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I'm Mark Taylor and I interview educators from around the world so that I can enable you to support your children to live, learn and grow to their full potential

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For Dyslexic Parents: A wordless picture book making StoryTime fun – Silent Snow

November 17, 2025

Kirsty Heap is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and neurodiversity advocate who helps individuals and organisations create environments where people can truly thrive. Drawing on her lived experience of dyslexia, she empowers business owners and leaders to understand their strengths, build confidence, and grow sustainably. Kirsty is also the author of Silent Snow, a picture…

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Digital Seatbelts: Making Broadband Safer for Children with Network-Level Parental Controls

November 10, 2025

Mashood Ahmad is the CEO and founder of Gigabit IQ, an award-winning UK broadband provider dedicated to delivering safer, smarter, and faster internet through fully managed Wi-Fi and industry-leading online safety tools. A recognised voice in digital inclusion and child online protection, Mashood is a Council Member at ISPA UK and a vocal advocate for…

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Free Music Education for All Students: Digital Resources & Live Performances | Aurora Orchestra

November 3, 2025

Aurora Orchestra’s creative learning programme supports teachers to bring rich musical education and experiences to all children. The Aurora Classroom programme encompasses: digital resources for primary and secondary schools flexible cross-curricular resources for SEND settings training for teachers from our team of experts world-class programme of live activity for children and young people. Music at…

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A Children's Podcast, Mentoring, Online Teaching and Learning Tool, Science, Maths, Spelling, Reading & Writing, Arts, Resilience Empathy & Global Citizenship, Parent Engagement, Whole School Mental Health

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Most Recent Blog Posts

Primary Music Lesson 6

17 Jan 2018

Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble with individual work with the ganza players.  

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Primary Music Lesson 5

17 Jan 2018

Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble with a phonetic pattern – “Baked Beans, Sausage, Tomato” – to help learn the key rhythmic element for the Tamborim.  

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Primary Music Lesson 4

17 Jan 2018

Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble with a phonetic pattern to help learn the key rhythmic element for the Agogo.

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National Association for Primary Education

Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.

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