Maybe it's because we're snowed in..

...that I've got that "make do and mend" feeling! I can hardly resist the opportunity to take some snowy pictures and make some wintry activities.

For many years I've been considering cycles in SEN software development. Should publishers provide vast quantities of fixed content, or editing features and less content? Of course it depends on the application, but many of our own programs contain both a great deal of content yet are also editable for those occasions where you really must add your own topical pictures, sound, text etc.

Some people never get beyond the provided content - Crosswords and More for example has over 800 ready-made activities yet is still editable. You can also add your own content to Two by Two, Reading World, Words and Sentences, Learn More About Words, Learn More Through Games and HIPP!.

If you're anything like us at the moment - 30cm plus deep in snow with more on the way, the roads impassable and the schools shut - perhaps you'll get the chance to make something seasonal too!