Model the Behaviour you Wish to View in Your Child.
If we want to cultivate a community of love, a group of children and families who respect and protect each other, we must model this behaviour ourselves. It’s takes a village to raise a child and our actions and behaviours are watched closely by the ever
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What We Forget About Teaching!
The word ‘Teacher’ is not to be taken literally. As teachers we are more than a vessel to transmit information into the minds of our children, we are a lot more! Our presence alone will define what it means to be alive. Our example to the
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The Role of Essential Skills in Education.
Our current educational outcomes are designed not for the future, but for an Industrial Age that’s over 150 years old. Designed for a lifestyle and workforce long gone. Teaching for the sake of learning and remembering facts’ We must ask ourselves, “Why am I teaching this?”
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10 Lessons Every Child Needs to Learn!
School is crucial for the obvious reasons! Learning mathematics, understanding how to construct a sentence and understanding the processes in science, history and geography, but there are some lessons that you won’t find In any mainstream curriculum and they are absolutely crucial lessons for any students
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The Communication Between the Hand and Mind!
The cognitive development of our children is heavily dependent of the communication between the hand and mind! If we allow our children to feel their way through the curriculum, to hear the learning objectives, to listen to the sounds of the educational goals and expectations and
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Construction – July: Week 1
Good morning Happy Hoppers, Moms and Dads. We hope you are all healthy and keeping fit! 💪 Let us start our days with our morning ring time. 🎼🧮 Our theme this week is Construction, Buildings and Factories! 👷♀👷🏗️🚧🚩🌆🏭👨🏭👩🏭 1. What is construction? The action of building
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80 Practical-life Activities for Toddlers During Covid-19 (free download)
Here are 80 life skills you can allow your toddler to carry out at home, setting them up well for their transition to school. Some of them will require a great deal of patience from you, but I promise your patience will pay off in the
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6 Steps to the Perfect Lesson.
Step 1. – Show this picture to a group of children! Step 2. – Tell them it’s black and white! Step 3 – Zoom in and prove it, explain how the human brain can use memory to fill gaps in colour. Step 4 – Ask the
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Your Guide to Teaching Essential Skills in School.
Dear Educators, Parents and Educational leaders, I write to you an open letter. One which I hope can change the world and ultimately save it. I have put this together with one Intention in mind. To change the way, we all look at education forever. In
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The Importance of Trust!
Whether you’re helping children find their lost hat, their favourite pencil, their confidence, their determination or self esteem, each job is equally as important because it all leads to trust. #educators #dsm #montessori
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