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Making Learning Fun: How to Spark Curiosity in Your Child

As parents, we all hope our kids enjoy learning. It’s not about ticking boxes or getting everything right; it’s about seeing their eyes light up when they discover something new.

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The Importance of Early Expert Intervention for Your Child's Learning Issues

Are you noticing your child struggling with learning? Don't wait for the problem to worsen or hope that it will resolve on its own.

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Boosting Your Child’s Focus at School

Many children find it challenging to maintain focus in school, which can impact their ability to learn effectively and enjoy their educational experience. Discover effective strategies to help your child improve their concentration in the classroom.

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Helping Your Child Manage Anxiety

Anxiety can greatly impact a child's ability to learn and socialise. Discover practical strategies to help your child manage anxiety and find calm.

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Understanding Structured Literacy

What is Structured Literacy? Structured literacy is a method of teaching reading and writing that’s clear, organised, and step-by-step. Think of it as a roadmap for language

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Boost Your Child's Social Skills by Reducing Screen Time

In today's digital age, kids spend around 7-8 hours a day on screens, which can harm their social skills and emotional well-being. Here’s why and how reducing screen time can make

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Nurturing Resilience in Children: Strategies for Parents and Schools

In today's fast-paced world, parents and educators are constantly seeking effective ways to support children's learning and behaviour.

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The Four Pillars of Parenting:

As parents, our ultimate goal is to raise happy, well-adjusted children who are prepared for life's challenges.

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A Stress-Free Summer

Here are six tips to help you enjoy the summer holidays with your kids while maintaining a stress-free atmosphere.

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Preparing Your Child for School: A Smooth and Enjoyable Journey

Here are some tips and strategies to help ensure your child is ready for school and that the experience is a positive one for both of you.

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Navigating the School Lunch Box

Time Out has fallen out of favour, in recent times as some parents feel this is too punitive. CBS uses the word Calm Space instead of ‘Time Out” to communicate that it is not used to be punitive but rather as a way to extinguish challenging behaviours.

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Time Out or Calm Space

Time Out has fallen out of favour, in recent times as some parents feel this is too punitive. CBS uses the word Calm Space instead of ‘Time Out” to communicate that it is not used to be punitive but rather as a way to extinguish challenging behaviours.

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Paediatric Feeding Disorders: Do Acupuncturists have a role?

What is Paediatric feeding disorder (PFD)? Paediatric feeding disorder (PFD) is impaired oral intake that is not age-appropriate and is associated with medical, nutritional,

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The Unique Wiring of the Gifted Brain

How many times, as the parent or educator of a gifted child have you heard the old gem “All children are gifted”? It’s something parents and educators of gifted children hear too often. But what if I told you that gifted children are actually neurologically different?

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TIPS when Parents Separate

Parenting through a separation can be a hard time for everyone concerned, but for children these changes can cause emotional overwhelm (grief and loss) and lots of uncertainty. Here are a few key messages that you as a parent can use to make a difficult situation better for your child.

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Time for School Speeches

School speeches can send shivers up your spine even when remembering them from years ago! Speaking in front of other people is one of humanity’s most common fears, stemming from

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Autism

Highly Sensitive Neuroception and Pathological Demand Avoidance Highly sensitive neuroception may be at the heart of PDA PDA is currently categorized as a ‘profile of

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Ten Top Tips for Screen Time

Increasingly kids are using screens more and more in their daily lives. As a parent it can be really tricky to know how much is too much and how to keep kids safe on the internet

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What can be done at home for dyslexia?

Helping your child with dyslexia can be a challenge, particularly if you’re never been confident in your own reading and writing skills. But you don’t have to be an expert to help

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Parent Wellbeing

As parents we want to believe that we are superheroes and can keep on top of everything. But we all know that is far from the truth and that there are times we need help and it’s

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The Tomatis Method for Learning a New Language

Dr Alfred Tomatis was a French ear specialist who discovered the correlation between speaking and hearing. His research helps us to understand why it is so difficult to learn and

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Give your kids ‘superpowers’ with these 5 superfoods

Incorporating some of these nutritious foods in your kids’ diets is an easy way to build your child’s resilience, wellbeing and brainpower. Superfoods are essentially just foods

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Telling the kids, you are separating

Separation to any degree is a stressful and emotive time Separation is not just a life-changing event for you and your partner but it is also one for your children.  This is no

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Creating a Visually Friendly Classroom

For students with visual problems the classroom can often be full of distractions, from the glare of the lights to the oversaturation of information on the walls. The following

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Parents play an important role in helping their children learn how to have healthy sexual relationships.

Parents of LGBTQ children often feel especially uncomfortable and unequipped when they try to educate them about sex and dating. Here are the top 3 reasons why parents won’t talk

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Helping Kids with Anxiety: Strategies to Help Anxious Children

Childhood anxiety can worsen as children grow. How can you help your child manage anxiety on their own? When childhood anxiety is heightened, it’s natural for parents to go into

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BE MORE THAN JUST AN EFFECTIVE LEADER, BUILD YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO BE A GREAT ONE

Consider the last time you heard a truly inspiring speech. Some of you may be old enough to recall JFK’s moon speech and his motivational words that we do things “not because

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Special Needs Teens Rise to Challenges

Adolescence is a time of physical and emotional growth, developing independence, and developing an identity, whether your child has special needs or not. The timing may be

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How to Get Your Child to Sleep

Everyone needs healthy sleep, and for children, it's especially important. Children rely on good sleep to learn, develop, and grow. But healthy sleep is often easier said than

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‘Gut feel’ is a thing

Have you ever noticed that feeling of nausea in your stomach when someone asks you to do something that is outside your comfort zone? Maybe you get those butterflies in your tummy

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