For many children, especially those with poor working memory, many repetitions are required for the information to be stored in long-term memory. These repetitions should involve a ‘testing’ type format whereby children are required to recall information. After every attempt … Continued
The long summer holiday break is a great time to develop some new family traditions that will have the added bonus of strengthening your children’s literacy skills. Write Help your children write letters or thank you cards to everyone that … Continued
It’s the day before Christmas, and all through the house Was chaos and bedlam, tears and shouts. The stockings were hung, I’m not sure with care, Now all were over-excited – it just wasn’t fair. There were zillions and zillions … Continued
There are oodles of cooking books for children and also picture fiction books to motivate children to be excited about cooking. Here are just a few: TJ Tales: A Surprise for Mum is a story of misunderstandings based around homophones (words … Continued
