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A tactile picture of king Tutankhamun's mask for blind children

Tactile-audio learning essentials for blind children and young people

There are a circle of very large standing stones in a field — The Stone Age
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Silver Athenian Coin with Owl detail, ancient greece — Ancient Greece

Sutton Hoo Helmet, copper helmet with full face mask, anglo saxons — Anglo-Saxons

Ancient Egyptian Charioteer. A man chariot racing in red chariot with horse galloping in front. — Romans In Britain

Queen Victoria seated wearing crown, white veil, diamond necklace and black embellished dress. — Victorian Britain

Iconic head and shoulders portrait of Shakespeare wearing white collar and embellished medieval clothing. — Tudor Times

Tutankahmun's Mask, embellished gold mask of this ancient Egyptian pharaoh. — Ancient Egypt

Sir Winston Churchill wearing black suit, bow tie and top hat, making his famous V for Victory sign with his right hand. — World War 2

The Lemon Buzzer experiment showing an alarm clock wired to four lemons. — Science Alive! Chemistry Experiments
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue, written and illustrated by Ronda and David Armitage. A man in a rowing boat rowing towards a lighthouse behind. Three seagulls are circling around. — Science Alive! Fantastic Light featuring The Lighthouse Keeper’s Rescue
Rhonda and David Armitage

Experiment showing a funnel, tubing and a tin can inside part of a plastic bottle, demonsrating hydraulic lifting. — Science Alive! Science Experiments

Biology textbook image showing a the musculature under the skin of a person in running motion. — Science Alive! The Body Owner’s Guidebook

Illustration of a rainforest region showing trees, native American, Sloth, Jaguar and Parrot, that are foound in the different layers of the biome. — Science Alive! The Wonder of Life

Illusration showing the sea bed with two large plumes of water rising up from it, above this is a deep sea fish and a yellow submarine. — Science Alive! The World Below

images of weather — Images of Weather

Close up illusration of the head of Tyraosaurs Rex with its mouth open showing us all its teeth, dinosaurs roar crazy cretaceous — Dinosaurs ROAR! Crazy Cretaceous

Two Utahraptors fighting in a desert, dinosaurs roar jurassic planet — Dinosaurs ROAR! Jurassic Planet

Illustration showing an Allosaurus and Stegasaurus in the foreground and an erupting volcano in the background, dinosaurs roar triassic rocks — Dinosaurs ROAR! Triassic Rocks

forest school nature detectives — Forest School – Nature Detectives

forest school on the farm — Forest School – On the Farm

forest school wild about bushcraft — Forest School – Wild about Bushcraft

Spot Bakes a Cake written and illustrated by Eric Hill. A yellow puppy dog, wearing a chef's hat, sits at the kitchen table licking the brown cake mixture off a wooden spoon over a mixing bowl. — Spot’s Big Book of Maths (includes Spot Bakes a Cake)
Eric Hill

kings and queens — Kings and Queens

Two boys are sat on bed in their pajamas. One is around 4 and the other is around 2. They are reading a picture book together.

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