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WHY IS CREATIVITY SO IMPORTANT?
This is such an important question and one I am asked all the time! As adults many of us forget how creative we were as children and lost...
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cygninicrafts
- Jan 20
- 2 min
Learning facts: Chinese New Year
Hey there! Did you know Chinese New Year starts this Sunday (22nd Jan)? Yep, the year of the Rabbit is almost upon us and this week I am...
cygninicrafts
- Jan 13
- 2 min
HELP! HOW DO I SUPPORT MY CHILD’S LEARNING?!
Yep, we’ve all been there. The homework comes home, or the home-learning takes a turn and you feel like you need to do as much learning...
cygninicrafts
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Dreamer or Planner? What's the difference?
Happy 2023 to you all! Have you made any resolutions yet? I haven’t. I decided a few years ago that I was never any good at keeping them!...
cygninicrafts
- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
A Drop of Crafty Kindness
I was walking in the woods this week and came across this tiny pine tree. I really wanted to decorate it and give someone a surprise when...
cygninicrafts
- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
PLAN, DO, REPEAT...
I’ve tweaked the mantra of many an Early Years educator, but this week it’s time to make this YOUR MANTRA! How often (if at all) do you...
cygninicrafts
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
THAT’S NOT RUBBISH!
So, I could have gone two ways with this post… either I am just about to write about how we shouldn’t tell children what they have...
cygninicrafts
- Oct 30, 2022
- 2 min
HALLOWEEN SHENANIGANS!
This is a celebration post! A chance to share some amazing makes by the children I have had the pleasure to share this last week with 😁...
cygninicrafts
- Oct 23, 2022
- 4 min
Let's have some Halloween fun! 🎃
Yes, it’s that time again! (comes round quick, doesn’t it?! Or is that just me?). Here in the UK, we have half term this week and the...
cygninicrafts
- Oct 15, 2022
- 2 min
Story-telling – a creative opportunity not to be missed!
Kids love stories, right? If you have children, you will have books – probably lots of them, whether bought, borrowed or lovingly handed...
cygninicrafts
- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
Keeping your child’s creative spark alive (without it costing a penny!)
With a squeeze on our finances right now, it can sometimes feel that ‘growing’ a creative child would just be something that might cost...
cygninicrafts
- Sep 24, 2022
- 3 min
Creating space for downtime.
I’ve had a few conversations recently about downtime and how important it is for children, so I thought this week I’d just put out a...
cygninicrafts
- Sep 8, 2022
- 3 min
Take a story, create a world
Hand’s up how many of you or your children have a favourite storybook? 🙋♀️ Yep, me too! (some of my favourite childhood books are above...
cygninicrafts
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
Observations. The key to creating thinking.
Happy September! How did the rest of the year seem to pass so quickly? It just seems, doesn’t it, that with each passing year, the months...
cygninicrafts
- Aug 25, 2022
- 4 min
Five Top Parent Tips for getting school-ready!
As we near the end of the summer break here in the UK, it’s time to start thinking about getting into routine and preparing your child...
cygninicrafts
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
Let’s learn about…
CREATIVITY! If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you will understand how important creativity is in the development of ourselves...
cygninicrafts
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
Six creative hacks for learning times tables (while not being at school!)
We know school's out for summer and kids just don’t want to learn (well, about school stuff, anyway!), but the reality is that six weeks...
cygninicrafts
- Jul 28, 2022
- 1 min
SUMMER CHALLENGE 2022 IS HERE!
So, this year’s Cygnini Creative Summer Challenge has arrived! 🥳 And if you haven’t signed up yet, it’s not too late! SIGN UP HERE>>> We...
cygninicrafts
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Beach Days, Beach Fun!
Following on from last week’s post, I’ve been thinking about beach activities some more. The beach offers us many opportunities for...
cygninicrafts
- Jul 7, 2022
- 3 min
ARGH! Summer school break! Help!
I’ve had people asking me recently about learning through the long summer break and how they can keep up the momentum from school....
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