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MInd Set – Magic or Madness
October 13, 2015There is a lot of talk about ‘mind sets’ at the moment, and for good reason. Mind sets are simply what we believe in, what we see as true and these mind sets can have a great impact on our lives. We often se it with children, they think they can’t do something so get […]
Helping Children Be Ready to Read
October 2, 2015Most parents want their children to be readers and we get lots of questions about how best to help very small children to be ready to read so here’s a few principles. A Story In Portugal recently we had some Portuguese lessons, I wasn’t looking forward to it because I have not had good experiences […]
How to Handle those Tricky conversations with Children
September 23, 2015It’s something every parent has to face at some point with their children- having one of those tricky conversations. Often it’s a time that is difficult for parents too – times when a relative or friend has died, there is news of a serious illness, a relationship break up,redundancy or an unexpected house move, but […]
Supporting Your Children’s Education
September 18, 2015Parents often ask what they can do to support their child’s learning – so I thought it would be useful to put a few ideas for parents here. Obviously sometimes tuition can be really helpful, especially if your child is experiencing problems or they are falling behind a bit but there are many other things […]
Enjoying stores – to encourage reading
September 12, 2015Most parents want their children to read – well it begins when they are very small by making sure that they enjoy stories and of course that is down to the parents, or people who read regularly to them. Here’s a few tips to make sure reading a story is fun for both the adult […]
7 Strategies to Help You Deal With Negativity
August 23, 2015If you are striving to be successful, and most of us are in some area of our lives, then it is important to surround ourselves with positivity. But many of us know that can be tough. It is amazing how often people can be negative. Often this is just what we don’t need, many of […]
4 Good Reasons to Get Reading
August 9, 2015When it’s summer and holiday time one of the things that many people enjoy is a good read. Of course lots of people read every day, whether they are on holiday or not but others find it’s when they are away from work that they can rally enjoy losing themselves in a good book. As […]
Creating positive behaviour cycles
June 24, 2015Teachers and parents are both aware that it is very possible to find yourself stuck in a negative cycle of behaviour. It may be behaviour in general or it could be specific aspects of behaviour that get struck into a negative cycles. With parents and children for example it may be around bedtimes or mealtimes […]
Phonics
June 12, 2015Many little children in year 1 will have taken a phonics screening test recently. This was something that was introduced recently as it is a good indicator of future reading success. Many parents find phonics a bit confusing, especially those who weren’t taught to read themselves using this method. With a phonic approach the emphasis is […]
Jan 2015 Cultures for Learning
January 20, 2015I read an article to day about how getting children to be more active within classrooms can actually help them to learn. It didn’t seem surprising to me at all, what is surprising is the way we expect even small children to spend large parts of their day actually sitting down. Small children move constantly, as […]