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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Weekly remote lessons – week 2
Race driver Callum makes a car Race Driver Callum Makes a Car early reader tells us a story of a driver who makes his own car. Bookbot books are designed as early readers to strengthen reading practices. DSM Schools gives children reading exercises during this lockdown
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Your Free Guide to Emotional Intelligence
Therefor I’ve put together the A to Z guide to emotional intelligence for children (and adults). It’s yours, it’s free to download and share as much as you like! As we all know, education is is an all encompassing entity that has roots that run deep
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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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