STEM, Learning & Parenting
Explore STEM and STEAM activities, parenting tips, learning ideas and educational inspiration for raising curious, confident young minds.
From hands-on experiments and creative challenges to learning through play and everyday parenting, discover ideas to help children explore, question, create and develop a lifelong love of learning.
4 daily mindful activities you can do with kids
4 mins Children are very aware of what's going on around them. They're so much like sponges, absorbing and taking in everything. With the stress and talk of the cost of living crisis, it's important to ensure that we're meeting our children's wellbeing needs. So we...
World Mental Health Day
3 min Monday was World Mental Health Day. This year's theme is 'Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority'. World Mental Health Day works to ensure mental health is treated the same as physical health. Mental health problems is growing amongst our...
ITV News interview
2 mins https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CBDYXrLrmiM Watch ITV News interview What an amazing day we had on Saturday at Afrori Bookshop's Black History Month event in Brighton. We had so much fun being filmed by ITV News as we did the workshop. The workshop was...
Black History Month Event
2 mins To celebrate the start of Black History Month, Afrori Books bookstore in Brighton is kicking off with a history extravaganza. Denhue will be doing a fun and interactive reading from a part of our STEM Leaders: Black inventors and innovators who changed the...
National Coding Week – Our Tips for Kids
3 mins This week is National Coding Week here in the UK and we often get asked by parents how to get their kids into coding. There are many benefits of coding for kids, including improving their; logical thinking, problem solving skills, resilience and their maths...
Our Black History Month Resource
4 mins Black History Month is only a few weeks away (where is the time going? It will be Christmas soon, eek!) Our STEM Leaders: Black inventors and innovators who changed the world book would be a great resource. We all know schools will not be teaching children...
Our Back to School Tips
Is your child starting school soon? Starting school for the first time can be daunting to both parents and kids. It can bring up a lot of feelings
Our Thoughts About The Childcare Crisis
We’ve been hearing a lot about the childcare crisis. But it wasn’t until it affected us where we had to stop and think about how dire the situation is becoming.
20 Rainy Day Activities to Do with Kids
20 Rainy Day Activities to do with kids at home
Why it’s important to support your child’s brain development in the first 3 years of life
Did you know by age 3, a child’s brain has reached 80% of its adult volume? This is why it’s VERY important to support this massive brain development in the first 3 years of their life.
Hello, we’re Natalie & Denhue
We’re the founders of Little Scholars Playground. Between us we have 20 years experience of working in the Stem industry, so we’re also passionate about encouraging young children to embrace STEM.
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