This December we will take on our biggest challenge yet. To renovate and equip a huge school in the south of Nepal, to give 500

To teach children the power of acceptance is one thing, but to allow them to live in a classroom where it’s part of the ethos,

Providing your child with a space they can call theirs is crucial to develop independence and a sense of ‘place’ in the household. What is

If we educate the mind without educating the heart then the fruits of our labour will be lost. Children will not remember the time you

If you stop and think long enough about what your true goal is as an educator, you will eventually come to the conclusion that the

Building resilience and adaptability comes from allowing children to take the lead during independent activities. Things may not always go to plan, but allowing children

As teachers, it is important that we make that connection with our students by allowing them to understand that we are human. We have feelings,

What an amazing night at Montessori Academy Bankstown. Tonight I gave a parenting workshop to these wonderful teachers and parents. The night was interactive and

If you want your children to really get a feel of the subject matter, give them something to hold, something to touch and move. Something

I love science! This is the first MRI of a mother kissing her baby. Her kiss has caused a chemical reaction in her baby’s brain

If you want your children to the become readers of tomorrow, then one must designate time to promote such activities. If you’re a teacher who

If you’re finding that your class are disengaging with your lessons, the reality is that they are probably getting a bit stale. It may be

If you want your children to be engaged in every lesson you teach, there’s one question you need to add into each and every lesson

To expect happiness on a daily basis is unrealistic. Not everyday in your job or in your relationship will be amazing. Not everyday will bring

Be carefully where you look for success criteria. Not all children grow in the same way. #children #Education #teacher

When we make competition the focus of all achievements in school, nobody wins. Yes, there’s always a winner who comes in first, but there’s the

1. Show me how to do it please, show me how to behave, how to be fair and how to be a good person. I

Our job as teachers has changed. The fact based curriculum is dead. Facts come easy. I mean just ask Siri or look on google. Our

As teachers it’s important to let go! Don’t try to control the outcome of each lesson and magic will happen. Feel free to say yes!

Limit the amount of time watching screens, but don’t eliminate them altogether. It’s the 21st Century and technology is a part of our lives and

Einstein once said that compound interest was the 6th wonder of the world. To be able to understand that if we set the foundations, the

By allowing your child to pack and carry their own bag to school, you are teaching them about responsibility, independence and self-regulation. They will learn

Montessori designed her materials so that childrem can not only understand the numbers as part of a greater system, they could feel the weight of

A small note: Academics are important, but it is important that we focus on more than this when we assess the development of our children.

Innovation in education may seem difficult, but it may be a lot simpler than we think. “To prepare children for the real world we must

If money was no object, what would you do with your time? Think about that for a while until you have an answer. What would

If you’re finding that your students are uninspired by mathematics, there are numerous ways in which you can teach it without insisting that your class

All my teacher friends will relate to this. Each day the children are dropped off at the classroom door where they say goodbye to their

Add this simple exercise to your school and you’ll notice a huge improvement in the engagement and academic ability of your students. “Going out’ as

Here is an example of two variations of the introduction to the same lesson. Which one do you like best? 1. Good morning children today

You may think your toddler is relatively dependent and that the things they do around the house don’t matter, but you’d be wrong. Simple actions

Teachers shape the future of our world. They educate our future leaders, and the responsibility of our planet lies in their hands. Quite often we

Attempting to get children interested in poetry can be difficult. Lots of children see poetry as a subject that’s similar to dance. They like to

When 60 trainee teachers cram into a tiny room in the back streets of Tiger Market in Kathmandu just to understand more about how the

Spending time listening to people who have lived a life we can only imagine, allows us to see what has gone before, what is happening

What happens when children draw? Why do they love it so much and should we be encouraging more of it? When children draw a picture

The world is demanding, it expects us to be alert and ready to operate at any given moment. With emails being delivered to your watch

This week in classrooms across NSW, students are being given a slip of paper that tells them their rank in class, relative to their peers.

Before flying to Nepal on Saturday to build a library for the community of Bagmati, I spent the night buying the essentials to make the

Building resilience in children is never easy. Here’s 30 ways to build natural resilience in children: 1. Validate their emotions 2. Encourage routines in the

It was a hot dusty day in Bangalore, India. 100 Muslim ladies attended a 3 day workshop on “Innovations in Education.” We talked about parenting,

1 year ago I had a vision. A vision to break down the barriers between primary and secondary school. A vision to allow essential skills

Whilst teaching polygons to a group of 8 year olds, I asked the children how they would like to represent their research. Some made books,

Purposeful play is a wonderful subject to discuss and observe. It is an aspect of Maria Montessori’s work that is linked highly to the cognitive

As a child I was prettified if speaking in front of audiences. Even crowds of 5 would cause me anxiety. It would show itself as

5 simple ways in which adults can allow children to develop a sense of emotional intelligence and they’re ridiculously simple; Listen (actively). It is so

The more we involve our students in the process of teaching and learning, the more they will feel part of the journey. They more they

What does ranking our children do to them mentally? Speaking from a teacher’s perspective, ranking our children serves no purpose at all. In fact the

You gotta dream? You wanna change the world? You wanna make a difference? Then get out there and do it!!! Take it, make it happen.

Within reason, allowing our children to figure situations out for themselves is absolutely crucial. Whether it is a little argument in the playground or a

“If we don’t put our childrens’ mental health first on our priority list, then we may as well be talking to a brick wall, because

Yesterday I drove out west to attend the annual Eid celebrations in the Muslim community. It was a beautiful night with beautiful people. As I

Are you a parent, teacher, coordinator or school principal? Are you interested in s free document listing ever single lesson a child needs between the

School leaders, executives, leadership teams, parents and the government all want the schools in their communities to improve. They want more engagement, higher student retention,

I live by my very own 20% teaching rule. Tell them the inspirational facts only! Make it a story, inspire them. Like this……. The earth

Be a teacher they said, it’s fun they said. You get to work with children, make a difference, do something you love. They said it

The world, life, love and the natural environment are filled with experiences that etch their way into your mind. They reside there like an old

Finding and enrolling your children into a new school is possibly one of the hardest decisions parents will ever make. The future of your little