Top 6 word games
Looking for some fun word games to use with your child or class? They’re a great way to practise spelling and boost their vocabulary skills! Take a look at our top six favourite games below. Bananagrams This word game requires players to make as many words as they can from letter tiles in a crossword […]
Using maths in everyday life: real world maths
Everyday, we make hundreds of decisions based on maths without even realising it. Here are just some of the daily decisions you may face, and how you use maths to make them! 8:00am: the alarm goes off How long do you have before you need to leave? You can calculate how many minutes you have until your […]
How Doodle uses gamification to maximise motivation
Here at Doodle, ‘gamification’ is central to our apps. Here are just some of the features we use to make learning a fun and rewarding experience for children! Maximising motivation Stars and streaks are a fantastic way to promote healthy habits by encouraging ten minutes of daily practice, which can help to consolidate knowledge and […]
Find out what motivates your child
Every child is different. We often consider how children differ in their abilities (we display this as Doodle Ages), and their strengths and weaknesses (demonstrated in our Gap Analysis). In DoodleMaths, we try to create functionality which appeals to visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners (much research indicates that touchscreen interaction aids memory for these type […]
How gamification is changing education
Out and about in town, it’s not unusual to see Fortnite t-shirts and lunch boxes in shop windows, joggers feverishly checking their Fitbits to see how many points they’ve earned after a run, and groups of smart-phone users gathered together in the pursuit of rare creatures in Pokémon Go. It’s fair to say that gaming […]
Story time for active brains
In our post on The Importance of Being Earnest, we looked at why books are so important and why we should encourage children to read more. But, there is also a very strong case for reading out loud to your class. Often, teachers who share a story with their class will experience that most valuable […]
National Share-a-Story Month: travelling tales
Trains, boats, planes, rockets, time travel, horse and cart, on foot, by bike, space travel… There are so many ways to travel, and all of these could be used as inspiration for National Share-a-Story Month 2019. This May, why not harness the power of telling and sharing stories and get your pupils excited about literacy? […]