ActAble

17/08/2025

For more posts about play, learning, child development, forest school, drama & home education, please follow my newer page Play Response.

22/11/2024

Since covid, I have been busy having our 2nd child & doing other things (such as running a home ed meet up, forest school & playwork in the holidays).
I loved putting my drama hat back on at Home Educating Families Festival 2023.

I also started a page about play & home education. Here's a link:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550094388873

I'm taking on more work now, so please give me a shout if you have any requests or queries.

Advocating play as the natural mechanism for learning.
I am a playworker, forest school leader, drama facilitator & home educator. I also worked as a children's theatre performer for many years.

11/03/2022

20/08/2021

Didn't need to go to yale to discover this. I did a post about puppets & autism ages ago. Nice to have my genius confirmed though haha.
https://www.facebook.com/119004925104727/posts/1483576261980913/

Research by the Yale Child Study Center suggests that puppets could be a powerful tool to help children with ASD improve their social engagement.

19/08/2021

2 qualifications completed...1 to go!

29/07/2021

08/01/2021

Don't stress, if your kids are doing any of this, then they are learning! Children are evolved to learn through play. This shows the play types.

05/01/2021

If anyone would like ideas to help your child reach a learning goal playfully, just give me a shout & I'd be happy to help. (I'm a qualified playworker/ forest school leader/ drama teacher, with time on my hands, so happy to help) x

21/12/2020

It's made my week to hear great news from one of my students (I've not seen since march). Smashing it in drama class at new school. I've seen your confidence grow & I've seen you get through tricky times. We could all learn from you right now, you really do inspire me xx

07/12/2020

Idea for storytelling.
Use toys and loose parts to make a map. (add string for grid reference for sneaky extra learning). Have fun playing & making up stories.

11/11/2020

Just thought I'd share. Free level 2 courses. Maybe of interest to parents, as some are related to children? I'm doing one currently & finding good so far x