Before beginning official schooling, parents can give their young children a boost in learning mathematics by noticing, exploring and talking about maths during everyday activities at home or out and about. New research shows that parents play a key role in helping their children learn mathematics concepts involving time, shape,...
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Literacy involves meaning-making with materials that humans use to communicate – be they visual, written, spoken, sung, and/or drawn. Definitions vary according to culture, personal values and theories. We look to a broad definition of literacy as guided by UNESCO to be inclusive for all families. Children learn to be...
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Preparing For A New Year At School The holidays are coming to an end and you begin to notice that your child is becoming anxious, stressed, grumpy, not eating or losing sleep. What’s going on? Then it hits you that the commencement of the new school year is looming and...
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“Scientific research continues to support the theory that brain neurons that repeatedly fire together, wire together helping to make learning permanent.” Speed training can also be referred to as ‘brain training’ or ‘fluency training’. The premise is the same. Many literacy experts believe that the development of fluency skills is...
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One Small Step At A Time – The Class Novel Tips For Teachers 1 Posted By Liz Dunoon Students with dyslexia often have difficulty holding more than one or two points, ideas or facts in their head at the one time and retaining the information. For this reason it is...
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