Professor of linguistics Kersti Börjars and students at the university created a rich teaching tool covering everything from nouns and adjectives to eponyms and idioms for the platform, designed to support key stage 2 children (7-11) at school and at home.
The team at Manchester children's University have a great passion for learning. Since first working with them back in 2010 when flash was still flying high they've always been very trusting in my creative input, letting me add a little character and humour here and there, without disturbing the the practical learning exercises.
The 'adjective detective' and 'noun monster' were already part of the original content and it was great to give them both a little bit of a makeover, putting the 'noun monster' in the John Rylands Library - where I'm sure a word monster would want to live, made sense. It's been a refresher for own knowledge too, I'm sure back in school I learned that to "talk the hind leg off a donkey" was an idiom and not an eponym, but it helps to be reminded. That and also finding a way of drawing a legless donkey in a way that's not too grim!
Check out this module for yourself over at the Manchester children's university website along with many other great learning modules they have there. I'm proud to be a contributor to this great online learning resource for children.
