Children all over the UK have returned to school recently, some very happily but many others have struggled. We are all unique as are our experiences of the same event, and our feelings, as evidenced in the recent survey reported on by the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/nfpahaz8or/newsround-survey Here are some top tips for children who are strugglingContinue reading “Back to school struggles”
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Home Schooling Hints and Tips
Home schooling is not the easiest job in the world but there are things we can do to make it easier, even enjoyable for ourselves, and more importantly, our kids. 1. Find what works for you and your family Every child and every family are unique. What works for Dave may not work for Molly.Continue reading “Home Schooling Hints and Tips”
Play time or learning time?
Mainstream education has very clear cut times throughout the day scheduled for ‘learning time’, which takes up the majority of the day, and ‘play time’, usually 2 scheduled blocks of 15 minutes plus however long the child has left after lunch. For arguments sake, let’s say this is around 30 minutes. That’s an hour ofContinue reading “Play time or learning time?”
What is ‘education’?
Education is something I think about often, and love to hear others’ views about. Does education, as most dictionaries will tell you, simply pertain to ‘systematic instruction’? Certainly, I would agree that the education system here in the UK does seem to fall under the above definition. I have, however, come across another definition ofContinue reading “What is ‘education’?”
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