Number Sense

Just one tiny mistake and the whole thing is wrong! No wonder many children (not to mention quite a few adults) just give up on maths  more...

There’s More to it than Sounds

As a reaction to the whole language failures in many state school classrooms, the average home educator automatically thinks of phonics. But actually, what is phonics and what part does it have to play in the reading process? more...

Two Stars and a Wish

What do you do when your child shows you a piece of writing that he has authored? This article by Val Robb gives some great ideas for how to more...  

Grammar for Non- Grammarians

Part I

Like most of you, I learnt virtually no grammar at school. Being an ex teacher and therefore a by-product of the Education Department, I also learnt virtually no grammar there either. How sad is that? How do they expect teachers to teach it if they don’t know it themselves? more...

What's the Story?

What improves listening skills, broadens the vocabulary, improves grammar and helps with reading, at the same time as inspiring, educating and entertaining? The answer is... Listening to high quality stories!

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