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Archive for March,2020

Gavin

200 Montessori Tasks for Toddlers, that Parents Can Practise During lockdown

Do you know a parent of a toddler or toddlers struggling to find their way around home schooling during COVID-19? Well luckily […]

11 months ago
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Interactive ‘Learning from Home’ Timetable for Parents Everywhere during Week 2 of lockdown.

Hello everyone, During this time of ‘learning from home’ it can be hard to decide what is the right amount of each […]

11 months ago
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Sydney Bookshop Delivers Personality-Based Bundles of Books During COVID-19 Crisis

Tanya Natalie and her father, Gerard, run a second-hand bookstore in Hornsby, The Bookplate, that has been in operation for nearly 30 […]

11 months ago
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100 Free Places to Find Tools for “Learning From Home” During COVID-19

There’s all here!!! Albert-an instructional companion that personalizes and accelerates learning Alchemie-offers interesting chemistry resources AmazingPeopleSchools– a perfect tool for students to […]

11 months ago
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12 Steps to Maximise Learning From Home During COVID-19 School Closures

During these times of uncertainly, it is difficult to predict what tomorrow will bring. But with countries around the world enforcing lock […]

12 months ago
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Don’t Make this Mistake.

12 months ago
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Allow your Students to be Smarter than You!

“If we think that teaching is simply standing at the front and lecturing our students, we limit them to only being as […]

12 months ago
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How to Establish a Self-Directed learning environment.

What does it look like when we engage our children in their own learning? And how can we give them ownership over […]

12 months ago
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Use the Senses as Your Educational Toolkit.

Igniting the senses should be our first priority in any lesson. No amount of technology, artificial intelligence, textbooks, worksheets or programming can […]

1 year ago
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Let Nature Teach us the Most Difficult Lessons.

Nature can teach our children the most valuable lessons in life. Sometimes nature models the behaviour we wish to see in our […]

1 year ago
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Allow Children to Find Their Place in the World.

Teaching a child how to care for a caterpillar, is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. You […]

1 year ago
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The Perfect Lesson Structure. 100%

I have been thinking about what the perfect lesson looks like. Here it is. Introduction 2% – This is where you explain […]

1 year ago
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Non-verbal Cues Before 1.

This will be the best thing you have read all week! I promise. One of the best foundation skills for children is […]

1 year ago
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Tactile Learning or Standardised learning? You Decide.

I wonder if she needs to sit in silence for 45 minutes colouring boxes during a standardised test, so that we can […]

1 year ago
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Split Strategy Vs Compensation Strategy!

The secret to any good lesson, is to give the children several strategies to solve the problem in front of them whilst […]

1 year ago
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Early Years Skill Development.

How important is it for adults to have faith in their child’s ability to succeed? The early years are the best opportunity […]

1 year ago
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