How to Tackle an Assessment Task – Where Do I Begin?
What do you do when given an assessment task? Do you panic or experience a sense of heaviness? Do you wonder “Where do I start?” Is it clear to you […]
Category: Tutorials
Tutorials are our major service to our clients. This category includes anything relating to the location, availability, times, costs, staff, students, purpose and nature of tutorials.
Managing Time Important?
“How important is time management to a hairdresser?” I asked. “Very important,” was the reply, “especially in a busy salon like this with so much going on.” I glanced around […]
It’s About Time
What is time? What do we understand by the ‘passing of time’? How do we teach our children to be ‘on time’, to ‘tell the time’ and to ‘manage’ their […]
What’s the big deal about ‘place value’?
Have you been told that your child needs more work on place value? What is place value and why does it matter? How can you help your child understand and […]
Why Use Ten Frames for Early Maths Skills?
A simple, useful, hands-on visual aid for teaching counting and place value is the Ten Frame. What is a Ten Frame you may ask? It is a drawing of a […]
Icy-Pole Sticks and Early Maths’ Concepts
Looking for hands-on activities to help your Prep to Year 6 student learn Maths’ facts and concepts? Look no further than the humble icy-pole stick which can be purchased in […]
Learning ‘Times Tables’ Without Pain
Mrs A stands at the front of the class, pointing stick in hand, demanding all eyes to the front while she points to each line of the three times tables […]
Tips to help children become readers (3)
Looking for ways you can help your child with reading at home? Are you wondering ‘How often?’ or ‘How long?’ or ‘Where do I start?’ If this sounds like you, […]
Tips to help children become readers (2)
Have you ever wondered how children learn to read? Perhaps you struggled with reading at school yourself and don’t know how to help your own child become a reader. We […]
Tips to help young children become readers (1)
“Reading is the process of getting meaning from print. It doesn’t begin with or depend on knowing the alphabet or knowing the ‘sounds’. It is all about making sense.” So […]