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Tidy by Emily Gravett I love Emily Gravett’s book, Tidy – a wonderful new story from Emily Gravett! Small children will enjoy the book because of it’s story. The fabulous art in the book will inspire budding artists. The rhyming and the storytelling in the book will

Learning about dates Make sure your children understand about dates. It’s important for children to be able to spell the days of the week and the months of the year! Do your children recognise and understand the different ways the date can be written? To find out

Teach your children about Fruit Give your children useful reference: for school and for life. Take a fresh look at fruit with your children…go to the supermarket or to a farmers’ market and look at the range available. What fruit grows in the UK and what is

Teach your children about Money Tomorrow, teach your children about money. Looking at pictures in maths books just isn’t the same as handling the real thing and because of the way we shop nowadays, not many children get enough experience of handling money, paying for things and

Why does your child run into difficulty? Why does your child run into difficulty? Over the years, I have met many children who fail to concentrate in class and many who have poor writing skills. I have met children who don’t want to go school at all;

How feelings affect your child’s progress How do feelings affect your child’s progress? Recently, I listened as a mother reported on her very bright, 9 year old child’s progress. It appeared from what was being said that he was making overall improvement in attitude and behaviour, however,

Start Here Start Here is one of the first core lessons from Lessons Alive. It so captivated the 9 year old boy whose lesson it was (and me), that I realised many other children could also benefit from it and wrote it into a short story called

Attitude! This might seem an odd thing to teach and to talk about because it is a very personal thing, but we all know that no matter how skilled or knowledgeable a person might be, their attitude may well be the deciding factor in their success, both

Setting a time for homework Homework doesn’t need to be the same time every day, but it needs to be a predetermined time. Depending on your child’s age, they may appreciate being included in the decision making. If you set a time for homework and there is