Tag: education
8 Reasons Why You Should Send Your Toddler To Pre-School
Regardless of childcare arrangements for their earlier years of life, the time will come when you’ll think about whether or not you should send...
6 Tips That Will Help Your Kids Learn To Love Reading
For me, a love of books is a gift. One of my greatest pleasures in life is to lose myself in a favourite story,...
Junk The Plastic: Family-Friendly Ways To A Greener Future
It’s been claimed that there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050 if we don’t change our ways. Single use plastic...
The ‘Global Child’ – How To Raise A Citizen Of The...
When I was three years old, my mum and I travelled to Italy to visit our family there. We went by coach, ferry and...
It’s Another Winner From Fisher-Price – Your Child Will Love The...
Friendly, colourful and offering a wealth of activities, the Singin’ Soccer Ball is bound to become one of your baby’s favourite toys.
When Your Child Doesn’t Want To Go To School – ‘School...
There are few of us whose kids haven’t feigned illness to get a day off school when they simply didn’t feel like going....
Lego Introduces Braille Bricks To Teach Blind And Visually Impaired Kids
A new project from the makers of one of the world's best-loved toys is aiming to help blind and visually impaired children learn through...
Pupils To Learn About The Dangers Of Female Genital Mutilation
The dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be on the curriculum in English secondary schools by 2020 as part of new government education...
First Day At School? Here Are 7 Tips To Help Your...
A child’s first day at school is a major milestone. Parents around the world are getting ready – and trying to make sure their...
Curious Kids: Are Zombies Real?
Are zombies real? – James, aged 8, Sydney, Australia There are lots of TV shows about zombies. Most of them are for older people and...
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5 Tips For Your College Kids To Avoid Burnout
Burnout is a stress-related state of exhaustion and often leads to feelings of isolation, low accomplishment and even depression. Although research has long shown...
Career Guidance For Kids Is Our Best Hope For Climate Change
We all care, at some level, about our planet and for our children. And yet, ample research has proven that we are doing a...
? Why Children Ask ‘Why?’ And What Makes A Good Explanation
When I was about four years old, I asked my mother one of my first ‘Why?’ questions: ‘Mom, why does Pippo live underwater?’ Mom...
I Wondered How I’d Cope As A Single Dad Of Four – But Now...
What do you think when you see a dad out and about doing everyday chores with his kids – buying groceries in the supermarket...
This Is What Happens When You Home School Your Children
My partner Bob and I first decided we were going to home educate our children when we were driving back from a wedding in...
Could Feeding Solid Food Improve Your Baby’s Sleep?
It’s one of those questions new parents ask anxiously again and again – when should you start feeding your baby solid food? Years ago, the...