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How to help your child so reading, writing, and maths becomes fun.


Reading, writing, and doing maths: How not to help your child. Think back to when you were a child and being told that you would like something you had already got to dislike. Do you remember how annoying and unhelpful those talks were? You didn't believe them. You wished they would stop trying to convince… Continue reading How to help your child so reading, writing, and maths becomes fun.

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Revision is the key


Revise, revise, revise, when learning - the key to remembering reading, writing, and maths skills Children are often not getting enough time to revise the reading, writing, and maths skills they are learning in class. Regularly revising new skills, even when your child seems to have already understood and be able to use the skill,… Continue reading Revision is the key

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Keep revising basic skills with your child


Revise, revise, revise! Over-learning, rote learning, practise, and revision are all words that have gone a little out of fashion the last years - to our children's detriment. The longer I work with children, the more I become firmly convinced that regular revision and practise of basic skills enables children to easily master and use… Continue reading Keep revising basic skills with your child