Book recommendation and I haven’t even finished it – but already love it.
The Book of You – Daily Micro-Actions For a Happier, Healthier You. By various contributors of various walks of life and professions.
The book is broken down into four categories: Food, Mind, Move, and Love.
It is a book designed to use daily to instigate change. By taking the sum of small micro-actions…
Rules of Motivation – in a nutshell.
April 1 – tomorrow – a great time to start a new goal.Spring is coming, clocks have changed, and weather is on our side.
1 – Set a major end goal, but more importantly, set the steps to achieve it.Without a clear plan, you will literally go one step forward, two steps back.You need to be aware of the possible setback…
“It only takes a minute to do that!” How many times have you heard this sort of statement? What are your thoughts?
How you react depends on your disposition towards time. Are you a person who meticulously measures time, or maybe you are a person who says, ‘It takes as long as it takes!’? Most adults fall somewhere in the middle.
However you look at it, time…
Industry expert gives the inside scoop on how to get kids back in the Maths charts. I am a former teacher and creator of education app Maths Rockx and would like to share my advice on how to get kids to love learning again and improve their maths’ skills.
Remember your school years? Let me guess your favourite subject – drama, music, art? Children are naturally drawn towards visual and…
JK Educate debunk the myths around your child’s education. Avoid Summer Regression! We all hear how important it is that children avoid forgetting what they’ve learned and losing their learning momentum during the long holidays. This is often called Summer Regression, which sounds quite alarming, but in truth you can prevent it very easily!
Are you wondering, like many other parents, “How…
Even though half the UK’s students are right brain learners many schools today are still catering primarily for left brain learners. If your child is struggling to learn it may be that their learning style is not being catered for. Recognising that there are different ways of thinking and understanding helps us to realise that children who are struggling are not necessarily academically…
The news of the UK’s slipping education standards is worrying: From not knowing who invaded England in 1066 to which century WW2 was in, these shocking statistics gathered over the last 12 months are a bit distressful.
Despite exam results going up each year, new research by the teacher-set exam revision service, Education Quizzes, confirms our fears: young people are struggling to keep up…
A picture speaks a thousand words and this is one of my favourites. A shame it wasn’t around in 1999 when my 4 year old son was being constantly scolded, chastised and persecuted by his teachers. I’ve felt for a long time that children in the UK start school far too early and when this is compounded by being an August born child – the odds for a smooth ride in the early years, dwindle to…
Introducing cursive handwriting in the first years of schooling is a daunting task for parent and child alike. Yet, more and more primary schools are insisting that a child entering school should embark on writing at this seemingly complicated level.
As a mother and a therapist I completely agree with this line of thought. In fact, I made sure that this was a pre-requisite when…
How often have you heard one of your children say to their brother or sister ‘I wish you’d never been born !’ For the most part, you will choose to ignore it, knowing in the grand scheme of things, this is just a sibling spat which will resolve itself eventually.
How does the significance change when a child says the same thing to a disabled sibling?
Understanding how disability can affect…