How to add some creative and dramatic flair to your stay-at-home schooling bag of tricks. So you are stuck. At home. With your kids. And like Frodo and his Ring, you are resisting the pull of the digital screen to save you from the monsters of isolation. Let’s...
What makes the brain so incredible and complex is its potential to make connections through creativity! If you weren’t aware, the 1990’s were dubbed (perhaps more famously in the scientific community) as the decade of the brain. The brain is the most complex organism...
‘Trust me – I got this.’ Few phrases can make a parent so proud….and oh so terrified. The very idea of trust is tricky. It doesn’t come easily for many people and it is particularly difficult for parents who have grown accustomed to being the steadfast,...
Why creativity is an indispensable skill in 2020. We have just begun a new decade, so those of you who wished you could’ve been alive in the roaring 20’s (like Owen Wilson discovered in Woody Allen’s masterpiece Midnight in Paris) well, now is your chance. Only what...
Screen time is almost as hot a topic as the weather at the moment. Apple have added an app letting you know how much time you actually spend on your screens, and people are becoming shocked. This isn’t just about phones. Screens are everywhere: the computer, the iPad,...
Reading out loud “Wilfred owned a moose. He hadn’t always owned a moose. The moose came to him a while ago and he knew, just KNEW, that it was meant to be his. He thought he would call him Marcel.” My superpower is that I can recite Oliver Jeffers’...
Stepping into a modern classroom is an assault on the senses. Children are subjected to a learning space constantly aglow with screens. The humble chalkboard has bitten the dust and been replaced with whiteboard-sized interactive screens. As if this isn’t enough, gone...
Sometimes, parenting is too much. Sometimes when children act out or get tired they are too much. And sometimes – okay, a lot of the times – playing games with your child can be just too darn much. It’s just a natural part of parenting. You’ve...
‘I’m bored’. These words to a parent are like a sting. Sometimes you hear your child say these words and your heart might ache. Afterall, everyone has experienced it and no one likes it. But sometimes it chews you up with frustration – how many toys, books, art...
There is nothing wrong with being shy. It is completely natural, especially in children and teens, and can present itself in varying degrees. All children are different and react to their social environments with a range of temperaments. When you throw a child in...
