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Keeping a balance in our classrooms

Avoiding the IT Overload Just last week I watched a toddler massively engaged in an ...

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Parenting Imperfectly

After meeting Tim Gill, my play guru from the UK, at a C & K ...

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Maggie’s tips for boosting your brain

When we buy a new device, such as an iPod or car, it usually comes ...

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School Readiness – Helping Parents Decide

My oldest son couldn’t write his name when he started school, but heck Michael is ...

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Buying gifts for children

Thrifty Christmas Might be the Magic Pudding When times are tight, I think it can ...

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Boys Matter: Silence, Stillness and Boys

“Boys are found everywhere, on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running ...

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Bullying in Our Schools: A different perspective

“Our world is becoming increasingly violent. Social and political initiatives everywhere are seeking to counteract ...

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Calming Our Students’ Lives

All parents and teachers want the best for the children in their care, we want ...

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Creating Our Own Life

Before I explore empowerment, I need to declare that being grateful, contented, often happy and ...

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Happy, calm children learn best

All parents want the best for their children – we want them to grow up ...

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Healthy Play vs Unhealthy Play

Most of you know how passionate I am about children having childhoods that are as ...

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Hidden influences on student learning

Sometimes as teachers we scratch our head wondering why some students perform to their potential ...

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Really Surviving Life: Real Resilience and Passion

“In humanistic psychology resilience refers to ‘an individuals ability to thrive and fulfil potential despite ...

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Is Your Child Ready for School?

Many families will by now have made the difficult decision about whether or not to ...

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The dirty secret about raising kids: It’s child’s play

I am going to let you in on a little secret about raising children. It’s ...

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The Real Truth About Homework

There isn’t a shred of evidence to support the widely accepted assumption that homework yields ...

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Using Visualisation and Mental Rehearsal in the Classroom

When students turn up in your classroom they bring with them invisible inhibitors to learning. ...

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Why Dads Matter – Especially to Girls

I am not sure who said it but I think there is great wisdom in ...