Choosing a school for your child is a massive milestone for any parent, whether it’s their first school or they are moving onto secondary education. It involves a lot of thought and thorough research but eventually you will make a decision that is right for your family as a whole, not just the child in question. Here are some tips for choosing the right school for your child from a prep school in the South West.
All parents want their children to thrive, especially when it comes to their academic performance and overall development. However, not all children are naturally gifted; in fact, most kids will need support from their parents to help them succeed, which comes in many shapes and sizes. With other commitments, you might not always be around to help with homework, but there are lots of other ways to show your child that you are devoted to their education. We have teamed up with a private girls’ school to explore further below.
Provide them with an Uplifting Atmosphere
Try and provide your child with a positive home environment, where they are comfortable taking risks and failing from time to time. This means instilling them with confidence by praising them when they succeed and not being too hard on them when they don’t. Remind your child that they are only human and sometimes they will make mistakes, they just need to learn from those mistakes and move forward in a positive direction.
Originality is simple. All you need to do is come up with something that no one in the world has ever thought of before. See? That’s that problem sorted out. I jest, naturally. Of course, that is actually how originality is seen by some of the people responsible for the most original ideas in human history. Take John Lennon, for example, who once jibed that the cyclical nature of musical trends made no sense to him, as there’s no need to repeat ideas because coming up with something new is more fun. Yes, John. Because it’s just that easy. Of course, where originality in essay writing becomes a sticking point that prevents you ever putting pen to paper (or rather, from putting finger to keyboard as the case may be), there are things that we can do to loosen up our minds and attempt to get those creative juices flowing. Paying attention to original essay titles can prevent situations in which you consult with a plagiarism checker and find that you have, let’s say, inadvertently taken the easy route.
Brainstorms are for adults too
The Science Mad Chemistry Lab set for ages 10 and up is a great way for kids to learn at home. With over 80 experiments included in this set, there is a lot to work through and completing these experiments will give your child a great foundation in chemistry. The set includes good quality equipment, and a fully comprehensive instruction manual which guides you through each experiment in terms of what to do but also in what exactly you will be learning from each one.
Learning Resources has devised a range of FREE home learning activities for 2-11s to help parents and children prepare to spend more time at home.
Visit the blog to discover activities that will help keep kids learning and engaged through meaningful play. The family-friendly resources include downloadable activity books for maths, science/STEM, language and reading support, animals and geography plus printable worksheets, activity sheets and play-based learning ideas to keep children busy indoors.
For 35 years, the company has been the leader in educational toys and games for children aged 2-11 years and has built up trusted relationships to help meet the needs of teachers, parents, carers and other learning mentors.
There is tonnes available from activity books to print out and fill in, to hands on learning with STEM activity guides and recipe cards. There are ideas to extend the play and learning using Learning Resources products you may already have like the Coding Critters or Playfoam, and lots where you don’t need any special supplies or equipment at all.
We will definitely be using some of these to keep the children busy over the Easter holidays these next couple of weeks, and then to supplement their school learning afterwards while the school closures continue!
For more information visit LearningResources.co.uk or keep in touch over socials, where they are sharing plenty of ideas and inspiration to keep our children happy and learning during this time!
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In response to national school closures, children’s publisher Puffin are offering a rich programme of online storytellings and ‘at home’ activities to spark the imagination of children and support families at home
The much-loved and biggest UK children’s book publisher, Puffin, which in 2020 celebrates its 80th birthday, is now re-planning events to take authors, illustrators and stories directly into children’s homes
Initiatives include a daily Puffin Storytime, a Puffin Podcast series, an online book festival – the Puffin Festival of Big Dreams – as well as updated Puffin Schools resources to facilitate home-learning. They are also working with numerous partners to ensure children can continue to dream big and engage with reading and the power of storytelling from their homes
Puffin’s range of activities and free initiatives across the coming months for children and families to enjoy from indoors, includes:
I’ve always enjoyed doing fun educational activities with my little ones at home, to help them develop their skills and just as a nice way to spend some calm and quiet quality time together. My Little Learner has a great range of products that make it easy to spend a few minutes doing this with your child, whether that may be helping them to learn to write their name, match their colours, or develop their vocabulary with picture flashcards.
I was sent a few products to try out with my two year old N, and she has had lots of fun exploring these at home.
Name Writing and Matching Mats
With the name writing mat, these are all personalised so of course you order your child’s name but you can choose whether to have first name and last name, or first name only. You can also choose what to have on the back of the mat as they are double sided, and you can choose what design you would like around the edge of the mat.
For N we went for a princess design around the edge, as that fits in with her interests so makes the mat more appealing. The writing mats are all wipe clean, whether you choose a name writing mat, or other mats such as shape writing, pen control with lines to follow (like wavy, zig zags and so on) or an ABC or number writing mat. This makes it easy for your child to practise over and over again without any pressure, as it can be wiped off and re done as many times as they would like. It also saves on paper!
There is nothing that can have a more direct impact on your income than your value as an employee. The more you’re worth, the more people are willing to pay for you. It’s as simple as that. So how can you increase your worth and be that ideal employee that an employer would be thrilled to have under them? Being a hard worker is great, but if there are other hard workers that have a wider range of skills they can get the edge over you. Here are some tips that can help you to increase your value as a potential employee.
Learn a New Language
If you love a challenge, learning a language can be very enjoyable. Getting to the stage where you can speak another language is immensely satisfying and can even increase your mental function in older age. It also instantly adds value to your employability as commerce is global and any company that exports products or services will have value in an employee that can communicate with those who can’t speak English.
Major changes happened to education in the 21st century, and now we have a chance to combine the Internet and education to study. Many teachers and professors try a new way of grading students: online assessments. How good and important is this new method of evaluation? In this article, you can find out everything about online education and a new type of testing, as well as the reason why online assessment is effective.
When you’ve made the bold and brave decision to homeschool your children you want to know that the resources you’re using are going to hit the mark. You want to know that what you’re using in your classroom is the most modern, the most well-researched and the best material that you can provide. A home school is not a compromise after all and education is at the forefront of your child’s time spent in the home classroom, alongside their emotional development.
In this review we’re taking a look at some homeschooling resources starting from the very smallest students and upwards. We take a look at some early years resources to get you started, moving on to literacy and numeracy material.
