comprehensive guide to the best resources for teaching children to code.
Key Stage 2 History: Teaching about the Romans
The Roman Empire was a fascinating civilisation, that quite rightly features within the Key Stage 2 history curriculum. In our blog, we look at some of comprehensive and well-researched activities on Busy Things that support the topic area.
Teaching Fractions with Busy Things
Fractions are an essential part of the National Curriculum for maths at primary school level. In this blog, we highlight the key areas of the National Curriculum relating to fractions for each year group.
Teaching Number and Place Value with Busy Things
Number and place value is one of the most important areas of the primary maths curriculum. In this blog, we highlight some of our activities to support its teaching.
Spotlight on English Writing Skills
With the latest KS2 SATs results highlighting writing as one of the areas most impacted by school closures, there is a lot of focus on these skills at present. We look at how Busy Things English activities can help.
NEW Phonics Screening Check Resources Maker!
Use our NEW Phonics Screener Resource Maker to create custom mock-tests and practice games at the push of a button!
Spotlight on Our KS2 Maths Activities
There is a lot more to Busy Things’ Maths content than just games. This blog uncovers some of the maths activities and activity types available, focusing on KS2 maths.
The Clock Widget – An interactive clock to help children learn to tell the time
Our interactive clock widget is an exciting teaching tool to help children develop an understanding of the concept of time and to learn to tell the time in analog and digital formats. Perfect for use on an interactive whiteboard.
Teaching Children How to Tell the Time: Hints and Tips
Learning how to tell the time can be a tricky business so we’ve pulled together some hints and tips on how you can support your child to learn this essential skill.
Primary Curriculum: The Shape Of Things To Come
In June 2012 the Department for Education published draft Programmes of Study for primary English, maths and science.