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How you say it is just as important as what you say
I was introducing one of my Primary students the other day to the idea of irony, when she asked me, “So how do we know if someone really means what they say or not?” Because most of us grow up in a consistent social environment that presents us with norms we...
Keeping motivated through the colder months
Many of us find that our habits unconsciously change when the weather turns cold. If the sun is not shining we often find that energy levels drop and so too does our productivity. Stay active The middle of the school year is often where the most important concepts...
Digital natives or digitally naïve?
Are you continually amazed at how your toddler seems to intuitively know whether to swipe, tap or click their way to successfully navigate an app they set eyes on only a few seconds ago? Techopedia, the encyclopedia of all things technology-related, calls such...
Positive Reinforcement (Getting Things Done and Keeping Your Sanity)
Waking up early, packing the bag, arriving at school on time and getting homework finished. It all starts again in less than a week! Surely there must be a better way than getting through it all than last year? There are plenty of sites that will help you ‘de-stress...
Is play on the way out?
Why, you might ask, given that I run an education centre, would I be writing an article about the merits of children spending time more time playing? While grasping academic basics is essential in building a foundation for learning, exploring the outdoors and using...
Could the Winter Blues be affecting your child’s academic performance?
“ ‘Tis the Winter of our discontent,” mused Shakespeare. Dictionary.com tells us that while “Summer is a period of fruition, fulfilment, happiness, or beauty,” Winter is “a period characterised by coldness, misery, barrenness or death.” Most of us would admit that we...