Distance Learning – Week 1
As of last month, 165 countries had closed schools nationwide, impacting over 1.5 billion children and youth. There is also still great uncertainty as to when schools will reopen. Thankfully, these days, there are many free (or low-cost), easy-to-use digital communication tools that allow for a
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Interactive ‘Learning from Home’ Timetable (including videos) during Week 3 of COVID-19 lockdown.
Hello everyone, It’s been a tough two weeks for many. Don’t worry about how much you’re getting done. You’re doing a great job. If you’re finding it hard to get your children going in the morning. Try some morning exercise before the work begins. Maybe a
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Learning from Home ‘Practical Life’ Timetable (Week 5)
Not all learning is academic. Practical life involves learning how to live, learning how to be human and navigate this thing we call life. Download your printable PDF HERE Quite often we can miss some of the greatest lessons in life by underestimating their potential for
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]Distance learning, also known as correspondence education or home study, is a form of education where there is little or no face-to-face interaction between students and their instructors. Distance learning students usually study from home, instead of attending physical classes. Not all learning is academic. Practical
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Interactive ‘Learning from Home’ Timetable for Parents Everywhere during Week 2 of lockdown.
Hello everyone, During this time of ‘learning from home’ it can be hard to decide what is the right amount of each subject to teach. Nobody will call you out for doing a little too much maths or English during these times. My number 1 rule
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Learning From Home – Weekly Timetable
Some important points: Inform your child that during work time, you do not disturb dad/mum. And “if you are confused then here are some other things you could do” watering plants; tidying and organizing rooms; planning an outing; taking care of pets; Cleaning the kitchen/house repairing
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30 Ways to Build Resilience in Children
Building resilience in children is never easy. Here’s 30 ways to build natural resilience in children: 1. Validate their emotions 2. Encourage routines in the house 3. Let children cry, it’s normal 4. Respect their boundaries 5. Talk about feelings often 6. Give them an emotion
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Should Our Children Be Drawing More?
What happens when children draw? Why do they love it so much and should we be encouraging more of it? When children draw a picture there can be no wrong answer, there’s no incorrect drawing as a representation of a child’s imagination. It’s the ultimate experimentation
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Eighty Ways to Promote Independence in your Toddler at Home.
You may think your toddler is relatively dependent and that the things they do around the house don’t matter, but you’d be wrong. Simple actions parents take at home can have a long lasting impact on the way your child enters their first years of school.
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Educate the Heart
If we educate the mind without educating the heart then the fruits of our labour will be lost. Children will not remember the time you asked them to complete a worksheet or the time you made them sit in silence to write a story, for these
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